Home remedies for cholesterol
It is a yellowish fat essential for life. However, when increases its amount in the blood becomes a serious anomaly. Although produced in the liver, about twenty percent atreinta come from what we eat. It is therefore important to monitor food nutritions.
In addition to a diet high in saturated fat, Cholesterol can be caused by liver cirrhosis, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorder, kidney failure or by a hereditary condition.
To understand the concept and mechanism of cholesterol, one must know that there are two major fats in the blood:
* Cholesterol
* Triglycerides
These fats are broken and bind to certain proteins and together they travel through the bloodstream in the form of lipoproteins that are classified as:
* VLDL – Very low density lipoproteins.
* LDL low – density lipoproteins.
* HDL – High-density lipoprotein
HDL cholesterol is considered good to have a great ability to debug the arteries. The more cholesterol is present in such blood, the better.
LDL cholesterol is considered bad, because it accumulates in artery walls, causing blockage of these and restriction of blood circulation. Therefore, the lower the levels of this cholesterol, it is better
A high LDL cholesterol can cause disease and serious and grave situations like these:
* Angina pectoris
* Myocardial infarction
* Stroke
* Abdominal pain or acute pancreatitis without
* Hepatosplenomegaly (enlarged liver and spleen)
There are several popular home remedies to combat high cholesterol such as:
Folk Remedies
1: A traditional remedy was provided by a local healer tells us that the best way to control cholesterol is swallowed each morning before breakfast a clove of garlic cut in half.
2: Another remedy is to eat an apple in the morning to lower cholesterol.
3: It is important to note that there are different foods that grandmothers used to cook for lowering cholesterol such as broccoli, onions, dandelions, raw carrots, oats, spinach, grapefruit, alfalfa, flaxseed, almonds, nuts, pollen, olive oil
4 To lower cholesterol, is good orange juice with oil. In this sense, it must squeeze two oranges and add the oil to the juice .. It must take a glass fasting
5: You can prepare tea and lime ponytail, because the first has vasodilator and sedative effect while the second contains silicon, which stimulates the regeneration of elastic fibers in arterial walls
6: You can make vegetable broth composed of half a liter of water, 3 sprigs parsley, ½ onion, 100 g of cabbage, 3 stalks of celery and 1 lemon (for intake), and is prepared Hirbe all ingredients, previously chopped or sliced, lemon least 15 minutes over low heat, let stand and strain it. Before tomárnoslo, add the lemon juice in each serving.
7: Prepare a healing juice with a spoonful of barley, a spoonful of oatmeal, two tablespoons of bran, 1 apple, chopped, 1 1 / 2 cup of water and a teaspoon of honey. This requires blending all the ingredients and then drink it, preferably in the morning.
8: Mix a spoonful of grits in half a cup of warm water. Eat mostly in the morning.
9: Boil two artichoke leaves in a cup of water for 15 minutes and take this tea mainly in the morning (should not be taken if any previous digestive problems).
10: Boil a whole and tangerine peel with a cup of water for 10 minutes. Take this infusion mainly during the morning.
11: Mix half a cup of cucumber juice with half a glass of guava juice and take this juice twice a day.
12: Take a glass of pineapple juice before and after meals for one week each month.
13: There is a remedy well known in Ayurvedic medicine, composed of tree gum resin of the mukul myrrh that grows lush in arid regions of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh which has antioxidant effects is considered an effective remedy for controlling cholesterol.
Recommendations
There are several recommendations to reduce cholesterol and keep a good level as follows:
* Avoid saturated fats such as beef, pork, mantenca, cheese, butter, whole milk and hydrogenated oil and replace these foods with fish, poultry, low fat dairy products and olive oil.
* Eating fruit as it has an effector to have cholesterol-lowering pectin.
* Eating eggs in moderation. The egg has 275 milligrams of cholesterol. However, there have been studies showing that consumption of three eggs per week does not carry risks. Incluisve if you can remove the yolk is the part that contains cholesterol. So that can develop their tortillas or scrambled eggs using only one yolk and the whites of several eggs and it will be better.
* Avoid alcoholic beverages, cakes, soft drinks, tea, coffee, cakes, white bread and other refined sugars.
* Avoid gas-forming foods such as cabbage, frigola, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower *
* Avoiding overweight and obesity is linked to high cholesterol and triglycerides
* Managing stress and tension. Learn relaxation techniques.
* Avoid smoking
* Adopt an exercise program under medical supervision and long walks outdoors (15 to 20 minutes.)
* If you have a picture of high cholesterol, you should try to measure it every three to four months to track.
Personally, I maintain cholesterol levels very low through not consuming so much junk and doing some regular exercise. Enjoying soccer, jogging, what have you.