How to reduce cholesterol level naturally

Heart attack is one of the major killer disease nowadays. More and more research and reports tell us that one of the major cause for these heart diseases is high cholesterol level of those patients.

What is cholesterol and why we get excess of cholesterol in our blood stream?

Cholesterol is one type of lipoprotein, which is like a waxy substance produced by liver. There are mainly 3 types of cholesterol. HDL (high density lipoprotein) and LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol and tryglicerides cholesterol. However, we obtain cholesterol not only from our liver but also from our food sources, especially animal based foods.

Why we need cholesterol and what is the effect of excess of LDL cholesterol?

LDL Cholesterol is transported by arteries into our cells of various organs as our body need it for metabolism or repairing of tissues. While HDL cholesterol is used to transport excess of LDL cholesterol back to liver for disposal. However, when our intake of LDL cholesterol from foods are too much, we will have extra cholesterol in our arteries and did not transported back to liver. Then, the cholesterol will deposit in our blood stream and causing blockage in the blood stream. This will reduce oxygens, nutrients, etc that brought by our blood to our heart. This thickening of walls in the arteries due to cholesterol deposit is called atherosclerosis. This leads to various types of heart disease.

To prevent heart diseases, you have to reduce your cholesterol level. Don't straight away jump to medication. You can easily reduce your cholesterol level naturally. Other than healthy life style like more exercises, no smoking and no drinking, we should also eat more foods that can lower our cholesterol level. Below are some good food examples that we should eat more often in our daily meals.

• Soy - a good source of protein and dietary fiber, and cholesterol free. The soy is a healthy substitute for animal protein as it is easier being absorbed by our body. Studies shows that isoflavones inside the soy help reduce cholesterol levels and the risk of coronary heart disease. 
• Psyllium Husk- high fiber foods that can help reduce your LDL cholesterol. Fiber blocks the absorption of fat and calories and helps get rid of cholesterol content food from our body.
• Alfafa- many people add it into salads, sandwiches as a decoration vegetables. But, they do not know Alfafa offers superior nutrition to our health. Actually, more than 2500 years ago, this Alfafa has been used by doctors to help patients with heart diseases in ancient time. Recent researches also find this vegetable can help to reduce high cholesterol. That is why, it is known as "the father of all foods". It is rich in vitamins A, B, C, E, calcium, niacin, fiber, etc. Niacin has been used in many medicine to help to reduce cholesterol.
• Fish- a good source of the essential fatty acid, omega 3. This substance is popular in lowering your cholesterol level. The Omega 3 can help increase HDL cholesterol which is used to transpor the excess of LDL cholesterol for disposal in the liver.Many experts recommend to have 2 or 3 servings of fish weekly can help increase your HDL cholesterol.

Other foods are like almond, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, broccoli, etc are good foods in reducing your cholesterol also. However, the best medicine is still prevention through health life style and healthy food.
Treating high cholesterol with medication can be very expensive and patients will also suffer from a lot of side effect from medication. Hence, lowering your cholesterol in a natural way is much cheaper option and much safer way to do so.
Always monitoring your cholesterol level with medical check up and always keep a healthy life style with eating healthy food and more exercises. With that you can have live healthier and happier longer.

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