JAKARTA, RADARBANGSA.COM – Have you checked your blood pressure? or have you ever checked your cholesterol level in your blood? If you haven’t done it, then you can check right away, guys.
In this very versatile age, you can easily find medical tests. Only by using a drop of blood sample, you can already know how much cholesterol and blood sugar levels are in your body. Even now, many parties offer these health tests for free.
And, if you find that your cholesterol results are high, then you must consume the foods below.
- Spinach
Spinach is classified as a green vegetable like kale. Green vegetables can indeed help lower cholesterol levels. This is because the antioxidants contained in green vegetables are able to bind bile acids which are made of cholesterol, thus preventing the accumulation of cholesterol in the blood.
- Lime
Lime contains potassium compounds which function to suppress the blood to return to normal. To get effective results, cholesterol sufferers can drink lime every morning regularly.
- Okra
Okra is one food source that has the potential to lower cholesterol. In a study, it was said that the polysaccharides in okra mucus were considered to reduce cholesterol levels because of its ability to bind bile acids which carry toxins from the liver.
- Carrot
Carrots have potassium which can help maintain healthy cholesterol levels in your body. You also have to know if there are good cholesterol levels in the body that need to be maintained and there are also bad cholesterol that you need to throw away.
- Garlic
Garlic can also lower cholesterol in the body. In a study it was stated that garlic extract can lower cholesterol by as much as 7 percent.
In another study, it was also revealed that consuming two garlic extract tablets every day for six weeks can reduce total cholesterol levels by 12 percent, bad cholesterol (LDL) by 17 percent, and reduce triglyceride levels by 5 percent.
Now armed with the information above, now you have an insight, right what foods should you consume to lower your cholesterol? But don’t forget to balance it with exercise, guys, good luck.
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