Question 1

can oatmeal and chia seeds lower cholesterol?

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Cholesterol: As part of a cholesterol lowering diet, oatmeal and chia seeds can help lower the levels.

Question 2

are chia seeds good for lowering cholesterol?

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Any seed helps: Seeds are rich in unsaturated fats. Diets that contain a lot of  these fats tend to decrease bad LDL cholesterol and increase good HDL cholesterol. This would be true for diets that contain chia seeds as well as those that contain other forms of seeds or nuts or vegetable oils. Be aware that the magnitude of the change in cholesterol is not generally large and so medication may still be needed.

Question 3

what foods lower cholesterol?

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The healthy one!: Vegetables, fruits and cereals are the ones that most lower the cholesterol. The less processed the food the better. Try to choose the one with high content in fiber (oranges over bananas, for example). Fish, if it's baked or grilled, has high content of omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acid that improves the lipid profile. You can take the fish oil as supplements with same effect.

Question 4

how might you lower cholesterol?

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Healthy lifestyle: Try nutritional approaches. Consider eating oatmeal, bran, apples, oranges, pears, bananas, grapefruit, hazelnuts, avocado, brewer's yeast,  royal jelly, saffron, tumeric, honey (buckwheat), alfalfa sprouts, celery, beets, eggplant, garlic, onion, chili peppers, legumes, dandelion root & jerusalem artichoke. Avoid deep fried foods & whole eggs. Be physically active. See your dr.

Question 5

does fruit lower cholesterol?

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No, ↓ HDL & ↑ LDL: Fruits are high in sugar, including fruit sugar, fructose, which is rapidly converted by the liver, ~85% first pass, into triglyceride fat & exported into visceral fat stores. ↑ed triglycerides & visceral fat stores displaces cholesterol in LDL particles, increases LDL particle concentrations while also ↓ing large HDL particle concentrations. Cholesterol wrong focus, see my other answers on this.

Question 6

does peppermint help lower cholesterol?

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Peppermint: there are claims in the commercial literature that peppermint lowers cholesterol, I can't find any good scientific studies of the same. I wouldn't count on lowering my cholesterol with peppermint

Question 7

is coq10 ok to take to lower cholesterol?

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No harm no benefit: You may take it but do not expect it to affect your cholesterol.
Have a healthy diet, exercise 30 minutes/day, drink plenty of water, have safe sex, no tobacco alcohol weed or street drugs. For nutrition: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/.
Wish you good health!

Question 8

will taking cinnimon pills lower cholesterol?

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Doubt: Although, it is a popular belief that cinnamon helps lower cholesterol, i've yet to see a single patient in my practice who had success with this treatment. I've not seen cinnamon to be found to be effective in studies to decrease cholesterol.

Question 9

how effectively does oatmeal lower cholesterol?

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Helpful: Oatmeal lowers cholesterol two ways. First it has 7% fiber. Second, it has polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Question 10

how might you lower cholesterol level quickly for test?

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See below: No easy way  you can fast and can vigously excercise and that might lower it enough for what you need.

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