Question 1

how to lower cholesterol naturally vs medications?

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Discuss with your dr: 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.

Question 2

can you tell me how to lower my cholesterol?

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Diet and exercise: Follow a well balanced, plant based diet. If you're overweight, try to move towards normal weight. Don't smoke. Choose the right parents.

Question 3

can you suggest how to lower my cholesterol without lowering my weight?

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Reduce saturated: Fats. Switch to plant based foods and reduce intake of saturated fats, even of plant origin. Exercising will improve your good cholesterol.

Question 4

how to lower bad cholesterol ldl easily?

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Diet, medications: Statins (prescription medications) are the most potent way to lower cholesterol quickly. Certain dietary changes can also lower cholesterol:
1.) high fiber diet
2.) low saturated and trans fat diets
3.) high monounsaturated fats (nuts, avacodo, olive oils, etc)
4.) plant sterols/stanols.

Question 5

can you suggest how to lower my cholesterol level?

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Many ways.: There are many wonderful treatments for high cholesterol ranging from lifestyle intervention to nutritional supplements to medications.  Combining therapies can have a synergistic effect.  Your primary care doctor or lipidologist should be able to help you get started in the right direction.

Question 6

can you suggest how to lower my cholesterol, loose weight, gain muscle and can carrots make you fat?

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A lot of questions!: 1) carrots will never make you fat. 2) to lower your cholesterol, see http://www.Mayoclinic.Com/health/high-blood-cholesterol/ds00178/tab=indepth - go to the "lifestyle section". 3) losing weight is the hardest one to answer - it requires a lifetime commitment: check out www.Caloriecount.Com, open a free account and start browsing. Good luck.

Question 7

how to lower ldl cholesterol without taking statins.  already taking raloxifen,  fish oil , and  niacin.  also dosages .

Accepted Answer

Try the addition: of oat-containing serial such as cheerios and oatmeal.   Both of these are powerful reducers of triglycerides and cholesterol.

Question 8

how to lower my bad cholesterol levels most quickly?

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No meat: Go on a vegetarian diet. Achieve and maintain optimal weight. Don't smoke. Exercise 1 hour daily.  Beyond that, only statins are really effective.

Question 9

how to get cholesterol lower?

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Diet and excercise: Weigth loss, alcohol in moderation if  not effective and depending on risk factors medication may be necessary.

Question 10

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.

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