| Best natural food for lowering your cholesterol. | | | | Maybe, if you choose the right one. A study by |
| All fruits and vegetables have health benefits to | | | | found that 7 of 14 garlic supplements tested |
| offer. But some are exceptionally good. | | | | contained less of the active ingredient (allicin) than |
| Among the best. | | | | researchers say is necessary for a therapeutic |
| Avocados. | | | | effect. |
| Although this is one of the few fruits high in fat, | | | | The products that met or exceeded |
| it's mainly monounsaturated fat. Many studies | | | | recommended doses included Garlinase 4000, |
| have found that eating one avocado a day can | | | | Nutrilite Garlic Heart Care Formula Dietary |
| lower your LDL as much 17 percent while raising | | | | Supplement, Spring Valley Enteric Coated |
| your HDL. You can try them in salads and | | | | Odor-Free Garlic 1,200 milligrams equivalent per |
| sandwiches or mashed with a bit of lemon juice, | | | | tablet, and Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract. |
| onion and chopped tomato as a topping for baked | | | | Oranges. |
| potatoes. However, one avocado has about 340 | | | | Imagine your morning orange juice as cholesterol |
| calories. | | | | medicine in a glass. After drinking three glasses of |
| Garlic. | | | | orange juice a day for four weeks, 25 participants |
| Garlic can moderately lower cholesterol, as well as | | | | in a Canadian trial increased their HDL levels by 21 |
| prevent blood from becoming sticky, thus forming | | | | percent and lowered their LDL/HDL ratio by 16 |
| dangerous clots. The compound most studied in | | | | percent. But, if you're watching your calorie intake, |
| garlic is [tag] allicin which gives garlic its distinctive | | | | three glasses of juice is a lot; you'll probably want |
| odor. In one analysis of five trials the authors | | | | to stick to one glass or two a day. |
| concluded that you could lower your total | | | | Prunes. |
| cholesterol about 9 percent with 2 to 3 cloves of | | | | Prunes (dried plums) contain a special kind of |
| garlic daily for two to six months. | | | | soluble fiber called pectin, which forms a gel in |
| One way to eat your garlic is to remove the | | | | your intestines that sops up cholesterol before it |
| loose paper covering from a head of garlic, cut | | | | hits your bloodstream. You can blend cooked |
| off the tops of the garlic, drizzle olive oil on it, | | | | prunes with water into a puree that can replace |
| wrap in foil, and bake in a 350°F oven until | | | | oils and fats in baking. You can also add dried |
| soft, for about an hour. Then squeeze the heads | | | | prunes to stews for a delicious sweetness or |
| of the cooked garlic onto toasted bread and | | | | chop and sprinkle over salads, yogurt, cottage |
| spread. | | | | cheese, or cereal. |
| What if you don't like garlic? Can you get the | | | | Try to avoid drinking fruit juice because they can |
| same benefits from a garlic pill? | | | | cause diabetes. |