LOWERING CHOLESTEROL LEVELS: THE SAFEST ALTERNATIVE
The very best way to keep total blood cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels down is by directly curtailing your intake of saturated fats and dietary cholesterol while simultaneously increasing your intake of minimally processed carbohydrates that are rich in soluble fiber, which, as we’ll learn soon, also help to suppress cholesterol absorption and/or synthesis.Taking cholesterol-lowering drugs while you’re on the standard American diet is definitely not the safest solution! Besides risking adverse side effects, relying on medications will do nothing to change the poor food choices that led to high serum cholesterol in the first place. What’s worse, sticking to a diet that raises your cholesterol level (in the mistaken belief that you can undo all the cholesterol damage with medication) also increases your risk for the development of obesity, hypertension, adult-onset diabetes, and certain types of cancer. And the drugs will do nothing to alter your risk factors for these diseases!Moreover, research tells us that even when dietary cholesterol does not increase serum cholesterol there’s a possibility that it may promote atherosclerosis. Exactly how dietary cholesterol can be atherogenic independent of its effect on serum cholesterol levels is still a matter of debate, but four recent studies all showed a much greater increase in cardiovascular-disease deaths in people who consumed a high level of dietary cholesterol.*12/345/5*
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