In today’s video, we look at how you can lower cholesterol with three specific foods,
and give you a recipe for a drink with these 3 natural ingredients.
But first, some background information about cholesterol.
A diet high in junk food and sugar can destroy your cardiovascular health.
You may have heard about how cholesterol and fats can accumulate in your arteries and put
unnecessary strain on your heart.
Most people rely on blood thinners and statins to combat the effects of high cholesterol,
but the condition can easily be managed by food, and we’ll show you how.
Specifically, high cholesterol refers to high levels of “oxidized cholesterol”.
When cholesterol is oxidized, it leads to a build-up of plaque in the artery walls,
which hardens and narrows the arteries, and causes a condition called atherosclerosis.
Plaque is made up of cholesterol, fat, calcium, cellular waste products and fibrin, that lodge
inside our arterial walls and damage the cells that are already there, causing inflammation.
Stiff and narrow arteries impair blood flow throughout the body and increase the risk
of heart attack and stroke.
So, what is oxidized cholesterol?
You may have heard there are two main types of cholesterol.
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) or “good” cholesterol that picks up excess cholesterol
and carries it back to your liver to be cleared away through bile.
And low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or “bad” cholesterol that transports fat and cholesterol
throughout your body and builds up in the walls of your arteries.
We now know that LDL cholesterol poses a health risk only if it is oxidized.
Oxidized cholesterol and oxidized fat are the real enemies.
Our bodies treat these as foreign substances and stimulate inflammatory cytokines to damage
and kill them with inflammation.
The fact that LDL cholesterol is highly prone to oxidation explains why a rise in LDL cholesterol
normally brings about an increase in coronary artery disease risk.
The oxidized cholesterol that clogs our arteries and causes coronary artery disease stems from
two sources:
One.
We acquire some of them straight from our diets when we eat oxidized fats and oils.
Two.
Our bodies produce the remainder internally.
Dietary oils and fats tend to become oxidized when they are heated, dried, aged, exposed
to light, and otherwise chemically processed.
A diet high in vegetable oils is unmistakably hazardous.
A lesser-known fact is that sugar oxidizes as well as oils and fats do.
Glucose, and especially fructose, produce many oxidation products when they are aged,
heated, or otherwise processed.
Studies have shown that people who are at serious risk of heart attacks to the extent
that they need bypass surgery have high oxidized LDL cholesterol, not normal LDL cholesterol.
Luckily, it’s possible to get antioxidants from foods to neutralize free radicals and
reverse the damage they cause to cells and organs.
Let’s get to our cholesterol-busting recipe with 3 natural ingredients.
This recipe provides your body with nutrients that can help break down oxidized LDL cholesterol
and clear your arteries as you transition into a healthier lifestyle.
Ingredients:
4 liters/1 gal of clean water
8 organic lemons
8 cloves of organic garlic
4-5 cm /1.9 inches of organic ginger
Instructions:
Scrub lemons properly to clean the rind, but do not peel.
Slice lemon and peel the ginger and garlic.
Crush the garlic and let it sit for 15 minutes.
This will activate the allicin.
Place everything but the water in a blender and pulse until smooth.
In a medium saucepan, add water and the paste and warm over medium heat.
Just as it begins to boil, remove the mixture from the heat.
Let it cool and strain the liquid.
Pour the drink in glass jars or bottles with lids and store in the refrigerator.
How to Use:
Drink daily on an empty stomach two hours before meals.
Combine with exercise 3 times a week.
How It Works.
Ginger.
Research shows that dried ginger powder administered at 0.1 g/kg of body weight limits the risk
of atheroma by up to 50% in just 75 days.
Atheroma or plaque, refer to the build-up of fatty deposits and scar tissue in the walls
of arteries, which can restrict blood circulation and increase the risk of blood clots.
Ginger also prevents heart disease by keeping platelets from accumulating in arteries and
reduces plasma cholesterol.
Additionally, it doesn’t have the negative side effects of other medication such as aspirin.
Garlic.
Garlic is traditionally used to help prevent heart disease, including atherosclerosis.
It also treats high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and boosts the immune system.
One study that lasted 4 years found that people who took 900 mg of standardized garlic powder
daily, slowed the development of atherosclerosis.
It also contains antioxidants which fight free radicals to prevent heart disease, cancer,
and Alzheimer’s disease.
Lemons.
Daily lemon intake and walking showed significant effects on lowering blood pressure while also
increasing red blood cell count.
Lemon also helps detox the liver to help it clear excess cholesterol.
There you have it!
One drink to lower cholesterol naturally.
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