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How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally Without Drugs?

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How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally Without Drugs?

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Unless the high cholesterol level is caused by genetic factors or due to a medical condition, it is usually possible to lower cholesterol naturally without drugs through a change in diet and lifestyle. Drugs work too by most of them come with side effects. Conventional thinking is that elevated blood cholesterol is due to intake of a high level of fats. Studies show that it is more likely due to an excess intake of carbohydrates. Most of us like a sedentary livestyle and we do not get to burn off all the carbohydrates that we ingest. Excess carbohydrates is converted into glucose and later in to cholesterol and triglycerides which is a major risk factor for heart disease. Therefore this first step is to reduce carbohydrate intake. Reduce our intake of transfat. The vegetable oil that we use to cook is a contributor. In the process of making these oil, some of these gets converted into transfats. Further if you cook at high temperatures e.g. deep frying you create more transfat. Transfa

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