What is Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is actually a lipid or fat produced by the liver, around 1,000 milligrams per day to be exact. In fact cholesterol is vital to our body’s function. One of those functions is the production of sex hormones.
Cholesterol is carried through the bloodstream attached to two different compounds called lipoproteins: low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL). LDL is commonly known as the “bad cholesterol”; it carries cholesterol from the liver throughout the body, making it available and potentially allowing it to be deposited in artery walls. HDL is known as the “good cholesterol”; it picks up cholesterol from the blood and delivers it to cells that use it, or back to the liver to be recycled or eliminated from the body.
4 Juice Home-made Recipe For Lowering Cholesterol
1.Turmeric
Ingredients:
Apples – 2 medium
Carrots – 3 medium
Celery – 3 stalk, large
Ginger Root – 1 thumb
Lemons (peeled) – 2 fruit
Pears – 2 medium
Turmeric Root – 6 thumb
Directions:
Process all ingredients in a juicer, shake or stir and serve.(S1)
2.Lemon
Ingredients:
Apple – 1 medium
Carrots – 8 medium
Ginger Root – 1 thumb
Lemon – 1 fruit
Directions:
Process all ingredients in a juicer, shake or stir and serve.(S2)
3.Spinach
Ingredients:
1/3 bag of spinach (around a handful)
1/2 bunch of parsley
4 carrots
1/2” ginger root
1 garlic clove
1 apple
Directions:
Chopped the parsley, spinach, ginger into shorter bits of around ½” to ¾” so that it will not clog the pulp ejector (do this if you’re using a slow juicer)
put in the garlic whole (peeled of course)(S3)
4.Carrots
Ingredients:
4 carrots (peeled)
3 ribs celery
4 broccoli heads (or 1 broccoli stem)
1 cucumber
1 green apple
1 romaine lettuce (or Kale leaf)
1 lime (peeled)
Directions:
Process all ingredients in a juicer, shake or stir and serve.(S4)
Lifestyle and Low Cholesterol Diet Changes
Lose weight. Even a modest amount of weight loss can lower cholesterol levels.
Exercise. Daily aerobic exercise is one well-proven method to increase HDL levels.
Don’t smoke. Smoking is a risk factor for heart disease all by itself, but can also significantly lower HDL cholesterol.
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