“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
― Hippocrates
People are obsessed with trying to find short-cuts to lowering cholesterol including the use of various pharmaceuticals. However, what the Ancient Greeks told us 2,500 years ago is that our medicine is right in the foods that we eat.
Watch this 4-minute video to learn about 3 foods we can eat daily to help us reduce cholesterol, detoxify the liver and improve our health in general:
Here's how you can combine them into a salad:
italianfoodforever.com/2015...
Note: replace the Granny Smith apple with a red apple in the recipe.
Please also watch this....
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Thanks for the info Paul.
We can classify this one under 'don't shoot the messenger' - beets, apples and carrots are all high in fiber and we know that fiber lowers cholesterol. The percentage of decrease in cholesterol may be unknown by eating these 3 foods - but we know they will certainly provide some level of LDL cholesterol reduction and/or other cardio-protective benefits.
Here are references to the benefits of these 3 foods:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/145... - carrots
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl... - beet root
sciencedaily.com/releases/2... - apple-a-day
We also know that eating a whole-foods, plant-based diet that includes vegetables and certain fruits will promote a healthy body weight and general well-being.
I did hesitate before posting as I like what you post and admire your success. I just posted the link as the name rang a bell...
No problem Paul. Skepticism is a healthy part of learning and debate. Here's another interesting 3-minute video on the health benefit of beet root:
youtu.be/7B2p-LuMQBE