Elevate Your HDL (Good) Cholesterol

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Elevate Your " HDL " (Good) Cholesterol

JoAnn Guest Apr 28, 2003 20:50 PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" Food Your Miracle Medicine "

 

Some components of cholesterol are dangerous to arteries, while

others are beneficial.

Furthermore, what you eat may actually " detoxify " detrimental

cholesterol so it cannot harm arteries.

 

Regardless of cholesterol's complexities,

one thing is undeniable:

 

 

What you eat can put a striking dent in dangerous cholesterol

and more spectacularly, according to new findings,

change its character so it is not so deadly!

 

This radical way of controlling cholesterol by *detoxifying* it,

according to new research, promises to dramatically slow the

progression of atherosclerosis by 50 to 70 percent and even help

reverse existing artery clogging by shrinking the clumps of plaque on

artery walls, says

leading researcher Daniel Steinberg, M.D., at the University of

California School of Medicine in San Diego.

 

" We can now attack the disease at the artery wall

as well by simply lowering " LDL " cholesterol.

It's very exciting, " he says.

 

HOW YOU CAN USE FOOD TO *CONTROL* CHOLESTEROL

 

Essentially, you should eat in a way to lower one type of

cholesterol,

called " LDL " (low-density lipoprotein), and boost another type,

known as " HDL " (high density lipoprotein).

 

That's because the LDLs are " bad-guys " that serve as

raw material to clog arteries.

 

In contrast, the good-guy HDLs gobble up the LDL

" villains " and cart them to the liver, where they are annihilated!

 

Obviously, the more " HDL " and the less " LDL " you have in your blood, the

safer your arteries.

Certain foods help bring this about by

destroying detrimental LDLs and creating beneficial HDLs.

 

Now enters an exciting new theory that promises to make it possible

to control cholesterol with food in ways unimagined even a few years

ago.

 

 

According to that new theory put forth by Dr. Steinberg and many

others, here's how arteries get clogged:

 

Special forms of oxygen known as *free radicals* in the blood collide

with fatty *LDL* cholesterol molecules, *oxidizing* them. The LDL then

turns " rancid " , much as unrefrigerated butter does.

 

In this altered form it is quickly gobbled up by cells called

*macrophages*.

Stuffed with fat globules, the macrophages enlarge into

dreaded " foam cells " which insinuate themselves *into* artery walls,

triggering artery destruction!

 

If you can prevent this toxic transformation, your " LDL " cholesterol

may remain relatively harmless.

 

So the issue is not just how much LDL

cholesterol your blood contains, but how much of it is Toxic

*Oxidized* " LDL, " capable of clogging your arteries.

 

Dr. Steinberg and many others now believe that " LDL " cholesterol is not so

dangerous to arteries unless it is converted into a *toxic* form by

oxygenated " free radicals " in your blood.

 

That's where diet can be a powerful " weapon " . Mounting evidence shows

you can block LDLs *toxic* transformation, and thus its awesome

hazards, by eating foods packed with protective " antioxidants " .

 

This means you might intervene at the very

" genesis of atherosclerosis "

at every stage, blocking the cascade of arterial events that create

clogged arteries, heart attacks and strokes.

It is a thrilling prospect.

 

Bottom Line:

 

To combat hazardous blood cholesterol, reduce bad " LDL " cholesterol,

boost good " HDL " cholesterol, and keep as much as possible of your LDL

from becoming toxic to your arteries.

Here are your best bets for doing it with diet.

 

 

Foods that Raise *Good* " HDL " Cholesterol:

 

Onions, raw

Leeks,Scallions

Garlic (fresh is best)

Alaskan Salmon, sardines(in spring water), tuna (no msg) and other fatty

fish (avoid farmed varieties)

Oysters, Mussels

Grape Seed Oil

Almonds

Macademia Nuts

Avocadoes

Extra Virgin Olive Oils

 

Vitamin C rich foods (bell peppers, broccoli, oranges)

Beta-carotene-rich foods (carrots, spinach, broccoli)

Wine in moderation

 

 

Caution:

Diets containing hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils and

fats *depress* " HDL " 's.

 

 

" Food your Miracle Medicine "

(How Food can Prevent and Cure

Over 100 Symptoms and Problems)

by Jean Carper

 

 

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