Q&A: How do I reduce high cholesterol with the least amount of time, money and effort? (part 2)

[Guest guest]

http://www.newstarget.com/001958.html

This is part 2 of a 2-part article series on reducing high cholesterol.

 

So far, we've talked about getting outside, getting natural sunlight on your

skin, getting daily exercise, and choosing foods that promote health -- that is,

the natural, raw, live foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, and even soy

products. Definitely get some sprouts into your diet, get some supergreens into

your diet, eat some microalgae like chlorella and spirulina. Take some seaweed

herbal products, or just eat some seaweed as part of your diet. You can have

dulse or kelp or bladderwrack, or just sushi. This is the way to get healthy

foods into your diet that will automatically help balance your cholesterol

levels.

 

 

 

If you're doing all of these things, and you're drinking plenty of water to make

sure you're hydrated at the same time, then there are other things you can do in

nature to accelerate the balancing of your cholesterol levels. These would be

things that would help counteract bad cholesterol, that go above and beyond

basic nutrition (see related ebook on nutrition).

 

These are things like blueberries, which we now know will lower cholesterol even

more dramatically than statin drugs, without any negative side effects

whatsoever. A cup of blueberries a day is more effective than any statin drug in

lowering LDL cholesterol. Garlic is also helpful for reducing cholesterol: if

you eat a lot of raw garlic, you are not only a brave person, but you will also

experience dramatically lower cholesterol levels. You could cook garlic, put it

in your foods, or bake it and still get a lot of benefit from it.

 

Don't be a fool and start buying deodorized garlic supplements, because if

they've taken the odor out of the garlic, they've taken all the nutrients out

that lower cholesterol in the first place. It's like buying garlic-free garlic.

Why would you want to do that? It doesn't make any sense. But people go out and

buy this odorless garlic supplement because they think they're getting some

health benefit from it.

 

What you want to do is grow your own garlic in your garden and eat it -- and if

you can eat it raw, all the better. Personally, I have a hard time eating raw

garlic, but my cholesterol is already at a very healthy level with an LDL

cholesterol of 67, so I don't have to worry about eating garlic.

 

My cholesterol level has achieved this number just from pursuing the lifestyle

that I'm describing to you right now -- getting plenty of sunshine, eating

fruits and vegetables, avoiding hydrogenated oils, and of course avoiding fried

foods. This is another thing that is extremely important if you want to have a

healthy cardiovascular system. So, I hope I'm painting a picture here for what

it takes to have a healthy cardiovascular system and automatically achieve low

LDL cholesterol levels.

 

But a lot of times when I'm explaining this to people, they might stop me and

say, Hey, wait a minute, Mike -- that wasn't the question I was asking you. What

I was really asking you is: Can you please tell me if honey and cinnamon powder

will reduce my cholesterol level without me having to make any other changes in

my life, so that I can keep on eating ice cream and keep on eating butter and

margarine, and avoid physical exercise, and stay out of the sunlight, and drink

an unlimited supply of Pepsi, and eat at the all you can eat buffets, and so on

and so forth?

 

That's the question that people are really asking, and if you boil it down, the

question really becomes: What is the least amount that I can do and end up with

a low cholesterol level?

 

That's really the question most people are asking -- what is the least that I

can do, and still be healthy? In other words, how can I be healthy with the

least investment possible? That could be an investment in time, an investment in

taste, or an investment in dollars -- for example, in terms of how much

nutritional supplements cost.

 

Think about yourself -- isn't that the answer that you really want to know?

 

Because not everyone has three hours a day to invest in their health -- I invest

hours a day in exercise and eating right and studying nutrition, but honestly,

not everyone can do that, and I recognize that.

People want to know -- what can I do that takes 10 minutes? Or, better yet, what

can I do that takes 4 minutes? And if you've got something that works, what can

I do that takes 1 minute?

 

They want the 1-minute health answer to cardiovascular health, diabetes, cancer

prevention, preventing Alzheimer's disease, and so on.

 

What is the 1-minute health answer?

 

And if you want the 1-minute health answer, here's what you do: put a huge glass

of water in one hand, and a huge glass of a blended drink in the other hand.

That drink should contain organic soy protein, stevia, spirulina, and some kind

of fruit, like a banana, so that's all blended up to make an ice-cream shake

texture, but without any of the cream and without any sugar. You could also put

coconut oil in that or flax oil or olive oil -- just blend it up, make sure it's

delicious.

 

So, here's the scene: you've got a huge glass of water in one hand, and a huge

glass of this spirulina protein drink in the other hand. Start your stopwatch

and rush outside in the natural sunlight so that the sunlight is hitting your

skin as much as possible. Take three deep breaths, chug the entire glass of

spirulina and soymilk, take three more deep breaths, chug the other glass of

water, take three more deep breaths, then run in place for the remainder of the

minute, and when the minute is up, run back inside.

That's your 1-minute health manager approach right there.

 

Now, is that going to help you? Will it enhance your health? Yeah, absolutely,

but you sort of get what you put into it. In one minute, you're not going to get

a lot of sunlight. In one minute you're not going to get a lot of exercise.

You're not going to burn a lot of calories in one minute, but at least you got

some water into your body, and you got some sunshine, spirulina, soy protein,

healthy oils and some of the other ingredients that are going to enhance your

cardiovascular health.

 

So, if you really want a 1-minute approach, do that, and if you do it on a daily

basis, you will notice a difference in your health. It's probably the least

amount of time investment you can put into health and actually see results. But

if you want more results, you could expand that to -- get this -- two minutes,

and if you double the investment, you will get approximately double the results.

And if you're crazy enough to spend an entire hour taking care of your health,

or two hours or three hours like some people do, then you're going to get much

greater results, and of course there's a point of diminishing results, so two

hours versus one hour doesn't necessarily mean twice the result. You're going to

get a whole lot of result in one hour a day, and not quite double in two hours a

day.

 

So, that's why most people say 45 minutes a day of exercise is really about

where the middle point is. If you can walk for 45 minutes a day, that's good.

You're going to be healthy, you're going to ward off cardiovascular disease,

you're going to do yourself a lot of good. If, at the same time, you can avoid

ingredients that promote cardiovascular disease, such as hydrogenated oils and

fried foods and saturated animal fats (like you get from red meat or milk and

dairy products), then you're going to do yourself that much more good.

 

So, I know this was a long explanation to answer this question, but let me get

back to the original question. For someone who's asking, will honey and cinnamon

powder help me reduce cholesterol? The answer is no.

 

Forget about honey and cinnamon powder -- let's talk about changing your life so

that cholesterol is something you don't even have to think about. And everything

I've described in this answer is what you need to do to change your life so that

cholesterol is no longer a problem. If you're thinking that honey and cinnamon

powder is going to be a magic bullet solution, you're going down the wrong path.

 

Get back to the basics -- start eating the foods your body was designed to eat,

get the sunshine your body was designed to receive, drink the water that nature

designed you to drink, move your body, get some strength training, some

flexibility training, some physical exercise. Your cholesterol will plummet down

to healthy levels within a short period of time, and it will stay there for the

rest of your life.

_________________

JoAnn Guest

mrsjoguest

DietaryTipsForHBP

www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Genes

 

 

 

 

AIM Barleygreen

" Wisdom of the Past, Food of the Future "

 

http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Diets.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make your home page

 

 

[Guest guest]

I missed the first part and i just had a stroke..can you resend please!!!!

 

 

-

" JoAnn Guest " <angelprincessjo

;

<DietaryTipsForHBP >

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:21 AM

Q & A: How do I reduce high cholesterol

with the least amount of time, money and effort? (part 2)

 

 

>

>

> http://www.newstarget.com/001958.html

> This is part 2 of a 2-part article series on reducing high cholesterol.

>

> So far, we've talked about getting outside, getting natural sunlight on

> your skin, getting daily exercise, and choosing foods that promote

> health -- that is, the natural, raw, live foods such as fruits,

> vegetables, nuts, and even soy products. Definitely get some sprouts into

> your diet, get some supergreens into your diet, eat some microalgae like

> chlorella and spirulina. Take some seaweed herbal products, or just eat

> some seaweed as part of your diet. You can have dulse or kelp or

> bladderwrack, or just sushi. This is the way to get healthy foods into

> your diet that will automatically help balance your cholesterol levels.

>

>

>

(snip)

[Guest guest]

, " OlmTrader "

<olmtrader@t...> wrote:

>

> I missed the first part and i just had a stroke..can you resend

please!!!!

 

 

Although I believe that this author has a good concept of how to

lower LDL cholesterol and elevate HDL levels, there is a lot of

other things that one can do to alleviate the damage as well!

Obviously one of them is to acquire adequate vitamin D through

sunlight and dietary sources.

 

For this I would recommend adding cold water fish to your diet and

by that I mean alaskan salmon (farmed salmon is high in contaminants

so that should always be avoided)and sardines packed in water (

soybean oil is not a good choice, is too high in omega-6s and

literally destroys any health benefits that are derived from the

omega 3s in the sardines). Many people use emulsified cod liver oil.

It may be helpful, although this cannot be relied on exclusively

because if high dosages are used you may tend to overdose on vitamin

A, and anyway from my research the " liver oils " are not a very good source of

omega 3s. I have a chart in my possesion which maintains that salmon and

sardines are the highest in omega-3s so they are always my very first choice!

 

Another excellent way to lower LDL cholesterol is to obtain

sufficient fiber. Organic oatmeal, cooked with raisins, without

additional sweeteners other than stevia is fine. This may be eaten

with organic soy, rice or almond milk.

 

Oats in their original state are a fabulous source of fiber. Processed oats are

not as beneficial! General Mills (Cheerios) is guilty of false advertising when

they state that they

will lower cholesterol levels.

 

The additives and gmo's make processed cereals very undesirable for a healthy

person let alone those who are trying to regain their health!

 

Incorporating some raw nuts such as almonds, walnuts, macademia nuts, and

cashews into your diet

will provide you with even more nutrient dense fats. It is the good

fats that will elevate good cholsterol and lower your

bad cholesterol.

 

I would also like to mention that avoiding all refined processed oils and

refined foods including many of the animal foods (meat and dairy fats are

frequently problematic in these areas) is also necessary if you want to improve.

I now use organic or free range meat however during the first few months I

abstained entirely going with an almost exclusively vegetarian regime (with the

exception of the fish of course). The oil that I use currently is an imported

virgin olive oil, although sesame oil is also good if you obtain a good brand

(spectrumnaturals.com is good). EVOO contains numerous good fats (omega 3s and

9s) which help to alleviate inflammation and resolve many other health problems.

Arteries are frequently inflamed (with free radicals in the absence of proper

nutrients, i.e. vitamin C, E and others) in many of these incidences.

Sesame oil and macademia oil is also good, however it is best to avoid all

refined processed oils such as canola,soybean, cottonseed oils, etc.

 

If you are taking statins already, they will only

hinder your progress, for they will interfere with the synthesis of

vitamin D from the sun. It takes natural cholesterol for the body to

be able to make vitamin D! The drugs just deplete your cholesterol

to dangerously low levels and interferes with the initial healing

process.

 

Also I believe, it would be wise to increase your intake of potassium rich foods

in addition to taking a potassium and magnesium supplement. Enzymatic therapy

has an excellent supplement for this purpose. Magnesium is necessary to offset

excessive calcium levels in the body. Frequently it is an imbalance of calcium

in improper rato with magnesium that contributes to more problems. Excessive

calcium constricts the arteries and must be supplemented with magnesium. when I

started supplementing with magnesium many of my heart and artery problems ceased

to exist, for magnesium relaxes the arteries.

www.enzy.com

 

I have used up to 800 mgs or more of magnesium per day although

potassium supplementation should not excess more than 99 mgs daily.

Also avoid sodium rich foods (i.e. processed varieties). When you

add potassium in the form of bananas or organic potatoes to your

diet it helps to correct the imbalance of electrolytes that causes

these abnormalities!

 

If you must use salt, avoid processed (mortons) substituting with minimal

amounts of sea salt instead. Another good way to add variety to your foods

without excessive use of sodium is to purchase " herbamare " a healthy condiment

from the health food stores made by Bioforce which makes use of garlic and other

healthy herbs.

 

I use it liberally on all my vegetables which provides more flavor and spice to

an other wise bland dish.

There is so much that one can do diet wise to help avoid additional

strokes. It is pathetic that this is not discussed more in the

media, but then as we all know they are drug oriented and that's

about it!

 

I reversed my heart condition through diet and supplementation. I took hawthorne

berry, large amounts of

magnnesium, and coq10 to lower my cholesterol and in addition to

avoiding all the bad fats (omega 6s) I managed pretty well without

the help of allopathic medicine! I did not seek their advice, but

rather sought out herbs and naturopathic remedies.

When one learns how to eat well, then one does not fear cholesterol. The

pharmaceuticals and their media would have us completely in the dark, so they

can perpetrate their toxic wares. It is possible to reverse this condition. Do

not let anyone tell you

otherwise!!

God Bless you in your endeavors.

JoAnn Guest