Cheerios are probably the biggest and do the most advertising, and also are the first to lay claim to that. General Mills can launch a campaign solely highlighting that, while other companies probably just push to be noticed. Are there lesser known cereals, ones that are probably better for you, that has the same ingredients that lower cholesterol?
It might just be the whole oats/grains in the product. Quaker Oats makes the same claim with their products (though I don’t think instant oatmeal is too healthy, though I’ll eat it in a pinch), as does Kellogg’s Heart Smart cereal. (Although Heart Smart has several listings of sugar, including corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oils and listings of preservatives that I don’t consider healthy and will not buy a product if any of these are even listed once.) I shop at Trader Joe’s, which is a chain of low cost health food stores. They have a Cheerios equivalent, Joe’s O’s that have the same comment about cholesterols on them. In my opinion, it just helps to eat a good, healthy diet. My mother-in-law told me last month that her doctor put her on a new pill for her high cholesterol. Now, this woman eats plenty of stuff I don’t even consider food. That day, I noticed she put creamy, fatty dressing on he salad (to me, those types of dressings ruin the salad), and had a nice chunk of red meat for dinner. Typical of her. I had made the diet comment, too. On the other hand, I eat real, whole, good foods and my cholesterol (as of the test I took in late spring/early summer) is low. Other than the American Heart Association site, I’m sure there are sites that offer information on lowering and maintaining good cholesterol levels, but I just can’t think of any good search phrases now.

Heart attacks kill almost 700000 men and women each year in the United States. Signs of a heart attack usually include chest discomfort. Symptoms of a heart attack can be different in a man than the heart attack symptoms in a woman. Heart attacks should be suspected if you experience pressure or pain in your chest, shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness or anxiety.

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How do I lower my cholesterol?  Many of you may ask that question, right after your doctor started a conversation about a high cholesterol level in your blood work.

It’s a topic many don’t want to think about, since somehow it can remind us we are not as invincible as we think we are. So if you are here to educate yourself about how
to lower your cholesterol this is the place to be.  We bring articles and pertinent information together to help you research what you can do to help reduce the cholesterol level.

It’s a discussion you may have with your doctor, a nutritionist, or other health care provider.

Educating yourself about total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol is a good place to start.  It can seem like a complicated subject, and the solution to reducing your risk factors
may be different than for someone else.

But first you may want to read an article Good (HDL) Cholesterol & Bad (LDL) Cholesterol that helps explain what cholesterol “numbers” you should have.

Some of you may be asking “so what’s the big deal?  I feel fine and I have no symptoms”

That’s the catch!

There usually are no symptoms of high cholesterol. 

The problem is….you don’t know it until the consequences strike. High cholesterol produces clogged arteries. Clogged arteries in turn cause a whole range of cardiovascular symptoms–stroke, heart attack, narrowed arteries to your legs, etc. 
Waiting to do something after (for example) the first heart attack is just too late.

Good news.  You CAN do something about high cholesterol, and it doesn’t always mean you run right out first thing to get a prescription.  Yes, that might end up being necessary, but a logical step-wise approach is really what makes sense.

Diet
Exercise
Natural Supplement
If these steps fail–medication

We’ll discuss options in future articles, so come visit us again.

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What is the best natural way to lower cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure?
Hypertension management is often a 3-step approach. Step 1 is changes in diet, weight and lifestyle. Steps 2 & 3 involve medication in addition to Step 1. Step 1 changes mean a low-sodium, low-cholesterol/fat, balanced and healthy diet. Plenty of water. Then there’s the matter of excess weight. Lose it. Changing one’s lifestyle means stress management, more exercise/activity, no smoking, no alcohol. This is all natural, no pills and effective.

http://bioslife.com-lowercholesterol.info/ Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the Number 1 killer in the world (killing more people than cancer, Alzheimer’s, AIDS and accidents combined). Here are some chilling facts: • CVD kills 3,500 Americans every day or 1.3 million every year - equivalent to the entire population of Philadelphia or Phoenix! • 1 in 3 Americans will die due to cardiovascular disease. • Women are 4 to 6 times more likely to die of heart disease than of breast cancer. • The leading cause of cardiovascular disease is high cholesterol. • 105 million Americans suffer from high cholesterol. • Improving HDL, LDL, and triglycerides at the same time is the most effective way to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Doctors normally prescribe medication to help patients lower their high cholesterol levels. These medicines, called statins (like Lipitor and Zocor) are somewhat effective at lowering LDL (the bad cholesterol) but they also introduce dangerous side effects such as memory loss, sense of imbalance, muscle breakdown (rhabdomyolysis), kidney failure and liver failure, which of course results in death. Bios Life is a patented, clinically-proven, natural solution to total cholesterol care. Many doctors, after discovering Bios Life, have switched their patients from statin medications to this natural product. Some of these doctors share their testimonies in this video, which was filmed a few years ago. Since then, the Bios Life 2 which is mentioned in this video has been upgraded to Bios Life Complete. Whereas the older Bios Life 2 had one mechanism to lower bad cholesterol, the newer Bios Life Complete has four! The new Bios Life has been clinically proven to do the following: Lower LDL (bad cholesterol) Increase HDL (good cholesterol) Lower Triglycerides (fat in your blood) Help control Diabetes by regulating blood sugar levels Apart from all these life-saving benefits, Bios Life has one main “side effect” - weight loss - so this is really a “side benefit”! A recent study presented at the American Heart ociation Annual Conference concluded Bios Life reduced the post-prandial glucose levels 28% and HbA1c levels 15%; indicating Bios Life provides a natural option to improve diabetes management. Visit http://bioslife.com-lowercholesterol.info for more information on Bios Life

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New research published last October in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association suggests that patients with high cholesterol who are take high-dose statin drugs may reduce the damage to their hearts by supplementing their diets with foods rich in plant sterols.

High cholesterol — hypercholesterolaemia -causes cardiovascular disease. Heart disease causes 50 percent of deaths in Europe, and costs the EU $202 billion each year.

The new research confirms previous studies by claiming that patients with high cholesterol can reduce their cholesterol levels by 8 to 17 percent by consuming 1.5 to 3 grams of plant sterols or stanols every day, which translates to a reduction in the risk of heart disease.

Researchers from the University Medical Centre Utrecht and the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands studied 20 hypercholesterolaemic patients who took the daily maximum dose of statin drugs — atorvastatin or simvastatin, 80 mg.

The study split the participants into two groups: the first received 3 grams of plant stanol-enriched margarine per day (Johnson & Johnson brand Benecol) for six weeks, and the second group received stanol-free margarine each day for six weeks. Both margarines contained 62 percent fat.

At the end of the trial, the group given stanol-enriched margarine had a 9.9 percent reduction in plasma cholesterol and a 15.6 percent reduction in LDL cholesterol. Their levels of apolipoprotein B (ApoB) — responsible for transporting cholesterol to tissues — dropped by 10.8 percent.

Conversely, the control group only experienced a 7.7 percent reduction in LDL cholesterol levels. Total cholesterol remained the same, and ApoB levels fell by 6.8 percent.

“Intensive dietary intervention with addition of plant stanols results in clinically relevant reduction of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in patients optimally treated with statins, compared with similar patients on statins receiving only standard care,” the researchers wrote.

Mike Adams, author of “Grocery Warning,” says this research should indicate to patients that plant stanols and sterols can actually replace statin drugs.

“Statin drugs are dangerous chemicals that can produce extremely harmful — even fatal — side effects,” Adams said. “Replacing them with plant-based medicines under the care of a naturopathic physician can greatly improve the health of patients while greatly reducing the cost of their treatment.”
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Some of these cholesterol lowering drugs have negative side effects such as memory loss, muscle fatigue, CoQ10 deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, sex hormone depletion and adrenal depletion.

This research confirms what naturalists have been telling the health industry for a decade. It is not eating fat that increases cholesterol. Eating animal fat increases cholesterol. In fact, switching from animal fat to plant fat can actually lower cholesterol.

Plant fats from avocados, almonds, pecans, peanuts, chia seeds, olive oil, coconut oil, macadamia nut oil, and so on. If it’s from the plant world, the fat is good for you - in moderation. The trick is to eat ‘raw’ fats, not cooked fats.

One serving of raw almonds a day can reduce the risk of heart attacks or stroke by 53 percent, according to the research quoted by Mike Adams. And raw nuts and seeds offer plenty of calcium, to replace dairy products. Chia seeds and almonds are both good sources of calcium.

The medical community is working toward finding healthy methods of lowering cholesterol but self-empowerment and personal responsibility is still the defining factor in survival rates.

Ethan Miller
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