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"HEART HEALTH: A few grams of cloves per day boosted insulin function while lowering cholesterol, according to two reports presented at the 2006 Experimental Biology meeting in San Francisco. The clove study found that all participants who ingested cloves, regardless of the amount, showed a drop in glucose, triglycerides, and LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels. Blood levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol remained unaffected. Clove oil was found to inhibit lipid peroxidation, which can lead to heart disease." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Plant phytosterols are helpful in lowering cholesterol, too. Home Remedies Folk medicine suggests consuming pumpkin seeds for reducing enlarged prostate glands. Pumpkin is one of the traditional Chinese medicines used to alleviate some of the complications and chronic diseases caused by diabetes. Eating unroasted pumpkin seeds with the onset of nausea helps alleviate motion sickness. Throw Me a Lifesaver!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Chapter 6 Supplements The Basics Most doctors today prescribe drugs for specific effects such as lowering cholesterol or blood pressure. When the drugs don't work, surgeons may be called in to perform lifesaving bypasses or heart transplants. In integrative medicine, we use or recommend these approaches as well. But we have learned to do something extra, something normally ignored, absolutely simplistic, and bargain-basement cheap compared to dazzling, big-ticket technology." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "Those two effects are more important to us than simply lowering cholesterol. In any case, the result was intriguing, and we look forward to larger follow-up studies. For one, statins can have a nitric oxide sparing effect that contributes to improved endothelial function of blood vessels. Nitric oxide, a substance produced in the endothelium, promotes healthy dilation of the arteries and inhibits abnormal platelet clotting." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Nutritional Supplements Although dietary changes alone can have a powerful effect in reducing the incidence of heart disease, they may not be enough for everyone. lowering cholesterol, lowering blood pressure, inhibiting blood clots, preventing oxidative damage to the vessel walls, and several other mechanisms are all effects that can be achieved with the therapeutic use of nutritional/herbal supplements. This is an exciting and successful area for alternative medicine to make an impact on a large segment of the population." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Flax meal is high in lignans and can reduce your risk of hormone cancers by improving estrogen metabolism, lowering cholesterol, and regulating your digestion. Bacteria in your gut convert lignans into two substances, enterodiol and enterolactone. Studies have shown that high levels of these substances are associated with a lower incidence of osteoporosis, heart disease, and breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Probiotics may help your heart by doing more than lowering cholesterol. A controlled, randomized, double-blind study involving 36 male smokers who consumed 50,000 CFUs of L. plantarum had a decrease in oxidative stress and inflammation. Thus, L. plantarum appears to effectively reduce some heart disease risk factors. Probiotics to Reduce Blood Pressure About 50 to 60 million people in the United States are estimated to have hypertension (elevated blood pressure)." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Soy protein seems to boost heart health by contributing to lower blood pressure and playing a small role in lowering cholesterol in an overall cholesterol-reducing diet.35 Soy has also been shown to possibly If you have been diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer, discuss the role of soy contribute to reducing cancer risk, reducing risk of bone fracture or osteoporosis, and better managing diabetes." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"How Can You Prevent or Limit the Development of Atherosclerosis? By lowering cholesterol levels, you can slow the development of atherosclerotic plaques. One way cholesterol is removed from the blood stream is by cholesterol-requiring cells. Tissues that make steroid hormones commonly require cholesterol. These cells will remove low-density lipoprotein (LDL) from circulation through a process called endocytosis. Cholesterol carried by LDL can only be used by cells with a specific receptor—the LDL receptor." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Found to be effective for cancer prevention and treatment of a wide range of cancers, including colon, prostate, breast and liver cancer, this amazing substance also serves as a health aid for kidney stones, anti-platelet activity, lowering cholesterol and triglycerides, prevention of free radical-related damage after a heart attack, and sickle cell anemia. HISTORY Researchers throughout the world have been studying the effectiveness of IPg in regard to cancer prevention and treatment since the 1950s at Harvard. Clinical and anecdotal reports continue to suggest its effectiveness." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.) "IPg also has profound benefits in areas of kidney stones, antiplatelet activity, lowering cholesterol and triglycerides, prevention of free radical-related damage after a heart attack, and sickle cell anemia. HOW TO USE For cancer protection and treatment, reducing the risk of kidney stones, and supporting circulatory health, take two capsules of IP^ with inositol twice daily, about 30 minutes before meals. Dosage can vary, depending on specific conditions. Four to six grams is a safe, effective range for people with cancer." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Given the amount of resources committed to educating people about lowering cholesterol compared with helping people eat a healthy diet, one might correctly surmise that drug companies have much more money to spend promoting the "scientific evidence" that supports lowering LDL cholesterol with statins than do the flaxseed, canola, olive, soybean, walnut, and vegetable farmers who would benefit from the widespread promotion of the Mediterranean diet." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "The National Cholesterol Education Program has been remarkably successful in achieving its goal of raising "awareness and understanding about high blood cholesterol as a risk factor for CHD [coronary heart disease] and the benefits of lowering cholesterol levels as a means of preventing CHD." So successful, in fact, that about twice as many people discuss cholesterol with their doctors during physical exams (67 percent) as are counseled about the importance of routine exercise (34 percent) or as are advised (if smokers) to quit smoking (37 percent)." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "The cholesterol guidelines' cavalier extrapolation to women of the benefit of lowering cholesterol in men, especially after the recent surprise provided by the results of the "Heart and Estrogen/Progesterone Replacement Study" (HERS study),* demonstrates the medical industry's unrepentant opportunism in its attempt once again to impose scientifically unsubstantiated medical treatment on women." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "If stroke prevention is the goal, lowering cholesterol with a statin drug is hardly the first strategy we should turn to. According to the data presented by Giles at the CDC conference, an elevated cholesterol level increases the risk of stroke one-eighth as much as diabetes, one-eighth to one-sixteenth as much as elevated blood pressure, and less than a thirtieth as much as a sedentary lifestyle. With expensive therapies getting all the attention, the very effective and inexpensive basics of stroke prevention have been pushed aside." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Some properties of soy isoflavones, such as preventing osteoporosis (Anderson, 1999) and lowering cholesterol levels (Lichtenstein, 1998), may suggest an estrogen-related mechanism. Isoflavones are believed to exert their effects through ER signaling pathway because of the structural similarity to estrogen. However, experimental studies have found that isoflavones at different concentrations may exhibit different effects (Martin et al, 1978). Genistein at concentrations lower than 1 (J." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.)

"Herbs that Lower Cholesterol_ The most helpful herbs for lowering cholesterol and triglycerides are ginger, cayenne, raw garlic, and onions; also take ginkgo biloba, gotu kola as directed, and red clover as directed. Mineral that Lowers Cholesterol_ Potassium is the superstar mineral for lowering hypertension and cholesterol. Generally taken at 500 mg a day, it will help significantly. Phytochemicals that Lower Cholesterol The healing phytochemicals in fruits and fruit juices are also very important." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Because cholesterol is found in arteries of the heart that have become clogged, it is assumed that lowering cholesterol will solve the problem. However, the association between elevated cholesterol and heart disease is not as direct as it sounds. Nevertheless, the connection has prompted drug-makers to come up with pharmaceutical solutions to lower bad cholesterol. Your doctor decides you need cholesterol-lowering medication based on his or her calculation of risk factors that have been quantified by a study called the Framingham Study." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"L = normal 150-199 mg/dL = borderline high 200-499 mg/dL = high 500+ mg/dL = very high If you want to lowe" your triglyceride levels, much of the same advice for lowering cholesterol applies. You should also consider the following: Cut back on refined carbohydrates. Opt to enjoy sweets, soft drinks, and white bread only occasionally, and try to choose carbs that are lower on the glycemic index, or GI. (Choosing foods at least 12 points lower on the index reduced triglycerides by approximately 9 percent in 10 out of 11 studies." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Effect of combining psyllium fiber with simvastatin in lowering cholesterol. Arch. Intern. Med. 165, 1161-1166. 270. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Food and Drug Administration. (1997). Food labeling: health claims. Soluble fiber from certain foods and coronary heart disease: Proposed rule. Fed. Register 62, 28234-28245. 271. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Food and Drug Administration. (1998). Food labeling: health claims. Soluble fiber from certain foods and coronary heart disease: Final rule. Fed. Register 63, 8103-8121. 272. Knekt, P., Ritz, J., Pereira, M." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "SFA was twice as potent in raising blood cholesterol levels as polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) was in lowering cholesterol levels. Monounsaturated fat (MUFA) was shown to have a neutral effect and dietary cholesterol raised the blood cholesterol level but less so than SFA. Other predictive equations have been developed for LDL-C and HDL-C [26-29]. The LDL-C response to fatty acid classes tracks with that reported for TC." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Cholesterol lowering and total mortality. In "Lowering Cholesterol in High Risk Individuals and Populations" (B. M. Rifkind, Ed.), pp. 33-48. Marcel Dekker, New York. 39. Grundy, S. M. (1998). Overview: Second International Conference on Fats and Oil Consumption in Health and Disease: how we can optimize dietary composition to combat metabolic complications and decrease obesity. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 67(3), 497S-499S. 40. Krauss, R. M. (1998). Triglycerides and atherogenic lipoproteins: rationale for lipid management. Am. J. Med. 105(1 A), 58S-62S. 41. Depaola, D. P., Faine, M. P." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"We believe, in fact, that good oral hygiene is more important than lowering cholesterol. If you clean up the bacterial act in your mouth, signs of CVD disease, such as CRP level, go down. That means there's less inflammation in your system from top to bottom. For advice on highly effective measures you can do on your own to counteract bacterial infections of the mouth, we consulted Paul H. Keyes, a now retired researcher whose landmark investigations years ago at the National Institute of Dental Research helped to prove that both cavities and gum diseases are chronic bacterial infections." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"The principal underlying these guidelines is the supposition that the risk imparted by cholesterol is linear; the benefit of lowering cholesterol should be colinear. It matters little that benefit has proved elusive except in the high-risk groups, mainly those who already have heart disease (Hayward et al. 2006; Manuel et al. 2006; Abramson and Wright 2007)." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"As you have discovered from my story, eating a bowl of oats every day can be an effective method for lowering cholesterol. But adding nuts like almonds, walnuts, and pistachios, along with some cranberries and cherries, all submerged in some soy milk, takes that bowl to a whole new level. When it's coupled with a diet that includes lean proteins, low-fat dairy products, and vegetables, with an eye on limiting saturated-fat foods like bacon, sausage, and butter, along with moderate physical activity, the cholesterol-reducing power is awesome!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"This study shows that almonds can be incorporated into a healthful diet without negatively affecting glycemic control while also lowering cholesterol. The Journal of Nutrition also reported that when walnuts and almonds were added to a meal, they gave glycemic control after eating a high-carbohydrate meal. A 160-calorie handful of almonds supplies vitamin E, magnesium, and fiber. All are important in protecting against diabetes. Almonds and walnuts are the two most studied nuts in regard to diabetes and heart disease." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "It has been suggested that kelp's positive effects in assisting metabolism may help in lowering cholesterol. This versatile sea-vegetable is also widely used to maintain healthy skin and hair. Kelp's most dramatic application is its ability to neutralize heavy-metal pollution and radiation in the body. Algaes CHLORELLA AND SPIRULINA Chlorella and spirulina are two of the most nutrient-dense foods known, and easily qualify as whole, perfect superfoods." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "It has been found effective in increasing white blood cells, protecting liver function, lowering cholesterol, relieving hypertension, and helping strengthen the immune system while building muscle tissue and burning body fat. Goji berries are known for enhancing longevity. The Tibetan goji berries offered by the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center have been grown in protected valleys in wild and cultivated areas of Inner Mongolia in million-year-old soil where pesticides have never been used. They have been dried and are packaged in a vacuum-sealed bag. In a Phase 1." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Considerable scientific research exists that demonstrates the effect of these natural therapies and interventions in lowering cholesterol, improving blood lipid ratios, lowering blood pressure, preventing clots and strokes, inhibiting fibrinogen, lowering homocysteine levels, strengthening the cardiac muscle, and preventing the oxidative damage to vessel walls, all of which are implicated in cardiovascular disease risk." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Raw carrots, for example, may have a more potent effect in lowering cholesterol than oat products.47 People with a low intake of fruits and vegetables have an increased risk for heart disease.48 See Chapter 9 for dietary and lifestyle factors, supplements, herbs, hormones, and other conventional medications for prevention and treatment of heart disease. Nutritional Supplements Following are the nutritional supplements that are used to treat some of the symptoms of menopause." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

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