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Oatmeal Lowered My Cholesterol By 50 Points
An easy and quick way to lower cholesterol is whole grain cereal. My cholesterol was below 200 since I started checking my levels more than fifteen years ago. Three times a year I get a blood test and recently my tests showed a cholesterol reading of 210. The test was also sent to my doctor and sure enough his nurse called and said they wanted to talk to me about lowering my cholesterol with drugs. No thank you I said I will .lower cholesterol naturally.
In the fifteen years mentioned above my diet has steadily improved to where I was almost a vegetarian. So I figured there was something missing in my diet. My research showed that whole grains can lower cholesterol and keep them at acceptable levels. My research also showed that whole grains not only helped cholesterol but many other things as well.
I have never been a regular cereal eater let alone oatmeal. It was not that I did not like it but more old breakfast habits of eggs and toast were more in my mind. You know the saying, out of sight out of mind.
The plan that I devised was to eat a whole grain cereal at least three times a week. At the same time I quit eating meat entirely and what little processed food I was consuming too. I started with organic steel cut oats the highest nutrient value oatmeal available. After about a month of oatmeal three times a week I then substituted Eight Grain from Red Mill once a week for variety.
After four short months I did a new blood test and low and behold my cholesterol had dropped 50 points to 160. In addition my triglycerides went lower by 44 points. Good cholesterol HDL rose slightly and the bad cholesterol LDL dropped 32 points. All in all very good since I took no drugs with side effects and the cost was no more maybe less than before. Also I put honey on the cereal and it alone is a very potent nutrient. I also used the cereal as an antioxidant carrier. I added such powerful antioxidants as cinnamon, blue berry powder, goji berry extract and acai flakes. There is nothing like using natural remedies to cure a medical condition.