Recommendation Vitamin B3 (Niacin)"Probably the best form of vitamin B3 to use for the purpose of cholesterol reduction is inositol hexoniacinate (flush-free niacin)..."
Our Question about level of legume consumption"...Legumes are rich in soluble fiber, which has been shown to help lower total cholesterol and LDL (''bad'') cholesterol levels, the study authors note..." Recommendation Increased Legume Consumption"...Legumes are rich in soluble fiber, which has been shown to help lower total cholesterol and LDL (''bad'') cholesterol levels, the study authors note..." Recommendation Increased Fruit/Vegetable Consumption" Soluble fiber from fruit pectin has lowered cholesterol levels in most trials..."
Recommendation High/Increased Fiber Diet"...Three months of supplementation with ground flax seed at 40gm per day reduced serum total cholesterol in a study of postmenopausal women..."
Recommendation Nut and Seed Consumption"So-called "good fats" that come from raw nuts and seeds are an important part of protecting the cardiovascular system..." Recommendation Vitamin B3 (Niacin)"...Niacin may also be helpful by transforming small unprotective HDL particles into larger ones which do offer a protective effect to the cardiovascular system..." Recommendation Plant-Based Nutrition"... Cardiovascular disease risk factors in free-living men: Comparison of two prudent diets, one based on lacto-ovo-vegetarianism and the other allowing lean meat..."
Recommendation Plant-Based Nutrition"... Cardiovascular disease risk factors in free-living men: Comparison of two prudent diets, one based on lacto-ovo-vegetarianism and the other allowing lean meat..." Recommendation Nut and Seed Consumption"So-called "good fats" that come from raw nuts and seeds are an important part of protecting the cardiovascular system..." Recommendation Vitamin B3 (Niacin)"...Niacin may also be helpful by transforming small unprotective HDL particles into larger ones which do offer a protective effect to the cardiovascular system..."
Relationship to Manganese Requirement"See the link between Low HDL/LDL Cholesterol Ratio and Manganese Need..."
Recommendation Chromium" Chromium recently has been shown to lower blood cholesterol while mildly raising HDL (high-density lipoprotein), the good portion of cholesterol..."
Recommendation Olive Oil"...fatty acids - as contained in olive oil - reduce total and LDL cholesterol concentrations without reducing the levels of HDL cholesterol, thus leading to favorable changes in the serum lipid profile and possibly to changes in the physico-chemical properties of lipoproteins..." Recommendation Nut and Seed Consumption"...[A Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Rich Pecan Enriched Diet Favorably Alters the Serum Lipid Profile of HealthyMen and Women, Jnu 2001;131: pp..." Recommendation Plant-Based Nutrition"...The effect of vegetarian diets on plasma lipid and platelet levels..."
Recommendation Animal/Saturated Fats Avoidance"...Even vegans, whose dietary intake of cholesterol is by definition essentially zero, have cholesterol in their blood (usually at very healthy levels) because their bodies manufacture it..." Recommendation Plant-Based Nutrition"...New Engl J Med 1993;328:1213-9 The ratio of HDL- to total-cholesterol has been shown to be significantly lower in vegans as compared to lacto-ovo-vegetarians..."
Recommendation Selenium selenium deficiency is associated with hypercholesterolemia..."
Recommendation Garlic"...Large doses are required (6,000 to 8,000mg per day) to produce this effect, which causes gastrointestinal discomfort for some people..."
Recommendation Plant-Based Nutrition"Cholesterol levels are much lower in vegetarians..."
The Condition"...Three main types of lipoproteins exist..." Recommendation Olive Oil"...cholesterol concentrations without reducing the levels of HDL cholesterol, thus leading to favorable changes in the serum lipid profile and possibly to changes in the physico-chemical properties of lipoproteins..." Recommendation Nut and Seed Consumption"...Pecans, for example, will lower total cholesterol, triglycerides, apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein Recommendation Plant-Based Nutrition"...Plasma lipoprotein levels in vegetarians: the effect of ingestion of fats from dairy products..."
Recommendation L-Taurine" Taurine lowers serum cholesterol levels by combining with cholesterol to form bile..."
The Condition"...Here are some statistics about total cholesterol ... Among middle-aged men, 9-12% of those men with cholesterol at 240mg/dL or greater will develop symptomatic Congestive Heart Disease (CHD) over the next 7-9 years..."
