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Has your doctor told you that your cholesterol level is too high? Medically, high cholesterol is known as hypercholesterolemia, and it is estimated that more than one third of all Americans suffer from high LDL (which is the bad type) cholesterol levels.
Although people of all ages, genders, and ethnicities can have high cholesterol, there are certain factors that put you at a higher risk, such as obesity, a poor diet, diabetes, a sedentary lifestyle, and hypothyroidism. Genetics is the one factor that is out of your control; however, almost everything else is completely within your control.
Since high cholesterol has no symptoms, you should get your cholesterol levels checked whenever you go in for a physical or according to what your doctor recommends.
If not caught in time, high cholesterol levels can lead to serious, even life threatening complications, such as heart disease, chest pain, stroke, or heart attacks.
You can naturally lower cholesterol levels, without drugs, simply by making healthy changes to your diet and lifestyle.
Although simply changing your diet won’t do everything, it is certainly a large part of the issue and can prevent you from a lifetime of medication.
Keep reading and find out the 15 best super foods you should be eating more of to lower high cholesterol levels.
1. Tomatoes
Tomatoes don’t get nearly the attention they deserve when it comes to health benefits. At one time, people even believed that eating tomatoes could kill them! Now, we know that tomatoes have tons of health benefits, mainly from the high amount of lycopene they contain. Tomatoes are known to lower LDL cholesterol, as well as triglycerides, which is why you see tomatoes on those heart healthy diets. One of the great things about tomatoes is that they release more lycopene when you cook them, but don’t let that stop you from eating plenty of raw ones in salads or on sandwiches.
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