By Ben Needles
 Cholesterol is a soft, fat-like, waxy substance found in the bloodstream and in all your bodys cells. Its normal to have cholesterol. Cholesterol is an important part of a healthy body because its used for producing cell membranes and some hormones, and serves other needed bodily functions. But too much cholesterol in the blood is a major risk for coronary heart disease (which leads to heart attack) and for stroke. Hypercholesterolemia is the medical term for high levels of blood cholesterol.
Home Remedies for Cholesterol
Our bodies need cholesterol to:
Maintain healthy cell walls
Make hormones (the bodys chemical messengers)
Make vitamin D
Make bile acids, which aid in fat digestion
Home remedies for cholesterol #1: Mix 1 tsp. of roasted chicory root.
1 tsp. of lime flowers.
1/2 tsp. of fenugreek seeds.
1/2 tsp. of ginger rhizome.
1 quart of water.
Boil all ingredients, let it cool, strain. Drink 2 cups a day.
Another useful remedy for cholesterol is sunflower seed. It contains useful |
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By Jan Richards
 High cholesterol levels are slowly killing off the population. The increasing prevalence and risk of hypertension and heart disease in Americans are ringing the alarm bells in the country's health sector. Health officials are desperately trying to find ways to combat the rise and make people aware of the eating lifestyle and exercise lifestyle that they are imbibing.
The truth about cholesterol
Although cholesterol is mainly the culprit in the increase in high blood pressure in the body, not all cholesterol that we take in is essentially bad. In fact, small amounts of cholesterol is being used by the body in the production of bile salts and in the transformation of Vitamin D. Cholesterol also plays a role in the balancing of hormones especially in women.
There are two kinds of cholesterol, the good and the bad as the lay people will like to clal them. The bad cholesterol or the LDL is the kind that is often found in saturated fats and trans fatty acids. These are taken into the body through foods that are pre-packed and prepared |
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