subject: Even Simple Oatmeal Can Lower Cholesterol By 50 Points Or More [print this page] 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 last fifteen years I have been slowly improving my diet until I was a near vegetarian. My thought process told me there must be something missing from my diet. Research told me it was probably whole grains which are very good at lowering cholesterol naturally. I figured out I had been neglecting true whole grains in my diet.
In the last ten years my diet has improved steadily and at the time of the blood tests I was nearly a vegetarian. My thought said I was not eating enough of something to keep my cholesterol at acceptable levels. So I did some research and found that whole grains, not processed, are needed to keep not only your cholesterol balanced but do many other things as well.
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.
