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eWellness: Five cholesterol friendly foods

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Dr KK Aggarwal    13 February 2020

  1. Oats: It gives you 1 to 2 grams of soluble fiber.
  2. Beans: are rich in soluble fiber. They also take a while for the body to digest.
  3. Nuts: Eating 2 ounces of nuts a day can slightly lower LDL, on the order of 5%.
  4. Foods fortified with sterols and stanols: gum up the bodys ability to absorb cholesterol from food. Getting 2 g of plant sterols or stanols a day can lower LDL cholesterol by about 10%.
  5. Fatty fish. Eating fish two or three times a week can lower LDL

(Source: Harvard)

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