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01-27-2010, 05:40 AM
A moderate diet, usually high in fiber along with exercise can help control cholesterol. Such diets are listed in many places over the web.
In addition, I personally took part in the Quaker Oats Challenge a few years back, completely convinced that their claim that a diet of their oatmeal would lower cholesterol would be nonsense. After one month, I discovered I was wrong. My cholesterol dropped 28 points in one month simply by eating a bowl of oatmeal in the morning. It does not, however, continue to diminish at that rate each month but it does seem to help.
One product which has been effective in lowering cholesterol is red yeast rice, available at health food stores. I use it myself and have experienced good results. I strongly recommend it.
I feel that many of the drugs advertised on TV are nothing short of poison. Most of them are stat ins and you can see documented evidence of their effects elsewhere on the web.
Lastly there are those who suspect that much of the focus on cholesterol is specious. I leave that subject up in the air, but it appears that a high percentage of people who suffer heart attacks have relatively normal cholesterol levels. It would appear that stress is the real culprit in this.
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