Cholesterol is a fat-like substance that is necessary for the proper functioning of the human body, according to Medline Plus, the US National Library of Medicine.
However, he explained that if you have too much cholesterol in your blood, it can combine with other substances in your blood to form a plaque that sticks to the walls of your blood vessels, and this buildup is called arteriosclerosis, which can lead to artery disease. coronary arteries, which can narrow or even block them.
In fact, it should be noted that when you have too much cholesterol in your blood it is because you have had an unhealthy lifestyle that can include:
- unhealthy eating habitsLike eating lots of unhealthy fats, and one type, saturated fat, is found in some meats, dairy products, chocolate, baked goods, and processed and fried foods. Another type, trans fat, is found in some fried and processed foods. Eating these fats can raise your bad cholesterol (LDL).
- Lack of physical activitybecause with a lot of sedentary lifestyle and little exercise, good cholesterol (HDL) is reduced.
- Smokesince it lowers good cholesterol (HDL), especially in women, but also increases bad cholesterol (LDL).
Thus, the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo revealed, in its nutrition section, that the hybrid fruit that lowers cholesterol levels is pomelit or also known as sweetie or oroblanco.
Additionally, the Citric portal revealed that “Dr. Sheila Gorinstein, a scientist at the Hebrew University, and Professor Abraham Caspi, from the Kaplan Hospital, demonstrated in their research that pomelit, raw or in juice, helps prevent clogging of the arteries of the heart and heart attacks”.
Regarding consumption, the portal indicated that “you must remove the bark with your nails or with the help of a knife, remove the albedo and eat the whole segments. If you don’t want to eat it directly, you can add it to salads or make juice.”
In any case, before consuming any food, the first thing to do is consult the treating doctor or a nutritionist so that they can guide the process and indicate what is most appropriate for each person, since the previous recommendations are not indicated. for all people, since the information given above is in no way a substitute for medical advice.
On the other hand, other healthy habits that help reduce cholesterol levels are:
1. Have a healthy diet: this must include at least 400g (i.e. five servings) of fruit and vegetables per day, less than 10% of total caloric intake must come from free sugars, less than 30% of daily caloric intake must be from fat, Less than five grams of salt (approximately one teaspoon) per day should be ingested and the salt should be iodized.
- Colesterol total: Total amount of cholesterol in the blood. It includes both types: low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.
- Colesterol malo (LDL): The one that accumulates in the arteries and clogs them.
- Good cholesterol (HDL): The one that helps remove cholesterol from the arteries.
- No-HDL: This number is the total cholesterol minus the good cholesterol (HDL). Non-HDL cholesterol includes bad cholesterol (LDL) and other types of cholesterol, such as very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL).
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