Green tea lowers high cholesterol?!
Question:
Green tea lowers high cholesterol?
Answers:
Yes, research has shown that green tea (camelia sinensis) can lower total cholesterol and raise HDL ("good") cholesterol in both animals and people.
Ref:
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/green...
If you are sensitive to caffeine however then you can opt for other cholesterol lowering herbs and vegetables such as:
garlic, pomegranate juice, artichoke (globe) extract, gum guggul and, grapefruit juice, to name but a few.
Grapefruit juice may be sow powerful in this sense that it shouldn't be taken at the same time as cholesterol-lowering drugs (ref: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ar... ).
Also, you have to be careful of drinking grapefruit juice if you are on any meds because of drug-interactions. Ask a pharmacist if you are on meds. Otherwise grapefruit is excellent. Up your increase of all fruit and veg for their cholesterol lowering effects and oxidant-lowering (antioxidant) effects.
Some refs/further reading:
Pomegranate juice:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/393705...
Gum guggul:
http://www.numarkpharmacists.com/hn/herb...
Grapefruit juice:
http://www.50connect.co.uk/index.asp?mai...
Hope this helps.
Best wishes.