Alkaline foods vs LDL cholesterol

A few months ago, I had my blood tested. Results showed that I was a bit high in

cholesterol, which made me realize that it's time for me to change my daily eating

habits. Many of us are aware that continued intake of cholesterol-LDL to be

specific-results in accumulation of fats and sticky blood in the blood vessel,

which eventually inhibit smooth circulation of blood. This can cause high blood

pressure and myocardial infarction. Basic treatments in curing circulatory disease

such as heart disease are to inhibit overindulgence of cholesterol and

instead take healthy food that makes your blood clean and clear.

Following is the list of food that will help you maintain clean blood.

• Grains such as brown rice, beans, mung beans and black rice are known to be

abundant in essential amino acids, essential fatty acids, fiber and minerals that

help excrete bodily wastes and clean the blood. Mung beans in particular can help

remove toxins in the blood, which have been accumulated by food, medicine or

heavy metal.

• Similarly, marine plants (algae) such as sea mustard, kelp, or seaweed is good for

blood-clearing in that the iodine and minerals contained in marine plants help

remove the toxins accumulated in the body and clean the blood.

• Vegetables, most if not all, are good for our health but there are some vegetables

that are specifically good for our blood cleansing. To name a few, those are

onions, cucumbers, carrots, water parsley, garlic, ginger, pepper, a crown

daisy and eggplants. For those of you who are meat-lovers, remember to take

meat with onions for it has the ability to control blood clotting. Mushrooms also

help prevent blood from clotting. Being the best-representing cancer-fighting

food, mushroom is good for strengthening of our immunity.

• Fish also contains abundant proteins of good quality that clear the blood. It is

recommended to take fish such as hairtail (cutlassfish), halibut (flatfish), tuna, red

sea-beam and seabass. However, blue-backed fish such as salmon, mackerel,

sardine contains lots of fats, so you should take only an appropriate amount.

As briefly mentioned above, to prevent circulatory disease such as heart disease,

one should not only inhibit the indulgence of cholesterol but also limit the

uptake of chlorine. Since use of diuretic can decrease the amount of potassium in

the body, consuming mineral-rich water such as BIOCERA Antioxidant Alkaline

water is necessary for supplementary purposes.

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Reference: Health Chosun