High cholesterol can be the root of many serious diseases, especially cardiovascular disease. Therefore, when you know that the cholesterol level in the body is too high, you need to be alert and immediately lower it. Especially Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) must be watched out for, because it can trigger serious diseases such as heart disease.
In addition to taking the drugs prescribed by the doctor which could have some side effect high cholesterol can also be lowered naturally and simply changing our lifestyle and diet. Here are some natural & simple ways to lower cholestrol that can be done to make cholestrol level go down faster.
The question is what lifestyle change may contribute to lowering down the blood cholestrol level?
American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (AHA), recommends 4 lifestyle changes to help improve hyperlipidemia:
- Eating a heart-healthy diet
- Regular exercise
- Avoiding tobacco smoke
- Losing weight (if you are overweight or obese)
Diet & Exercise is the ultimate lifestyle therapy for cholestrol, a study by Janse Van Rensburg(2018) controlled a 33 years old patient for a 6 weeks program to control lifestyle and  the patient  exercised a minimum of 30 minutes, twice per week and added clinically proven cholesterol-lowering foods to his daily diet, such as 1/3 cups raw oats, which is equivalent to roughly 1.3 g of oat as well as 30 g of almond, avocado and olive oil. The result is The patient in the study proven to  reduce his total cholesterol by 40.25% and his LDL cholesterol by 52.8% over the course of 6 weeks, without the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Besides, avoiding fried foods and foods that contain bad fats such as full cream milk, cheese, all kinds of cakes, pastries, pizza, foods made from margarine and butter, fast food, and frozen food need to be avoided. Get more fiber, fruits, fish that rich in Omega-3 fatty acids and use healther way of cooking such as baking, broiling, and roasting wich are the healthies way of cooking.
Another lifestyle changes you can do to lower cholestrol is by quit smoking in case if you are a smoker because smoking can lowers your HDL cholesterol. Even exposure to second-hand smoke can affect your HDL level.
Reduce Stress is another way to lowering downt the cholestrol level. Cited from medically reviewed article in WebMD, In a large study of more than 91,500 adults in different professions, job-related stress was linked to high cholesterol, including high LDL and low HDL cholesterol. People with high work stress were also more likely to take cholesterol medicine.
In another research study of law enforcement officers from Iowa university, women who had more stress and higher rates of high cholesterol and diabetes than male officers, as well as other women in the state. Meanwhile another study also confirmed the same thing, 439 bus, truck, or taxi drivers, those with high levels of work-related stress were more likely to have high LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, and high blood pressure. (WebMD, 2021).
High level of stress can trigger unhealthy habbits that will lead to high cholestrol such as unhealthy food cravings, smoking, drinking alcohol.
If a change in lifestyle is not enough then consuming herbal medicine can be an option, after all that herbal is made of natural ingredients that are safer for our body. One of the example for recommended herbal medicine is HERBAL17.
HERBAL17 contains natural ingredients like garlic, ginger, honey, lemon and apple cider vinegar that will help to lower cholesterol level.
HERBAL17 ingredients are selected with high quality, their composition is calculated and processed using modern machines, so that they are guaranteed and safe for consumption. The product has a permit from BPOM.
