Foods to help lower Bad Cholesterol Part 4

8 ) Eat it Raw

Now let’s review a little contradiction.

A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that people who adopted a raw food diet drastically improved many health factors including cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Researchers commented that the main reason may be that “raw eaters” consumed more fruits and vegetables.

Another reason may be because raw foods include almost no processing. There are no added chemicals. It’s also not cooked; so many healthy microbes that are killed in other types of diets are consumed in the raw food diet.

Any diet that avoids processed food has been shown to improve overall health. For example, the so called “cave man diet” which is high in meat consumption has been shown to improve cholesterol, blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.

Repeated studies however have proven the healthiest type of diet to be a raw-vegan diet. People following this type of diet have healthier cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar levels. It also protects you from many types of cancer.

The risk of any type of vegetarian diet is being deprived of vitamin B12, zinc and iron. So it is recommended supplementing these.