Sunday, June 6, 2010

Cholesterol

This is the first time, I come across an article on how certain food help to boost up your HDL (good cholesterol).

Here are the recommendations.

Dark Chocolate
In a recent study, volunteers who ate 100mg of dark chocolate (70% cocoa) every day for a week raised their HDL by 9%. That's a load of chocolate (about 2300kJ).
However, according to the study's coauthor, eating smaller daily (15g) over an extended period should also help.
(I wonder whether consumption of Milo is considered as dark chocolate?)

Salmon
HDL rose 4% in adults who ate two 115g servings a week for four weeks. Other fatty fish like mackerel, herring and sardines should deliver similar benefits.

Berries
HDL level rose 5% when adults ate a cup of frozen berries every day for eight weeks.

Eggs
Healthy adults who ate an egg every day for 12 weeks increased HDL as much as 48%.

Good Luck! At least there are options in food intake to counter attack the bad cholesterol rather than the plain oat:)

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