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The Sugar Might Not That Sweet for Your Health, A Note for How to Lower Cholesterol
When you have to watch out the cholesterol level in your body, do not forget that sugar may create other type of fat as harmful as the bad cholesterol. How to avoid these bad fats easily?
The word ‘easily’ avoid bad fats does not really express the real things you have to do. Changing your eating behavior could take some time before you are used to it. You need to stick on the plan of how to lower cholesterol and be discipline to do it. Low sugar diet is good for your health but need high discipline to be successfully done. Sugar as a form of carbohydrate will increase triglyceride in our body. This natural substance causes blood cloth or the blocking in the blood vessel. The blood cloth is the primary cause of heart attack if it happens in the artery, and the cause of stroke if it is stick on the blood vessel in the brain. You should not forget triglyceride when you work on your cholesterol.
The natural way to control triglyceride is by having low sugar diet and low carbohydrate diet. Change your sugar to diet sugar, change the white bread to whole wheat bread which contained less carbohydrate and more fiber. Forget doughnuts, you can have healthier snack made from beans and nuts. It will give you the energy without additional triglyceride in your body. If your total fat and cholesterol is too high, you may need more than just healthy diet. Natural supplements are now available in the market. Read the review in lowercholesterol.org
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Super Foods for Women-2
Tofu 
Made from soybeans, this food has lots of protein and is a good source of calcium and vitamin E.
* Foods high in soy may lower cholesterol and reduce menopausal hot flashes and strengthen bones. Half cup of tofu contains 25 to 35 milligrams of isoflavones, soy chemical compound with a structure similar to estrogen
Consumption: The tofu is very versatile and absorbs very well marinated. It can be prepared in many ways.
Buffalo meat 
It’s lean meat, ideal for all those who care about their diet.
* Low levels of iron in the blood can cause severe fatigue. The buffalo meat is a great source of iron is lean. The meat can provide energy and help you lose weight.
Consumption: 3.5 ounces of buffalo meat have less than three grams of fat.
Wild cabbage 
Great source of vitamins B6 and C.
* Also offers plenty of calcium and vitamin D and some studies suggest that vitamin K protects bones. A Study of Nurses’ Health found that women who eat foods rich in vitamin K (at least 109 micrograms daily) were 30% less likely to suffer hip fractures than those who ate less, as confirmed by a follow-up study 10 years later . The researchers stress that dark green vegetables – Brussels sprouts, spinach and broccoli – are good sources of vitamins, but the wild cabbage is the best.
Consumption: half cup of wild cabbage provides 375 micrograms of vitamins.
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