Top 10 Choleterol Lowering Foods

1. Apples: Apple pectin is a soluble fiber that helps draw cholesterol out of the system. The flavonoids in apples act as a powerful antioxidant that seems to short circuit the process that leads "bad" LDL cholesterol to accumulate in the blood stream.

2. Beans: beans and vegetables are excellent source of soluble fibers and high in vegetable protein. By properly combining beans with brown rice, seeds, corn, wheat, you can create a complete protein. Properly combined  beans become an excellent substitute for red meat protein that is high in saturated fat.

3. Brown rice: the oil in whole brown rice, not its fiber, lowers cholesterol, brown rice can be combined with beans to form an inexpensive complete protein low in saturated fat. In addition, this whole grain also supplies good doses of heart friendly fiber, magnesium, B vitamins.

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Effects of Fatty Foods: Increases Serum Cholesterol, Read the Dangers of Increased Serum Cholesterol.

How High Cholesterol Leads to Heart Attack and Stroke

• Cholesterol can cling to the wall of your artery. As it builds up, it forms dense plaque. This narrows the space inside your arteries through which blood can flow. Eventually, plaque can block blood flow, since many cholesterol deposits within your tiny arteries.

• The buildup of plaque is called hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis. Plaque may be forming for years before you have symptoms.

• By blocking blood flow to your heart or brain, plaque can cause heart disease, heart attack, or stroke.

You can help prevent these conditions by treating high cholesterol as soon as you become aware of it.
Most the preventive measures is too avoid high fatty diets. 

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