The hot cocoa you just love to drink daily is good for your heart in more ways than one.
We’ve been hearing now for a long time about how the polyphenols in natural cocoa powder may help lower blood pressure for several years . And now, an article was just published showing that cocoa powder may help lower bad cholesterol and elevate good cholesterol. That’s reat good news.
According to: Dr. Susan Kleiner
A study conducted in Tokyo, Japan investigated the influence of natural cocoa powder on the blood cholesterol profiles of 160 subjects who had either normal or high cholesterol profiles. The subjects gave baseline blood levels, drank a cocoa beverage for 4 weeks, and then were tested again. All subjects showed improvements in their cholesterol profiles, but those subjects with high cholesterol levels showed marked improvements. This was especially significant in lowering the bad cholesterol (LDL) and raising the good cholesterol (HDL).
Few things will help raise HDL. Here’s the list that we know of today (other than medications):
Stop smoking now! You can do it
Do exercises. We have heard this for how long? Let's do it!
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Cut out trans fats right now. Those are just about the worst ingredients for your health.
Get your fats from: nuts, seeds, nut and seed butters, olives, olive oil, avocados.
Drink or add soluble fiber to your diet, those from oats, fruits, vegetables and legumes.
Cocoa powder can now be added to your "good and healthy" food list!
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The hot cocoa you just love to drink daily is good for your heart in more ways than one.
We’ve been hearing now for a long time about how the polyphenols in natural cocoa powder may help lower blood pressure for several years . And now, an article was just published showing that cocoa powder may help lower bad cholesterol and elevate good cholesterol. That’s reat good news.
According to: Dr. Susan Kleiner
A study conducted in Tokyo, Japan investigated the influence of natural cocoa powder on the blood cholesterol profiles of 160 subjects who had either normal or high cholesterol profiles. The subjects gave baseline blood levels, drank a cocoa beverage for 4 weeks, and then were tested again. All subjects showed improvements in their cholesterol profiles, but those subjects with high cholesterol levels showed marked improvements. This was especially significant in lowering the bad cholesterol (LDL) and raising the good cholesterol (HDL).
Few things will help raise HDL. Here’s the list that we know of today (other than medications):
Cocoa powder can now be added to your "good and healthy" food list!