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People should be conscious when it comes to their cholesterol level because it can lead to many diseases. Always watch your weight and have a good exercise daily. A very natural way to lower your cholesterol level is have a good balance diet and eat foods that are low in cholesterol.

Here are some foods that help in lowering your cholesterol level:

High-fiber Foods
Eat foods that are high in fiber because they lower your bad cholesterol called low-density lipoprotein (LDL). Oatmeal and whole wheat bread are high in fibers, including also fruit and vegetables such as apples, pears and beans. These are high in nutrients.

Foods rich in Omega-3
Omega-3 is best for your heart and blood functioning. It reduces blood clots and lowers your blood pressure. It is found in fishes, particularly tuna, sardines and salmon. Olive oil is also a good source of this.

Foods rich in Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Nuts maybe high in fats but these fats are good for your mind and body because they help in making our blood vessels, which are the passages of our blood, healthy and lower our blood cholesterol, as well as it can sharpen our mind and memory. Eat nuts such as cashews, almonds, walnut and other nuts.

Victoria Beckham gained 10kg on her fourth pregnancy and she is very determined to get rid of it in record time because she has only couple of weeks left before the New York Fashion Week.

“Victoria Beckham will make a big comeback in showbiz at New York Fashion Week on September 8, and she wants to look flawless. To get rid of 10 kilograms, Mrs. Beckham is following a special “Five Handfuls” diet, which means eating only one “handful” of food five times a day.” http://www.dotspress.com/victoria-beckhams-diet-lose-weight/774222/

Victoria has removed all sugar from her diet and consumes only petite portions of salmon, prawns with chilli, sushi with tuna or scrambled eggs with no oil.

According to her close friend, after five days of giving birth of Harper, she started a diet that comprise five high protein snacks in a day garnished with vegetables and two litters of water per day. She includes deviation with raw nuts and goji fruit.

In addition the firm diet, Victoria is performing mild post-natal exercises – doctors prohibit her serious exercise so soon after the C-section. As well the special exercises, Victoria is doing 10 minutes of Pilates a day.

“London – Woman non-smokers who eat a Mediterranean diet, exercise and keep a healthy weight could live up to 15 years longer, researchers say. Meanwhile, men who follow a similarly healthy regime could add eight years to their lifespans, according to academics at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.” http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/mediterranean-diet-can-add-15-years-to-life-1.1123380

Researchers reported in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that Mediterranean diet is rich in vegetables, olive oil, fruit, nuts, fish and whole grains but low in meat and alcohol. In combination that with exercise, a healthy weight and avoiding smoking could “considerably lessen” the risks of dying young. They have looked at 120,000 men and women at the aged 55 to 69 in the year 1986 and they followed them till 1996.

According to Piet van den Brandt, a Professor of epidemiology at Maastricht University who worked on the study, there were few research studies worldwide have studied the association among a blend of lifestyle factors and mortality in this way. The study demonstrates that a healthy lifestyle can be a significant health benefits. Moreover, Mediterranean diet is more evident in women compared to men. For Barbara Dinsdale, lifestyle manager at Heart Research UK, by consuming the said diet, it has antioxidants and also anti-inflammatory effects on the body. Also it can lower the bad cholesterol and is helpful in controlling the blood sugar levels.

“All these benefits, together with other factors such as regular exercise and not smoking, help to keep hearts and arteries healthy and reduce the risk of heart disease.” – The Independent http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/mediterranean-diet-can-add-15-years-to-life-1.1123380

“It has been long time proved that those girls who starve to maintain their figures, face numerous health problems, another discovery has been done by the British researchers in this field, saying that the women who have eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia conceive later than normal girls.” http://newstonight.net/content/diet-conscious-girls-find-difficulty-conceiving-says-british-study

According to the published research in the Royal college Psychiatrists, about 11,000 pregnant women were followed in which 4% of those women have suffered from anorexia, bulimia or had the both condition at some stage in their life. They have answered questionnaires from their 12 to 18 weeks of pregnancy.

The researchers concluded that 40% of women who have history of eating disorders, depending on the participants answers, took about 6 months to conceive a baby, in comparison with 25% of women who have no eating disorders. On the second finding, participants who suffered from anorexia were more likely to report that their pregnancy is unplanned.

According to the lead researcher, Abigail Easter, of King’s College London, they have noticed that pregnant women who suffered from eating disorder remains to be negative throughout their pregnancy. They explained that the eating disorders adversely affect the fertility because they can interrupt the normal menstrual cycle and can even prevent ovulation that is very important for becoming pregnant.

The raw food diet is a pure vegetarian diet composed mostly of raw organic fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Food is consumed in its natural state and not all heated above 118 º F.

When you eat whole foods in their natural state of all the vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, essential fats, phytonutrients, bioflavonoids, and plant hormones remain intact and ready for assimilation by the body. Doctors recommend at least 9 servings a day of fruits and vegetables for optimal health, raw food diet we want to further increase your intake of healthy Amazing substances found in fresh produce. Here are some of the healing substances found in fresh produce, and researchers are discovering new all the time. Bioflavanoids-natural plant compounds, which are: anti-oxidant, anti-mutagenic, anti-cancer, anti-aging, and promote the construction and operational defects. Phytonutrients, focused on the skin, lots of fruits and vegetables. Powerful antioxidants that can neutralize free radical damage. Free radicals are highly reactive chemicals that can lead to premature aging and disease.

Some research has shown that cooking above 118 º F and above: to destroy a large proportion of nutrients are sensitive to heat destroys the nutritional value of cooked fat and was found to contain carcinogens and free radicals, protein Alters that disrupt cellular function and accelerate the disease and the aging Creates the formation of acrylamide, which has been shown to cause cancer in animals and is toxic to the nervous system in humans and animals, acrylamide is mainly found in starchy foods such as cereals and baked potatoes.