Lowering Cholesterol Using Herbal Medicines

Beta Sitosterol is a plant sterol and reduces the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine.
With oat bran can be at an intake of 40 – 100 grams per day, the LDL – cholesterol by about 10% lower, while keeping the appropriate dietary requirements up to 16%. 25 grams oat bran, approximately in 2 spoons included. Bran is very healthy. It contains many fibers, on the one hand, and thus saturate help to eat less, on the other to promote bowel movement. The fibers also have an inhibitory influence on the lipase, a fat splitting enzyme by the pancreas, which makes recycled fats.

Moreover, it has a high content of vitamin B1, B2, vitamin E, magnesium, iron, potassium and zinc. Who among a gluten intolerance suffers, instead of wheat bran, rice bran are taking. This has a similar effect. However, it is recommended that you slowly to the bran to be used immediately and not the full dose einzunehmen since a bowel that is not used to it, with bloating and discomfort can respond. Important is also plenty to drink if you take bran, since otherwise the fiber agglomerate and tend to result in constipation, bowel problems in the even that can cause intestinal obstruction.

Source materials such as Guarmehl reduce cholesterol intake in the small intestine and lower cholesterol and LDL by about 10-15%. They also lead to a reduction of blood sugar rise after meals.
Another problem is these substances that they also enhance the effectiveness of drugs may affect.

*Fiber reduce cholesterol by 10-15% and also have other positive effects.

*Garlic can Alizyngehalt with his cholesterol and LDL by about 10% lower. Alisyn will take effect by the Alizynase, an enzyme that releases Alizyn.

*Omega-3 fatty acids do not directly reduce cholesterol, but have – this can now be scientifically valid – a reduction of vascular injury and thus the arteries and to improve the flow properties of blood.

*Healing Earth, as a fine powder is produced and a huge surface area (up to 800 square meters per gram) aufweist, can not only poison and bind pollutants, but also fats in the intestine and can therefore also in an increased cholesterol levels can be used.

*Indian Flohsamenschalen (Plantago ovata) are among the fiber, with which the “bad” LDL – cholesterol lowering and a correct constipation or irritable bowel syndrome can be treated. The LDL – reduction occurs primarily through a binding of bile acids in the small intestine, a decreased return of bile acids in the intestine and increase Krum excretion in the faces. This in turn results in enhanced cell activation of the enzyme cholesterol – alpha – hydroxyls and thereby an increased conversion of cholesterol to bile acids. Cholesterol in the cell decreases LDL – receptors on the cell increase, increased cholesterol binds to the receptors and will be deducted from the blood, ie the level of cholesterol in the blood decreases. At a reception with approximately 10-15 grams per day decreases LDL by 10-15%.

*The ingestion of artichoke leaf extract results in an increased distribution in the liver produced bile. At the same time in the regeneration of liver cells of bile acids from cholesterol stimulated cholesterol synthesis and braked. This leads to a lowering of elevated cholesterol levels and the more the higher the cholesterol level is.