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Friday, 27 August 2010


Crunchy nuts not only make for a tasty topping on your cakes and puddings but they help manage your cholesterol levels. If you love nuts, then you have another excuse for eating them. They help control your cholesterol and brace the fitness of your heart too.

Amidst various nuts that may help you keep a tab on your cholesterol, walnuts are one of the best choices. FDA has certified walnuts as a vital cholesterol lowering food. Besides, controlling your cholesterol levels, walnuts also help lower the chance of heart sicknesses and lessen inflammation.

Walnuts account for an effective cholesterol lowering fat just because they contain omega 3 fatty acids, which are known to bring down cholesterol levels. These nuts contain alpha linoeic acid and phytosterols that scale back the triglyceride level present in the blood stream.

If you eat walnuts on a constant basis, you can also ensure that plaque formation in your body is significantly less. Excessive formation of plaque in the arteries is understood to cause cases of coronary attack. Likewise it shoots up the HDL levels, and brings down the LDL levels, both at once.

The good results of walnuts are not just prohibited to manage of your cholesterol levels. They ensure a 360 degree positive effect on your health. Walnuts are a rich source of various nutriments including but not limited to Vitamin E, B-complex and fiber. Each of these is a must for overall good health. Make sure that you eat a few walnuts continually to keep your cholesterol level in control and to get its other health benefits.

Pistachio nuts are your another great option when it comes to controlling the cholesterol levels in the body. Pistachios have good quantity of phytosterols. These can effectively cut down the cholesterol levels in the body. Varied studies have revealed that if you eat pistachios every day, you can guarantee increase in the good cholesterol by 15 %.

Similarly pistachio nuts are another great source of required nutriments. The list starts with thiamin, Vitamin B6, magnesium, fiber and potassium and it is going one and on. In fact couples with their great taste, pistachios make a healthful snack all by themselves. Plus they have high calorie content.

Pecans are another good option. They're understood to be so effective that they bring down the cholesterol levels in your body by as much as 10 p.c..

Even FDA has named pecans as heart friendly because of their unsaturated fat content.Pecan pies are especially recommended.

So what are you waiting for? Eat nuts to your hearts desire and keep your cholesterol levels in check

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