After taking prescription drugs and never getting any positive results or anything I considered beneficial, I started taking "natural" supplements to try to find something that was really beneficial. For years I've tried probably every new supplement that has come out and there seemed to be a new one every month or so. They were all much more effective and beneficial than any drug company drug I have ever tried. I could actually feel the difference from when I started taking them, unlike the drug companies stuff.
Like most people, I had some problems with my health, like high blood pressure and uncontrollable cholesterol levels. High blood pressure and unhealthy cholesterol levels could come from stress and lack of antioxidants. Antioxidants help remove plaque build up in your arteries, regulate your cholesterol and help in the prevention of cancer, heart attacks and strokes. Then I saw pomegranate juice has a super-antioxidant much more powerful than the antioxidants found in red wine.
After taking pomegranate juice every day for one month, my doctor told me my blood pressure had lowered and my cholesterol was at a healthy level. Both have been out of control for years. After doing a lot of research I found out that there are two types of cholesterol. HDL, which is the good cholesterol and LDL cholesterol, which is the bad cholesterol. When too much LDL cholesterol circulates in the blood, it can slowly build up in the inner walls of the arteries that feed the heart and brain. LDL cholesterol together with other substances can form plaque, a thick, hard deposit that can narrow the arteries and make them less flexible. If a clot forms and blocks a narrowed artery, heart attack or stroke can result.
Triglyceride is a form of fat made in the body. People with high triglycerides often have a high total cholesterol level, including a high LDL cholesterol (bad) level and a low HDL (good) level. Many people with heart disease and/or diabetes also have high triglyceride and LDL levels. Because LDL cholesterol appears to be harmless until oxidized by free radicals, it is presumed that ingesting antioxidants and minimizing free radical exposure may reduce LDL cholesterol, thus lowering the risk of strokes and heart attacks. Antioxidants help control free radicals and LDL cholesterol from forming clots in the arteries.
Oatmeal and bran contain soluble fiber, which also reduce your low-density lipoprotein (LDL cholesterol). Soluble fiber is also found in such foods as kidney beans, Brussels sprouts, apples, pears, barley and prunes. Walnuts and almonds can significantly reduce LDL cholesterol. Rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, walnuts also help keep blood vessels healthy and elastic. Almonds appear to have a similar effect, resulting in a marked improvement within just four weeks. Fish can also reduce LDL cholesterol. Studies in the 1970s showed that Eskimos had a lower rate of heart disease than did other individuals living in Greenland.
