5 Foods That Can Help Lower Cholesterol: Apples, Lentils, Avocados | TODAY

Marking Heart Health Month, TODAY nutritionist Joy Bauer kicks off a new TODAY series about foods that can help your heart. In the first installment she spotlights foods that can help lower your cholesterol, including apples, lentils and avocados.

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5 Foods That Can Help Lower Cholesterol: Apples, Lentils, Avocados | TODAY

[debbiejohnson]

Apples, lentils, avocados, oats, chia seeds.❤

[_orko]

i love how on these shows they will sit and drone on for hours on end about the dumbest topics, but when it comes to important health issues, they make the guests speed through the information like they have no seconds to spare

[loric]

I was told I had borderline high cholesterol and they wanted me to go on Statins. I said no and wanted to try on my own.
Here is what I did for 6 months...
Apple cider vinegar with fresh lemon, ginger, cinnamon and flaxseed powder 2 x daily
Intermittent fasting-
2 meals a day and 1 of them was oatmeal with frozen blueberries or dried cranberries
ate an apple every day as my snack.
Drank green tea with lemon
lost 20 pounds and my cholesterol dropped from 200 to 150!

[vanities]

1. Apples
2. Lentils
3. Avocado
4. Oats
5. Chia seeds

[daleblue]

My cholesterol is over 270 😵😵😵😵 and I'm not overweight. High cholesterol runs in my family. Crazy when you hit 40s and that is inevitable. If I want to live longer I better get my health together. I love my kids.

[favourbridgette]

Why don’t Doctors prescribe apples, lentils, avocado, oats, chia seeds?

[nurhayat]

I feel like they are rushing Joy too much. Allocate enough time to let the presenter take her time! God! No wonder our culture is now ADHD.

[frankiefernandez]

Cholesterol is the body's bandaid. Your liver makes up to 3, 000 mg a day and sends it to the injured arteries that are inflamed from chronically elevated insulin. Lower insulin levels by cutting back on processed foods/carbs/sugars.

[lisalisa]

Yes avocado is super fruit. I love this food

[KazumaeLove]

Thank you for the amazing recipes and advice! Sending love from Kuwait.

[olanrewajukabeerat]

If the world had more people like you, it would be a better place. You make a difference, Dr Igudia thank you for curing my type 2 Diabetes and introducing your medical products to the worlds

[halieransom]

I just turned 30. I used to always be at a healthy weight and I enjoyed things like distance running. Then I hurt my foot, went though a lot of stressful life changes including a dx that lead to chronic pain. I ended up gaining about 35 lbs. I went and got blood work and my dr wants to put me on meds because my cholesterol is high and my dad had a stroke and heart attack around 50. I feel really embarrassed and scared. I don't want to be on meds.

[mariazapata]

Wow 🤩! Sounds phenomenal! Thanks for helping us have ideas to care for our health!😊

[dlaroc]

Apple cider vinegar gummies work!! My cholesterol went down in a year from 143 to 124. I changed nothing in my diet, just added eating two gummies every day. I’m thinking of switching to pure Apple Cider Vinegar. Two teaspoons a day until I work up to two tablespoons maybe

[tabasumabdul-rasul]

It's very unfortunate that the presentator speaks constantly and keeps on interrupting the lady

[Francescadbg]

Wow I eat a lot of those. I eat out in a restaurant about once a month. I eat a very balanced diet. Usually more than 2 different types of veggies each meal. Been eating chicken and shrimp/seafood more lately, instead of pork or beef. Very minimal sugar. I eat beans, lentils, nuts and seeds almost regularly. I snack on fruits. I eat real food a lot that I don’t have time or space in the stomach to eat any process food and yet I just got my LDL results yesterday and it’s 108 🥴. Going to see the dr next month 😞.

[deboraheyitayo]

Thank you for being the dedicated, thoughtful, and compassionate doctor that you are, you are more honest than I imagined, thank you so much Dr Igudia Youtube channel for curing my Type 2 diabetes, you are amazing

[thomasbageo]

Thanks for video and all this information, avocado is very good .

[johnhill]

Work out and lower your stress in your cholesterol go down to Ton especially as the week goes down. I know because I’m working on it

[daysisalg]

Great info anbd not enough time for real important things