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Nearly every health condition responds well to appropriate fruit and vegetable juices.  A fresh juice is a great way to start the day.  To help reduce your cholesterol levels, I recommend beet, blackberry, parsley and pineapple juice.  Grape or cherry juice is always good too.  One of my favorites is carrot, apple and ginger.  Drink 16 oz. of one of these juices per day, or at least a couple of times per week. 


Like many fruit juices, pomegranate juice contains antioxidants, especially polyphenols. However, pomegranate juice contains antioxidants at much higher levels than other fruit juices. Antioxidants are thought to provide several heart-protecting benefits, including reducing low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or "bad" cholesterol).  Most studies have used a daily dose of 1.5 ounces of pomegranate juice to ensure maximum benefits.


If you want to create your own juice cocktail, here’s a list of cholesterol-lowering juices:

  • Carrot, apple, ginger, orange and strawberry juices have been known to lower bad cholesterol
  • Juice from green leafy veggies (think kale and spinach) are excellent sources of B-complex vitamins
  • For natural zinc, drink ginger, turnip, parsley (even though it’s bitter tasting), garlic, or carrot juice
  • If you want to increase your potassium, drink parsley, garlic, spinach, cantaloupe and banana juice
  • For more bioflavanoids, drink grape, parsley, lemon, or lime juices
  • For more vitamin C,  drink kale, green pepper, or parsley juice
  • Vitamin E improves blood circulation, which helps to lower cholesterol; the best vitamin E juices for you are spinach, carrot and asparagus
  • More magnesium might could possibly raise your good cholesterol.  Those juices are beet, garlic, parsley and spinach
  • Low on copper?  Drink carrot, garlic, or ginger juice
  • Studies have shown that chromium might raise good cholesterol levels.  These juices include potato (pasty flavor), green pepper, apple and spinach juice
While I’m recommending juices, beware that many juices are high in calories and should be consumed in moderation.  Fresh juices should be a part of a healthy diet, and avoid juices with added sugar.  Make sure to read all labels for ingredients and choose 100% fruit juices not make from concentrate.  Extra sugar means extra calories and it is always better to eat your calories than to drink them.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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