High cholesterol: doctors named 5 products to reduce it

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Cholesterol level in blood should not exceed permissible values, otherwise a person risks having a number of dangerous diseases. The indicator of this substance largely depends on nutrition. Mayo Clinic doctors told which foods lower cholesterol in the blood.

According to doctors, just a few changes in the diet may be enough to lower the cholesterol level to a healthy level. Also, five useful products will help a person not to use drugs.

• Oat flakes and bran.
• Nuts: walnuts, almonds and other types.
• Fish: mackerel, lake trout, herring, sardines, albacore tuna, and salmon.
• Olive oil.
• Foods enriched with plant sterols or stanols: margarine, orange juice, and yogurt drinks.