Lower LDL Cholesterol Naturally with Food: Simple Ways to Add Proven LDL Reducers to Your Everyday Routine

LDL cholesterol is the primary driver of our primary killer, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. When it comes to LDL, the lower, the better. No threshold appears to exist below which further LDL-lowering won’t further reduce our risk of heart attacks, strokes, or sudden death. The reason more people aren’t prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs is there are associated drawbacks (such as increased diabetes risk), so the drugs are limited to those for whom the benefits outweigh the risks. But what if there were safe, simple, side-effect-free steps we could take to lower our cholesterol, like eating certain foods every day? With no downsides, everyone should be eating them to get their LDL as low as possible, regardless of whether they are already on medications or not. That’s what this book is all about. From the founder of NutritionFacts.org and New York Times bestselling author of How Not to Die, How Not to Diet, and How Not to Age, Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM, with Kristine