Mung bean sprouts: Mung bean itself is a good cholesterol-lowering food. During its germination, the content of vitamin C can reach six or seven times that of mung bean. A large amount of vitamin C can promote cholesterol excretion and prevent it from depositing on the inner wall of arteries. Dietary fiber of mung bean sprouts can help to remove the garbage in the body, and can also combine with cholesterol in food to convert it into cholic acid and excrete it, thus reducing the cholesterol level. Mung bean sprouts are sweet and cool, rich in water, and can relieve boredom and produce fluid. It is a rare side dish to lose weight and adjust fat.
Onions: Raise good cholesterol.
Onion is a rare vegetable containing prostaglandin A. Prostaglandin A is a strong vasodilator, which can soften blood vessels, reduce blood viscosity, increase coronary blood flow and promote the excretion of sodium salt and other substances that cause hypertension, so it can not only regulate blood lipid, but also reduce blood pressure and prevent thrombosis. What's more, onion contains an onion oil, which can not only lower cholesterol and improve atherosclerosis, but also increase the content of "good cholesterol"-high density lipoprotein.
Apples: Absorb excess cholesterol
Apple is a "fat-reducing fruit" that people easily ignore. Its lipid-lowering effect stems from its rich pectin, which is a water-soluble dietary fiber that can combine with bile acids, absorb excess cholesterol and triglycerides like a sponge, and help it excrete.
Pectin can also be combined with other cholesterol-lowering substances, such as vitamin C and fructose, to enhance the effect of lowering blood lipid.
In addition, the acetic acid decomposed by apples is also beneficial to the catabolism of cholesterol and triglycerides.
(From: Elderly Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Network)