Lowering cholesterol with food choices

From Laurel on Health Food comes “14 Foods that Lower Cholesterol”.

1. Whole grain and oats
2. Blueberries
3. Pistachios
4. Walnuts
5. Almonds
6. Avocados
7. Olives
8. Olive oil
9. Flaxseed oil
10. 100% cranberry-grape juice
11. Fish and fish oil
12. Black soybeans
13. Pomegranate juice
14. Yogurt with live active cultures (probiotics)

Check out if any of the foods above also made the “Eight foods to eat daily” list.

Compare with the verboten foods of the Paleolithic Diet — no grains, no beans, no dairy, etc. — as well as the items all three of these have in common. Somewhere in the middle, the truth lies.