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Lower Cholesterol Foods That Are Healthy Delicious And Nutritious There are so many different foods that most people don’t know which ones are good for lowering cholesterol and which ones don’t affect it at all. This article will specifically cover lower cholesterol foods in order to help you make the right choices when it comes to a healthy, delicious and nutritious diet.

Let’s start with the first meal of the day – breakfast. With this meal there are several choices but we need to stick with the healthy ones. For instance oatmeal is an excellent choice that is known for lowering cholesterol. Try skipping the instant oatmeal with all the extra junk in it like fake fruit and tons of sugar. I like to eat the regular plain oatmeal. To give it some flavor and a touch of sweetness I like to add some frozen blueberries and honey. This way you are eating healthy and it tastes good.

Also there are a lot of cereals that are high in fiber which is good for lowering bad cholesterol levels. Again, you need to avoid the cereals that are high in sugars and use low fat 1 percent milk instead of whole …

Nutritious Tomato Cucumber Salad Fresh vegetable salads are store houses of nutrients. They provide plenty of fiber, vitamins and minerals. They fill the stomach and are very low in calorie content. Salads are ideal food for people who are on weight loss program. Here is a tasty salad recipe which goes good with chapathi , paratha and rice varieties like pulao.

Ingredients:

Tender Cucumber – small size- 1

Tomato – 2 med size

Ground nut – 1 table spoon

Curd – yogurt – 1 cup

Green chilli or pepper powder -optional

Salt – to taste

Coriander leaves-

Method:

Wash the cucumber and peel its skin. Grate it with the help of a grater on the side with large holes. Cut tomato into small squares. Roast the ground nut and remove its husk. Powder it coarsely. Finely chop coriander leaves. Mix all the ingredients together to make salad and garnish with coriander leaves.

Benefits of ingredients:

Cucumber: Cucumber is very low in calories and provides plenty of dietary fiber. Dietary fiber helps to reduce constipation and ease bowel movement. Cucumber is rich in potassium. This helps to balance sodium potassium level and reduce hypertension or high blood pressure. There is a …