Ways To Significantly Lower Cholesterol Without Drugs

It's common practice among doctors and patients to reduce high cholesterol levels with a quick fix. Those powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs we hear so much about are so popular because they work. But now, popping a pill isn't the only option.

Cholesterol-lowering pills called statins are the best-selling drug in the world.

"Heart attack is obviously the big danger that everybody is worried about," said Dr. David Jenkins, a nutritionist.

High cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease, but Dr. Jenkins says statins aren't the final word.

'Our research tells us that there is still life in diet yet and you don't have to give up and go straight to drugs," said Dr. Jenkins.

It's known some foods do lower cholesterol, but alone, they only lower it by about five-percent.

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