You can lower the level of bad cholesterol and cleanse blood vessels by increasing the magnesium content in your diet. This conclusion was reached by scientists, the newspaper writes. Express.
Experiments on diabetic rats have shown that “a diet rich in magnesium can have a cardioprotective effect by lowering total plasma cholesterol, as well as increasing blood levels of ascorbic acid.”
Scientists explain that magnesium serves as a cofactor in more than 300 enzymatic reactions, including those responsible for the regulation of blood pressure, glycemic control. With a lack of magnesium, cholesterol is produced excessively.
Magnesium “acts like a natural statin, lowering excess bad cholesterol and raising good cholesterol,” the researchers found. They named bananas, figs, nuts and seeds, bananas, greens, legumes, bulgur, oatmeal as some of the best sources of this substance.
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