{"id":115561,"date":"2025-11-04T21:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/115561\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:14:08","slug":"5-foods-scientifically-proven-to-bring-down-cholesterol-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/115561\/","title":{"rendered":"5 foods scientifically proven to bring down cholesterol levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is mentioned by the Harvard Medical School that barley can help lower the risk of heart disease, mainly via the soluble fiber they deliver. A <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/15531664\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meta-analysis<\/a> of randomized controlled trials states that barley-derived \u03b2-glucan, a soluble fiber, can lower the LDL cholesterol by about 10 mg\/dL compared to controls. In addition to LDL reduction, barley intake also significantly reduces total cholesterol and triglycerides.<\/p>\n<p>How to consume: It makes for a healthy meal, all you need to do is make khichdi with barley, moong dal, veggies, and spices. Add a tadka of ghee, hing, and jeera. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is mentioned by the Harvard Medical School that barley can help lower the risk of heart disease,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[74476,163,74480,74477,85,46,543,74479,74478],"class_list":["post-115561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-5-foods-scientifically-proven-to-bring-down-cholesterol-levels","tag-health","tag-how-barley-helps-reduce-cholesterol-levels","tag-how-oats-help-lower-cholesterol-levels","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nutrition","tag-okra-and-its-role-in-reducing-cholesterol","tag-veg-foods-to-lower-cholesterol-levels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}