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Foods rich in soluble fibre are helpful because the fibre mixes with liquid in our stomachs and makes a kind of gel. For example, a grapefruit and a big bowl of porridge with prunes for breakfast an apple mid morning a good portion of baked beans on toast for lunch a pear mid afternoon and a sweet baked potato with a good serving of broccoli for dinner (along with maybe some grilled fish or lean grilled chicken). You can find this in oats and barley, certain fruits like apples and pears and certain vegetables like baked beans, peas, red kidney beans, lentils and chickpeas. Foods rich in soluble fibre: 20g of soluble fibre a day.They contribute plant sources of omega 3 oils as well which may also help their cholesterol lowering role. They also seem to reduce certain proteins involved in making bad cholesterol as well as giving us fibre and being very low in saturated fat. They are great for vitamin E which is important for a healthy heart. Almonds: 30g (that’s a handful or around 23 whole almonds).The foods which you need to include in your diet every day are: The safest way to lower cholesterol is by diet. It is significant to note that as your cholesterol count goes up, so does your risk of heart disease. The portfolio diet isn’t designed as a weight loss diet. Jenkins, MD, creator of the portfolio diet and his colleagues have shown that the portfolio diet plan cuts cholesterol as well as powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs - with no side effects. Each one is healthy and has blood cholesterol lowering effects on its own, but when you put the foods together and eat them everyday, this effect is even greater.ĭavid J.A. Adding plant sterol, nuts, fiber, and soy proteins is a winning plan for all diets.The Portfolio Diet is nothing but a style of eating which combines a group of foods (a portfolio of foods) which have been shown in studies to help to lower bad cholesterol in our blood. It can be done with an all plant-based diet or as part of a MED diet plan. Overall, the Portfolio Diet is a great plan to lower your cholesterol without medication or as an add on to necessary Rx drugs.

A tbs of sesame seeds, a ¼ cup of sunflower seeds, or ½ of an avocado (all rich in plant sterols).

2 ounces of foods with B-glucan and other viscous dietary fiber (oats, barley, psyllium, okra, eggplants and fruits such as apples and pears, citrus and berries).

Beans and legumes (peas, various beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils, tofu) added to salads and other meals.

A few walnuts, pecans, brazil nuts, and raw almonds if not allergic.

What do you do? If you take an example of a 2,000-calorie diet that incorporates nuts, legumes, and various sources of dietary fiber, a breakdown of what’s included might look like this: These findings warrant further investigation in other populations”. The authors concluded from this non-randomized study that “higher adherence to the Portfolio Diet was associated with a reduction in incident cardiovascular and coronary events, as well as heart failure. Adherence to the Portfolio Diet was associated with a lower risk of all heart events (11% lower), heart attacks (14% lower), and heart failure (17% lower). Heart disease outcomes were assessed and the impact of adhering to the Portfolio Diet was measured in an average follow up of 15 years. Recently, the Portfolio diet, using these plant-based foods of plant soy proteins, nuts, viscous fiber and plant sterols was assessed from dietary records in 123,330 women in the Women’s Health Initiative study from 1993 to 2017. The reduction was similar to another group given a low dose statin medication and most of the changes were seen as soon as 2 weeks. They evaluated eating a diet with this “portfolio” of added food choices and showed that LDL cholesterol fell by 29% in a month versus baseline levels. Jenkins noted that plant sterols (found in sesame and sunflower seeds and avocados), soy proteins (found in tofu, edamame, tempeh), nuts, and viscous fibers (found in oats, oat bran) were advised for cholesterol reduction but their combined effect had never been tested. I frequently mention the Portfolio Diet on my podcast (Heart Doc VIP) and routinely give information on it to patients at the Kahn Center.

Originally published by David Jenkins, MD and researches at the University of Toronto in 2002, it has gained new support. It is actually a “diet without being a diet” as it was designed to work with any healthy food choices to lower cholesterol levels by keeping a focus on 4 food groups in most or all meals. You have heard of the Mediterranean, Keto, Vegan, Paleo and MIND diet but have you heard of the Portfolio Diet?