Lowering cholesterol doesn’t have to mean cutting out your favorite foods or eating bland meals.
One ridiculously easy food swap drops your LDL (bad) cholesterol by 12% in just weeks—without changing anything else.
Plus, it tastes amazing.
This is according to a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Researchers at the University of Granada analyzed seven clinical trials with 369 adults between the ages of 24 and 61.
Everyone kept eating normally — except for one small change.
Instead of regular meat, they swapped it for a plant-based alternative. These foods are made from fungi (like Quorn), legumes, or veggies but are designed to taste like the real thing.
The results were impressive.
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• LDL (bad) cholesterol dropped by 12 percent.
• Total cholesterol fell by 6 percent.
• People even lost a little weight—about 1 percent—without eating fewer calories.
And if you’re wondering which option worked best, the fungi-based ones like Quorn seemed to have the biggest impact.
If you like plant-based meat, this is an easy, painless way to lower cholesterol.
But if plant-based meat is not your thing, there’s another sneaky ingredient that’s wrecking your cholesterol. And you’re probably unaware that you’re eating it.