13 Ways To Raise Your HDL Naturally: The Methuselah Syndrome

Would you like to live longer AND maintain superior brain health? Then you need to learn to raise & increase to your HDL cholesterol levels…

Interestingly, in what has been referred to as the "Methuselah Syndrome", people with very high HDL levels tend to have exceptionally long, healthy life spans (greater than 100 years), with amazingly intact brain function.

As most of you probably already know, there is a "good" cholesterol, and a "bad" cholesterol. LDL is generally considered to be the bad, while HDL is considered to be the good.

Many scientists believe HDL removes excess cholesterol from your blood vessels and helps keep them open. How does this relate to brain health? If you’ve been reading the Smartkit site from the beginning, you’ll know that one of the key concepts for preserving intelligence and brain power as you get older is: Keep the blood vessels open and free of atherosclerosis. As the brain’s pipes clog and get more narrow, blood flow diminishes, and brain cells don’t work as well as they should. Memory, concentration, creativity, and problem solving ability all plummet.

Therefore, for those interested in extending lifespan AND keeping their brains and hearts healthy, I figured I’d put together an updated list on 13 ways you can increase your HDL naturally, without any prescription drugs:

 

 

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  1. Born Again Vegan » Blog Archive » Bloodwork | 60 Days | Guest

    [...] points. HDL levels should be a minimum of 40 to 60. Mine is now at 40. There are many ways to raise HDL levels in diet which I will incorporate. After 60 days of eating vegan, my take is that it is the best [...]


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