Routine blood tests sometimes uncover some problems. Nothing serious, but it is clear that knowing you have high cholesterol or high triglycerides sounds a small alarm bell.
This generates the need to change your lifestyle a little or to adopt healthy habits. The feeding behavior, while not replacing any pharmacological therapies, when necessary, can represent an important help. And unsuspected allies can be added to it.
An example of this is represented by bergamot. Based on what can be read on the Humanitas website, it could help against some critical issues.
In particular, this fruit would be a natural remedy comparable in effectiveness to statins, that is, a group of drugs. This, of course, by no means means that they are two interchangeable or alternative things. However, the concept helps to introduce the extraordinary nature of this fruit.
Discovering bergamot
95% of the world production of bergamot takes place along the coast of the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria which embraces the Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas, passing through the Strait. And even if it is not the totality at the international level, it is there that the best results are obtained. A prodigy of nature due to a particular microclimate.
This citrus fruit is well known in the field of cosmetics, but it is acquiring the importance it deserves for other qualities as well. Humanitas recalls how some research has associated its consumption with the reduction of bad LDL cholesterol. Hence, precisely, the comparison with statins. It should be emphasized that the benefits are mainly attributable to the essential oil obtained from the peel.
This fruit would be a natural remedy comparable to some specific drugs to lower cholesterol and triglycerides
But what are statins? The Istituto Superiore di Santià defines them as drugs that reduce the levels of fats in the blood. They would do this by blocking the enzyme that generates the formation of cholesterol: that is, the one self-produced by the body that is generated in excess as a result of wrong eating habits. And they would also have the ability to lower blood triglycerides by 10%.
Before prescribing statins, according to the protocols, doctors recommend lifestyle changes. Examples are adopting a diet that is healthy and balanced, abandoning a sedentary lifestyle and perhaps weight loss. And in this first step the consumption of bergamot, in the terms possibly recommended by a specialist, could help.
What is certain is that, before taking initiatives, you should always consult your doctor. The general indications, in fact, cannot take into account the specific situation of each subject and any other critical issues. Therefore, never move independently and without the guidance of those who have the medical skills to indicate the right choices.
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