Replace Statin drugs completely by eating these four foods each
day:
Dr. Jenkin#s porfolio diet approach targets four specific foods:
Almonds (possibly other nuts):
A long-time staple in many healthy diets, consumption of almonds
has been linked with a number of health benefits, including
lower blood pressure, descreased risk of some cancers and lower
cholesterol. While Jenkins# study looked specifically at the
impact of including almonds in the diet portfolio, he admits
that other nuts including walnuts and pecans may produce similar
effects. Jenkins# subjects ate a handful of almonds each day.
Soy:
Jenkins# diet substituted soy-based foods for things like meat
and dairy. This included soy meat substitutes, soy milk, and
tofu.
Plant Sterols: (Benecol, Take Control)
Plant sterols (also known as #phytosterols#) are a class of
phytochemicals that are naturally present in plants. These
compounds have been shown to reduce cholesterol, as well as
potentially protect against certain classes of cancer. Plant
sterols are present in small quantities in things like corn oil
and soybean oil, however most whole foods do not contain enough
of the phytochemicals to produce dramatic reductions in
cholesterol. So scientists have isolated and concentrated plant
sterols into a form that can be included as an additive to other
foods like margarine and cereals. Phytosterols are also
available in a capsule form. In Jenkins# study, subjects
consumed plant sterols by including a plant-sterol-enriched
margarine spreads into their diet. Brands of
phytosterol-enriched spreads include Benecol and Take Control.
Soluble Fiber: (sticky fiber like oatmeal, eggplant, beans,
barley)
The fourth class of foods that make up The Portfolio Diet are
sources of soluble or #sticky fiber.# These foods include grains
like oatmeal, oats, oat bran, and barley. Vegetables that are
high in soluble fiber included okra and eggplant. Beans and
legumes also can be good sources of sticky fiber. In Jenkins
Portfolio Diet study, subjects also supplemented their diet with
three daily servings of natural psyllium fiber, such as
Metamucil.
