Grape juice to lower cholesterol is a great home remedy because the grape has a substance called resveratrol, which helps in reducing bad cholesterol and is a potent antioxidant.
Resveratrol is also found in red wine and therefore it can also be a good option to contribute to the control of blood cholesterol, being advised to drink a maximum of 1 glass of red wine per day. However, these natural strategies do not exclude the need to adapt the diet, exercise and take the cholesterol-lowering drugs indicated by the cardiologist.
Find out all about resveratrol at What Resveratrol is for.
1. Simple grape juice
Ingredients
- 1 kg of grape; 1 liter of water; Sugar to taste.
Method of preparation
Place the grapes in a pan, add a cup of water and boil for approximately 15 minutes. Strain the resulting juice and beat in the blender together with the ice water and sugar to taste. Preferably, sugar should be exchanged for Stévia, which is a natural sweetener, more suitable for those with diabetes, for example.
2. Red fruit juice
Ingredients
- Half a lemon; 250 g of seedless pink grapes; 200 g of red fruits; 1 teaspoon of flaxseed oil; 125 mL of water.
Beat the juice extracted from the fruit in a blender in the blender with the remaining ingredients and water.
One of the grape juices should be drunk daily, while still fasting, to lower cholesterol levels. Another option is to buy a bottle of concentrated grape juice, which can be found in some supermarkets or specialty stores and dilute a small amount of water and drink it daily. In this case, one should look for whole grape juices, which are organic, because they have less additives.
