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Hi, my name is Dr. Susan Jewell and on behalf of Expert Village I want to talk to you today
about cholesterol and in particular I want to talk to you about ways to decrease the
intake of LDL cholesterol in your diet. Because cholesterol the bad form of cholesterol is
the major contributor to many cardiovascular diseases today like strokes and heart attacks.
Now in this clip we are going to look at the important omegas in particular omegas threes.
This is an important substance that you should increase in your diet because it has been
studied that omega threes, the omegas actually decrease the triglycerides, it's another form
of fatty compounds in your body and increase HDL level in your body. The HDL is the good
form of cholesterol that you want to keep as high as possible. So here you, I've shown
you some examples of products that contain omega, specifically omega three in it that
you can buy readily in the super market and health food stores. Here I've got a big jar
of fish oil, or omega three and this one is good because it comes in a gel capsule so
you can just take one and swallow one without any cooking or preparation. So they come in
these like gel caps and they're rather large so if you have difficulties swallowing they
might not be a good form of taking your omegas but these are very good. Take usually one
a day and that will give you your omega supplements daily recommended dose everyday or you can
find omegas in fish, in a lot of fish like salmon, tuna and mackerel and here I have
a tin of mackerel but is preferably better to go to a fishermen and get fresh fish of
the day. But if you don't have time and you just want to make a quick dish that has a
lot of fish in it, omegas and well you can just get a tin of mackerel a tin of salmon
and make a sandwich or cook it in a dish or something. So these are good sources of omega
three which I think you should keep a good, a high intake of everyday to decrease your
risk of getting cardiovascular problems and decrease your levels of LDL and increase the
good cholesterol which is the HDL.