Plants and Herbal Teas that Lower High Cholesterol and Help Improve Liver Health
It’s not easy sometimes, but there are plants and herbal teas that help with cholesterol and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. A review.
High cholesterol and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are highly associated with a future risk of cardiovascular disease. For that reason, many people start taking statins at 40 these days, or even earlier in some cases, especially if they have a family history of cardiovascular disease and hypercholesterolemia.
A good many people struggle with this so-called “familial hypercholesterolemia,” so it can be the case that whatever they do — healthy food, exercise, weight loss, herbal teas — they won’t be able to lower their cholesterol enough without statins.
I don’t have familial hypercholesterolemia, but I’m in my mid-forties and struggling with high cholesterol, triglycerides, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), much of it due to a more sedentary lifestyle I adopted since the pandemic, despite knowing better, and also because of perimenopause. I’m also dealing with low-level stress, and it’s well known that stress raises cholesterol levels.
