How To Bring Down Cholesterol Level The Natural Way

Here are some tips shared by my friends, Irin & Zuggle on how to bring down your cholesterol level the natural way.  Of course, you can also add exercise to your daily regimen, my Zuggle friend would always add on.

(My exercise is usually preparing my food and walking to my food, unlike Zuggle, my determined and healthy friend who managed to lose at least 13kg in less than one year through the natural way!!)

Disclaimer:  These may be effective for some and not for others.  As it is natural and healthy, no harm in trying them.  Stuff your body with healthy good stuff.

Apple cider helps bring your cholesterol down.  Check this out here on apple cider.

OK, here goes, the recipe to lower your cholesterol level the natural way....

A) Apple and lemongrass drink made by Irin

Boil the below to tame your cholesterol.  Get one cup of drink from boiling the below:

1) 5 medium sized stalks of lemongrass
2) 1 green apple (sliced into 4-8 pcs)
3) 2 mugs of water

Once boiled, dd pandan leaves to add to aroma.  Cool it.  Drink this plum-juice like drink to tame your cholesterol.

Drink for consecutive 3 days, and once a week for about 1-2 months to bring down the cholesterol level.
















B) Apple and Hot Lemon by Zuggle

Eat or drink fresh green apple in the morning
Drink hot lemon at night

C) Ladies Finger Drink by Zuggle

Soak 1 cut ladies finger in a cup of warm water over the night, drink the water, next morning.  This will help bring down your cholesterol level the natural way.

For those who love ladies fingers, you can also consume them to help strengthen your joints.

Jalan Yap Ah Loy Sang Kee Beef Hor Fun

These are some of the sumptuous dinner order that our friends enjoyed during their stay in Kuala Lumpur,KL.

They made their way to Jalan Yap Ah Loy for these selections of deliciously cooked noodles.  Bring out your tissue while looking at the pics.  The actual food is slurping good too!

Singapore Fried Bee Hoon, Beef Hor Fun(Koay Teow), Prawn Fried Yee Mee.

Jalan Imbi Beef Noodle or Beef Hor Fun

Some of the coffee shops along Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur (KL) opened till midnight.  So, we dropped by one of the run down coffee shops for our late dinner during our road trip back from the north.

There are two shops along Jalan Imbi that serves good Beef  Hor Fun (Koay Teow), and the kam hiong lala (flat squid fried with garlic and shrimp) is delectably haven.

We ordered above for 2 persons and they cost us RM40 (RM25 for the beef noodle and RM15 for the kam hiong lala).  Pretty reasonably priced for the food.

The coconut drink however, cost us RM7 for one and RM3 for a can of coke!  Highly priced for a run down coffee shop.  But, no complaints on the good food offered there.

Jalan Imbi Kuala Lumpur

Beef Noodle and Kam Hiong Lala

Rich chocolate cake recipe comparison

I have thus far tried 3 types of chocolate cake recipes.  They are mainly chocolate chiffon cake , moist and rich chocolate cake, and Reese sticky chewy peanut butter chocolate cake.

Chocolate chiffon cake is light and nice, just the right amount of cocoa and not that rich. So, if I crave for something nice and light, I would definitely choose this chocolate chiffon cake. I would rate this 8/10

This chocolate cake is indeed rich and moist.  I would definitely bake this is I want something heavy and rich in chocolatey taste.  So nice and yummy.  I would rate this 10/10

Reese stick chewy peanut butter chocolate cake is like tasting reese chocolate but the softer version of it.  It indeed satisfy ones craving for chewy reese peanut butter and rich chocolate cake flavour.  I would rate this 8/10

Rich cheese cake recipes comparison

So far, I have tested and baked 3 types of different cheese cakes.  The easy cheese cake recipes are easily available in my previous posts in my blog.

The 3 types of cheese cakes are Oreo Non-Baked Cheese Cake,  Soft Souffle Cheese Cake, Secret Recipe Rich Cheese Cake with Berries .

I love the secret rich cheese cake with berries as it is so soft and delicious like the similar one you get at Starbucks or Coffee Beans or Secret Recipe cafes, which sell at about $6.50 for one small piece.  I would rate this cheese cake 10/10.

The Oreo Non- Baked Cheese Cake is the easiest to make as it is non baked, just mixing and stirring and chilling in the fridge and its ready for consumption.  I would rate this cheese cake 7/10.

The Soft Souffle Cheese Cake is also a delight as it is light and soft yet, tasty to the mouth.  I would rate this cheese cake 8/10.

Check out Keikos Cake too!

Rich cheese cake recipe with berries deco

savour berries cheese cake

rich oreo cheesecake

Ingredients

• 150 gm biscuits crumbs and 50 gm butter for the base ( I prefer to use Oreo biscuits - about 30 pcs or till fill up base of tray)
• 400 gm philadelphia cheese
• 150 gm caster sugar
• 4 eggs to be added one at a time and mix well
• Add in 40 gm plain flour
• 150ml sour cream or yoghurt and 1/2 lemon zest juice

Oreo Base
Mix biscuits crumbs and 50 gm butter as base

Cheese Cake
Stir cheese and caster sugar, then add egg one at a time
Add plain flour and cream/yoghurt and lemon juice and mix well
Pour batter onto tray and bake at 180 degree for 45 mins
This recipe is just nice for 9 by 9 inches tray with 2 inches depth.

Add strawberries, cherries, blackberries as top deco.
Put in fridge to chill, serve the luxurious berries cheese cake

Eggless non-dairy banana cake

Looking for a non dairy and eggless cake to bake for my lactose intolerance nephew, I bumped into this great banana cake.  Fantastic cake for a fantastic nephew.  And best of all, he loves to eat banana too.  So, this cake just suit his cake craving for the month.

non dairy banana cake 

non dairy eggless banana cake

 Ingredients:

• 400 gm of flour
• 2 tsp of baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 100 gm of caster sugar
• 60 gm of oil
• 3 big ripe bananas to be mashed ( or use about 5 small bananas)
• 60 gm of soy bean milk
• 1 tsp of vanilla essence

non dairy and eggless banana cake ingredients

banana cake ingredients for non eggs and non dairy

Method:

1. Mix caster sugar and oil in a bowl.  Add soy bean milk and vanilla essence.
2. Mash the bananas in a separate bowl, add mashed banana into the above bowl. Mix well.  The add the flour baking soda and salt, mix well.
3. Pour the batter onto a 9 inches lightly greased baking tray.  Heat up the oven for about one min.
4. Bake for 30-45 minutes or when ready when tested with the toothpick test.