Nutritional information Serves 6 This brothy soup provides heart - healthful nutrition on many levels: kale and garlic are good for the cardiovascular system; wheat berries are high in fiber; and shiitake mushrooms contain eritadenine, an amino acid that speeds up
processing of cholesterol in the liver.
Linoleic acid from vegetable oil causes increased
esterification of cholesterol in the liver — that means it binds to cholesterol in a complex — and by reducing the free unbound cholesterol, the liver will think it needs more cholesterol and thus take it in from the blood.
Yellow pea protein has been shown in animal and human studies to have a positive impact on total and LDL cholesterol by downregulating genes involved in fatty acid synthesis and upregulating genes responsible for
uptake of cholesterol in the liver.
Estrogen helps to regulate the production
of cholesterol in the liver.
In 1979, a Japanese researcher confirmed with laboratory experiments that red yeast rice contained a compound monacolin K that stopped the production
of cholesterol in the liver.
It blocks the absorption of dietary cholesterol; stimulates the body to burn more fat and cholesterol; increase the breakdown
of cholesterol in the liver; and block the production of cholesterol in the liver.
Mushrooms have sterol compounds that interfere with the production
of cholesterol in the liver, as well as help to raise HDL «good» cholesterol.
What stimulates excess activity of HMG CoA reductase and production
of cholesterol in the liver?