The Fiber Myth That’s Failing Your Heart

Consuming soluble fiber can help reduce LDL by binding the cholesterol in your gut and helping to release it remove it through your bowel movements. The effect of this is likely modest if you are already metabolically healthy. If you're not eating a ton of sugar, then you might not have to really focus on chasing fiber. But if you enjoy foods like avocados, chia seeds, flax seeds, leafy greens, then they're good sources of the soluble fiber. But I just don't want you to think that eating oat bran is going to save your heart. Instead, what you want to do is focus on fixing insulin resistance. This is what actually is the root of most cholesterol problems.