Brilio.net - There are many food ingredients that can be consumed every day to maintain health . For example, when your body has too much bad cholesterol, you should consume natural ingredients that can work to reduce it. For example, you can drink drinks made from flower essence.
Many people don't know that there is one type of flower that can be consumed to support efforts to lower cholesterol, namely jasmine. This was also explained by a doctor who is also active as a content creator on YouTube Dokter Fery TV.
According to Fery, jasmine flowers contain two antioxidant substances called anticoagulant and antifibrinalytic. Well, these two antioxidants can not only lower cholesterol, but also keep the heart working normally, you know.
"Prevents the formation of clots or plaque in the blood vessels of the heart," he stressed, quoted by BrilioFood from YouTube Dokter Fery TV on Wednesday (24/7).
photo: YouTube/Doctor Fery TV
Reporting from healthline.com, research shows consuming jasmine flowers to lower cholesterol with 68 percent success. However, this research is still limited to hamsters or guinea pigs, so further research on humans is still needed.
Apart from cholesterol, jasmine flowers also have other health benefits for the skin, brain and body cells.
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The owner of the YouTube account Doctor Fery TV also explains how to consume jasmine flowers so that the benefits can be absorbed by the body. So, jasmine flowers can be processed into drinks for daily consumption.
The way to make jasmine flowers into a drink is to boil 15 jasmine petals in 3 glasses of water. Also add a little salt, then boil until the water evaporates and only 2 glasses of water remain. Wait until it is warm, strain, then the jasmine flower drink is ready to be consumed.
"Drink 2 times a day," added Fery.
Reporting from eatingwell.com, consuming decoction of jasmine flowers also does not have side effects, as long as the portion is not excessive. If consumed excessively, this drink risks causing digestive disorders, allergies or other problems.
Taking a peek at Doctor Fery TV's YouTube upload which has been watched 22 thousand times, quite a few netizens have left enthusiastic comments about consuming jasmine flowers, you know.
"It's also delicious when eaten raw," said YouTube user @dh7gf6oo6w.
"Doctor, how do you process jasmine flowers, in juice or boiled, doctor," asked YouTube @MuhammadFaisal-qb7bf and the video owner answered, "You can make it into jasmine flower tea."
"Is it the same jasmine flower that is usually found in gardens as jasmine flowers for tea?" called YouTube @nauraalmahira6013, then replied, "generally the same."