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# Flora pro.activ true-life stories: Ian Raybould
## Meet Ian, motorcycle enthusiast and cholesterol-lowering Flora
pro.activist
![Wheel man: Ian is taking the healthier lifestyle route][1]
Wheel man: Ian is taking the healthier lifestyle route
11:01AM BST 05 Apr 2011
**IAN RAYBOULD Flora pro.activist**
Overall cholesterol test results
**6.27** Overall
**1.51** HDL
Flora pro.activ has recruited hundreds of people who've volunteered to have
their cholesterol tested, and to consume the recommended amounts of Flora
pro.activ as the start of a new healthy lifestyle change and to lower their
cholesterol level. We'll be reporting on their initial test, then how they
progress. Their tests gave the results in the form of the amount of
cholesterol per litre of blood, in mmol/L. You should really aim to keep your
total cholesterol under five, with a bad (LDL) cholesterol under three and
good (HDL) cholesterol level above one. We picked four keen Flora pro.activ
testers to follow, and the third is 58-year-old Ian Raybould, from just
outside York. Ian, who retired five years ago, is an absolutely typical man
when it comes to his health - he only goes to the doctor when he's ill. But
then he heard about Flora pro.activ for lowering cholesterol. 'I thought it
would be good to check my cholesterol levels,' he says. 'My wife Aafke, who's
60, is more health-conscious than me and she thought it was a very good idea
to be involved. 'I was glad to find out that my cholesterol level weren't as
high as I thought, and we were both interested to find out that using the
spread can improve our cholesterol levels.'
**Keeping active**
Ian is making the most of his spare time now that he's retired. He keeps very
active - he's a keen motorcyclist, with a busy schedule of holidays and days
away to see areas of the UK and Europe that he hasn't been to before. 'One of
my bikes is a BMW K1200LT, which we use for touring and day trips. We are
going for a long weekend with friends to Shropshire in early May, followed by
a week to Belgium and Holland later in May, as well as a week planned touring
Scotland in July. 'I also have a more sporty Suzuki GSX1400 bike which I ride
by myself when "the boss" is at work, as she is not keen to ride pillion on
it… 'I try to keep in good shape,' he says. 'I eat healthily, with a moderate
amount of walking for exercise. Flora pro.activ spread fits into my everyday
diet; I use it three times a day - on toast and in sandwiches, for example -
to consume the right daily amount.'
**A brilliant all-rounder**
Ian's regime - exercise, a healthy diet, and regular consumption of the
optimum amount of Flora pro.activ spread - is a tasty and easy way to lower
your cholesterol. The main steps to take include eating a variety of foods
including wholegrains, vegetables and pulses, trying to keep saturated fats to
a minimum by swapping fatty meat for chicken or fish, butter for Flora
pro.activ spread, avoiding full-fat dairy products and taking it very easy on
processed foods such as biscuits and cakes. Regular exercise is vital -
walking, gardening, even energetic housework can work - and another good tip
is to reduce stress. Something that Ian has obviously taken to heart with his
regular holidays and breaks!
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_**Read more inspiring stories like Ian's and to find tips, recipes and useful
information on how Flora pro.activ can help lower your cholesterol, visit
[floraproactiv.co.uk][2] **_
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_*** Consuming 1.5-2.4g of sterols per day can lower cholesterol by 7-10 per
cent in 2-3 weeks. **_
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