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Good Cholesterol Food

November 11th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

A Guide to Good Cholesterol Foods

There are two types of cholesterol – good and bad. Bad cholesterol can lead to heart attack by clogging the arteries, whilst good cholesterol can reduce the likelihood of a heart attack. Therefore, the challenge is to increase good cholesterol levels and lower or maintain bad cholesterol levels at the desired level.

What is Cholesterol?

Cholesterol is basically a wax like substance which is necessary for our body to produce cell membranes and hormones. Good cholesterol (HDL) should be no less than 40mg/dL and bad cholesterol (LDL) should not be more than 200mg/dL. Cholesterol is not calculated by your body weight. Therefore, it’s possible to have high levels of bad cholesterol even if you are slim or under weight.

Good Cholesterol Food

Vegetables, fruits, cereals and whole grains are considered good cholesterol foods. Foods that do not contain saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol are also considered good cholesterol food products and can be consumed safely.

Some foods that contain cholesterol include eggs, poultry, milk and cheese. For a full list check the other articles in the cholesterol diet section of this website.

It is difficult to eat only good cholesterol food and therefore you need to follow a diet that will combat and lower your bad cholesterol as well. Normally, in a healthy diet, you will consume eggs, milk and poultry so, you need to determine how much of each you can have in order to maintain a healthy cholesterol level.

If you are not sure what good cholesterol foods to have and which to avoid, consult your doctor or a dietician who will discuss your health history and present level of physical fitness in order to design a diet that is just right for you.

Staying informed about your body, health and the hazards you face if you neglect them is the key to a healthy and long life. Awareness is key.

The more interest you show in your health and body the less risks you will face. In the the long run you will also be able to pass your knowledge on to your family which in turn help them become responsible for their own health issues. Follow good practices and set an example, which others will enjoy followinging.

Low Cholesterol Food

February 26th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

How To Distinguish Low Cholesterol Food

Those of use who suffer from high cholesterol would do well to learn how we can change our diet to include more low cholesterol foods and fewer high fat foods in order to lower our overall cholesterol levels. Information about low cholesterol foods is needed in order to plan a diet chart that can reduce high cholesterol levels.

Foods that are low in cholesterol

There are various types of food that can go into the low cholesterol group so there is a possibility that the foods you love may be in this list. THis means that you will not have to forego them. However, one of the leading causes of high cholesterol is saturated fat and so you should try to remove any and all foods that contain a high amount of saturated fat from your diet.

Eggs, poultry, meat, cheese and milk all come from animals and all contain cholesterol. In fact, part of the cell membrane structure of all types of cells in animals is made up of cholesterol. If you remove the skin from a chicken, for example, you will also be removing most of the fat. However, it will only remove some and not all of the cholesterol.

Animal cells contain cholesterol to much the same extent no matter what animal they are found in. So although the fat content of any animal muscle may vary widely between fish, chicken, turkey, beef, and pork  they all have relatively equal amounts of cholesterol.

In the case of dairy products however, the fat content decides how much cholesterol there will be. Milk is secreted from animal cells and so it is not made up of cells like meat is. Therefore, it has no cholesterol-containing cell membranes but because cholesterol is fat soluble it stays with the fats in milk and milk-based foods. Therefore, all in all, the more fat a dairy product contains, the more cholesterol it will also contain so this needs to be taken into consideration when you are thinking about low cholesterol food.

From the foregoing facts you can see that animal foods tend to be high in cholesterol. Use this information to help you create a diet that will improve your health. Eat lots of low cholesterol food and cut down on saturated fights for a diet that is healthy.

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