High Cholesterol Foods

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High cholesterol foods are like a danger warning from the nutrition community. If we listen and avoid those then we can extend our life time on the earth.

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In our busy life most of the people do not know about the high cholesterol foods they need to avoid. If you have the knowledge of what are the high cholesterol foods it will help you to know the difference between good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. If your LDL cholesterol level is high then it will have a great impact on your cardiovascular system.

Some high cholesterol foods assist us in the functioning of our body. So you should educate yourself in knowing the foods which contains protein, micro-nutrients and amino.

Foods like Meats, Lamb, Veal ,pork and beef should be avoided as they are high cholesterol foods.

Our body itself is a great source of cholesterol. Only 20% of the cholesterol is supplied to our body from the foods which we intake.

Egg yolk is rich in cholesterol. It is advised to take up only 4 eggs per week.   The strength of two egg’s white portion is equal to a single egg with its yellow yolk.

Every one of us loves to eat pizza, soups, processed cheese, and pasta or frozen dinners. Regular consumption of these foods will lead to high cholesterol.

Milk is one of the high sources of cholesterol .Although milk carries some essential nutrients, regular intake of milk and milk products will result in the increased LDL cholesterol (bad stuff) levels.

Red meats are also rich in cholesterol. If you can avoid it, it’s would be better. But if you can’t, just try to remove the skin from the meat before cooking.

Chicken is the best source for protein and it is low in fat. But it will become a high cholesterol food if you don’t pay necessary attention in your cooking style. When frying the chicken its cholesterol level increases to extreme. If you are a heart patient then it is advised to avoid chicken.

Generally foods which we are getting from plants are fat free. Plants are good source of nutrients and HDL cholesterol. Vegetables should be included in our diet so as to maintain a balanced diet in our food.

Foods contain two types of nutrients. Those are saturated fat and cholesterol. Do you know why cholesterol becomes harmful to your body? As we all think content in cholesterol will not cause any harm. But the real culprit is the saturated fat which forces the liver to produce one kind of harmful cholesterol that affects our body.

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Coconut oil is one of the high cholesterol foods which we need to avoid. It’s fat free oil but it is rich in saturated fat. These saturated fats add more thickness to our blood stream so the blood is getting blocked as it results in heart diseases. It affects the entire blood flow system of our body.

Sea foods are low in cholesterol and contain good stuffs and they do not lead to high cholesterol.

 

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Cholesterol Lowering Foods

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Are you searching the ways to lower your cholesterol? Then you are in the right place now. As we all know some items like ice cream, butter and meats are high cholesterol foods. But you have any idea about the foods that lowers your cholesterol? Let’s find it out now.

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If you want to lower your cholesterol level you can very well eat some kind of foods. We can in fact take our foods as medicine rather than taking medicine as our foods. Functional foods are foods in which extra ingredient are added. These are enriched with vitamins. These functional foods showed a very big impact on the cholesterol level. In fact it’s very easier and tastier than taking a hand full of pills all through the day.

The two elements of cholesterol lowering foods are

  • You can use Plant sterols and stanols.
  • Soluble fibers are always a cholesterol lowering food.
  • Oat bran, apples, Raspberries, Brussels sprouts, Lentils, Baked beans and Kidney beans are other foods which are included in the list of cholesterol lowering foods.

These foods should be taken along with the cholesterol diet foods to experience an exciting result.

So many Researches have proved that some countable number of foods likes fatty fish, Oat meals and walnuts and foods those are strengthened with plant sterols – will assist you in controlling the cholesterol level. An expert believes that the combination of your cholesterol diet and these functional foods are a magical combination and act as a real cholesterol lowering food. If you have the habit of in taking these foods you will find a significant reduction in your LDL cholesterol level.

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You can check out the FDA reviews on each of these functional foods. In those reviews magical functional foods are declared as Cholesterol lowering foods and “health claim”.

Surveys says, in the united states alone nearly 105 million adults are having high cholesterol. Now they are going to make use of these cholesterol lowering foods. If you enjoy eating these functional foods you can very well lower your cholesterol and maintain your cholesterol level. The time Spend by us in grocery store is much lesser than our time  spend  in the pharmacy .Some drugs given for cholesterol are  bringing UN expected side effects to some people. So it’s preferable to control your cholesterol level by using cholesterol lowering foods and diet.
If you undergo some six month of cholesterol diet then you can feel 13 percentage (apprx) of reduction in your LDL cholesterol level. But the thing is that during this diet you should only eat low cholesterol foods. Eating low-fat foods like whole grains showed a 3% reduction in LDL cholesterol level. These all shows the role of cholesterol lowering foods in our cholesterol diet.
Usage of olive oil in our food instead of butter and coconut oil will reduces our LDL cholesterol levels.

Other foods which come under cholesterol diet foods include soy, Avocado and nuts. People who are taking these foods have reduced their LDL cholesterol levels than the people who are having low fat diets.

 

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Cholesterol Diet

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If the LDL cholesterol level is very high in your blood then your doctor may advise you to follow the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes diet or TLC.

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The Low cholesterol diet diet prescribed by the TLC is essentially a low saturated fat that assists you in reducing the LDL level and increasing the HDL level. Apart from controlling your cholesterol level it also prevents the heart diseases.

Low cholesterol diet

As stated above the TLC diet (Low cholesterol diet )program suggest a low-saturated fat which can followed by anyone whose LDL level is above the desired level.

You should always have food as prescribed by the below TLC (cholesterol diet program)

guidelines:

Your total every day’s calories from saturated fat should be less than 7%.

You should only take 25-35% of calories from fat.

Dietary cholesterol should be less than 200 milligrams.

As a part of cholesterol diet program try to reduce the sodium consumption to 2400 milligrams every day.

Consult a doctor or dietician to know your sufficient calories level and make sure you do not exceed this kevel every day.

Do’s

Always have foods those are low in saturated fat. Some such kinds of foods are listed below:

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Fat free products, skinless poultry, fish and shellfish, lean meats, fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods.

Prefer foods those are high in soluble fiber like some fruits (pears and oranges), oats, and some vegetables such as carrots Brussels sprouts and dried peas and beans

Don’t

if you are in cholesterol diet then try to reduce the high cholesterol foods like egg yolks , full-fat dairy products and liver and other organ meats

Try to reduce the foods those are recognized s high in saturated fat.

This list includes High fat processed meats like sausage, bologna, salami and UN trimmed red meats.

Fried foods are very harm to our health these are very high level of saturated fat.

Some other guidelines

if you want to have your cholesterol level under your control then pick only the the leanest meats, fish and shellfish and poultry.

Clean the skin of chicken and turkey before you cook and eat.

Some fish varieties such as cod, are less saturated fat when compare to chicken and meat.

However try to reduce your consumption of these kinds to 6 ounces every day.

Beans and Dry peas are great substitutes for meat. These are low in cholesterol and saturated fat. Since Dry peas and beans are great sources of fiber, these have the power of lowering the blood cholesterol level. So try to add at least ½ cup beans of beans to pasta, vegetable dishes, soups, and casseroles.

Eggs

Egg yolks are really very rich in dietary cholesterol which contains nearly 213 milligrams. It is suggested to limit the intake of egg yolks to at most 4 every week.

 Egg whites are harmless which are fat free. Two egg whites can replace a single whole egg.

Milk and Cheese

Try to buy fat free milk or 1% fat instead of 2% fat.

When buying the cheese make sure those are “fat free,” “part skim.” m”reduced fat,”  or “low fat,” Choose varieties which  have at most 3 grams of fat

Fats and Oils

liquid vegetable oils are genuine source of unsaturated fats — like sunflower, canola, peanut,corn, olive,

Fruits and Vegetables

Try to have more vegetables and fruits per day. At least 3 to 5 servings in your everyday diet.

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Tips To Keep Your HDL Cholesterol High

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Here we provide you both home remedies and medication to lower your LDL cholesterol and to increase your HDL cholesterol

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Home remedies

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If you want to increase your HDL Cholesterol (good stuff) and lower the LDL cholesterol (bad stuff) then don’t forget to consume at least 400 units of Vitamin E. Try to make it as a day to day habit. Vitamin E prevents the cholesterol from developing the plaque. This plaque can choke the arteries and can cause us heart attack. So it is advisable to take the Vitamin E each and every day with the prescribed medication.

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Vitamin C plays a vital role in increasing the HDL cholesterol level. So try to consume it every day. If you see people with high Vitamin C then definitely their HDL (good stuff) level will also be high.

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There are so many way to keep your LDL cholesterol level low and HDL level in high. One among them is garlic. Try to have at least 7 cloves of garlic per day or simply have odorless garlic capsule.

Most of the people feel that consuming this capsule is much easier than eating 7 cloves of garlic per day.

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Grapes are very good source to control the cholesterol level .Try to add the grape juice or little number of grapes in your every day diet.

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If you have the habit of eating at least a minimum amount of 1½ grapefruit section then you can lower the LDL cholesterol level by nearly 7% that too in just 2 months.

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Beans are another important source in controlling the cholesterol. Kidney beans, navy beans, lima beans and soybeans are advisable. If you can eat 1½ cups of beans per day then you can lower the HDL cholesterol by 22 %.

Medications


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If your cholesterol levels didn’t return to normal by following the stated guidelines then you need to consult a doctor who will prescribe you a cholesterol-lowering drug which includes the following:

Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) – Statins normally blocks the enzyme which is one of the source that produces cholesterol. So the ultimate aim behind the statins is reducing the cholesterol levels to between 4 mmol/liter and 2 mmol/liter for the LDL. Statins plays a crucial role in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis. But this statins causes side effects to some which includes headaches, constipation, diarrhea and abdominal pain.

Some examples of Statins are fluvastatin, Atorvastatin, pravastatin, simvastatin, rosuvastatin and lovastatin.

Aspirin

Aspirin is generally given to the people who are above 16 years of age.

There some drugs to lower the triglyceride levels. These drugs include fibric acid derivatives, Clofibrate and fenofibarate.

Niacin

Niacin is actually a B vitamin. This vitamin is found in numerous foods. Always have the high doses with the proper doctor’s prescription. Niacin has the ability to bring down the LDL and HDL levels. This Niacin also comes with some side effect to some patients. These Side effects includes itching, hot flashes, headaches and tingling.

Anti hypertensive drugs - if you have high blood pressure along with high cholesterol then your medication might includes ACE Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), Beta-blockers ,Diuretics, Calcium channel blockers.

Sometimes your doctor may suggest cholesterol absorption inhibitors and bile-acid sequestrants. These medications have much more side effects and it needs a significant patient education in order to attain compliance.

 

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High Cholesterol Diagnosis And Treatment

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Curable medical conditions

Following are some medical conditions .These are known to raise the LDL Cholesterol level in our body. We can have control over all these conditions by care full medical treatments

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These include Diabetes, Kidney diseases, High blood pressure, High levels of triglycerides, Under-active thyroid gland and Liver diseases.

Uncontrollable factors

There are some medical conditions that can’t be treated. We list those below

These medical conditions are also known as fixed risk factors:

Genes 1 – If your close family members are affected by either a coronary heart disease or a stroke, then you will have the higher risk of getting high cholesterol levels i.e., HDL Cholesterol . This link can be identified by noticing the age of your father/brother who is below 55, and mother/sister who is below 65 at the time.

Genes 2 –If anyone in your family it may be brother, sister, or parent had/have high cholesterol or high blood lipids then you have greater risk of having high cholesterol levels.

Sex – When compare to women, men are under a greater risk of having the high cholesterol levels (HDL cholesterol) .

Age –when we grow older our chances of getting atherosclerosis also grows.

Early menopause – If you are one of the women whose menopause used to occurs quite earlier when compare to other women then your chances of having high cholesterol level is high.

Certain ethnic groups – If you are living in the part of Pakistan, India, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka then you are having the greater risk of high cholesterol levels (HDL cholesterol) when compared to people who live in other part of the world.

High cholesterol diagnosis

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Cholesterol levels can be measured by some simple blood test. If you want the true result it is suggested to be in fast at least 12 hours before taking up the blood test.

Your blood sample will be tested by the doctor to know your LDL and HDL levels. During the blood test your triglyceride levels are also taken into account. These units are stated in the unit of mg/dl (milligrams/deciliter) or 5mmol/liter (milli moles/liter).

People who have risk factors should consider having their cholesterol levels checked.

Treatments for high cholesterol

Lifestyle

 If the raising factor of your high cholesterol level is only your life style then just relax. You can bring back your cholesterol and triglyceride levels back to normal vey easily. Just take a look on our guidelines below.

Try to do some exercise (it is suggested to consult your doctor)

  • Try to eat good fruits like vegetables, oats, good quality fats and whole some of grains.
  • It is suggested to avoid food that has saturated fats.
  • Have a nice sleep for 8 hours at night compulsorily.
  •  Always maintain your body weight in normal condition.
  • Try to avoid alcohol and say good bye to your smoking.

Many experts prove that one can’t lower the risk of having the cardiovascular disease by just the alteration of food diet. But a healthy diet always brings countless benefits to our health.

 

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High Cholesterol

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Before getting to know the details of causes and dangers of high cholesterol, let’s discuss the cholesterol levels

Normally doctors depict the measures of cholesterol in mg/dl and 5mmol/liter

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Here mg stands for milligram,

Dl Stands for deciliter.

Mmol is the short form of millimoles

Compare your cholesterol level with the table given below to know where you are stands in

Measure (mg/dl)

state

Less than 200

Desirable

 200 to 239

Bordeline high

 240 and above

High

Another mode of measure

Measure (mmol/liter)

level

Less than 5

Optimum

5 to 6.4

Mildly high

6.5 to 7.8

Moderately high

Above 7.8

Very high

High cholesterol level is capable of bringing the following diseases along with it.

 Heart attack normally occurs when oxygen and blood supply is blocked in the area of heart.

The colt in the coronary artery is the main reason for heart attack which brings death to our heart muscles.

Angina

Whenever our heart struggles with insufficient blood supply, it causes chest pain to us.

Some Other cardiovascular conditions

These are the disease that occurs in heart and blood vessels.

Stroke and mini-stroke

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It will occur when the artery gets blocked by a clot. It interrupts the flow of blood to the brain.

Breaking of the blood vessel is one another reason that can cause stroke. Once it occurs it starts killing the Brain cells.

Causes of high cholesterol

Lifestyle

Your life style plays the vital role in maintaining our cholesterol level.

Nutrition –Dietary cholesterol is found in foods like egg and sea foods. But this dietary cholesterol is harmless to our human blood cholesterol levels. Additionally, these are saturated fats do!

Given below is a list that specifies some of the foods those are high in saturated fats

Red meat, sausages, some pies, lard, most biscuits, cakes, and cream,

Hard cheese,  lards, pastry, cakes, most biscuits and cream etc.

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