High Cholesterol Foods that You Should Avoid

 

You don’t have to be a professional to know what unhealthy foods you should avoid. If possible, start eating healthy while you are young than regretting it once you are old.

I’m not saying that you should be a  vegetarian just   lessen your eating of fatty, high cholesterol foods.

High cholesterol is one of the components of vessel-clogging plaque.  It can incorporate calcium and other substances that make plaque hard and brittle.

The brittle plaque could also break off, travel through the blood  stream  and   form  a clot anywhere in the body.

So here is the list of high cholesterol foods that you should avoid:

• EGGS- we always have eggs for breakfast but did you know that the yolk itself contains tons of cholesterol.  Try substituting it with whole-grain cereals and fruits.
• FASTFOODS- I guess I don’t have to tell you how fast food could be bad for you.  You should avoid fast food chains once in a while.
• MACARONI AND CHEESE- the typical macaroni-and-cheese ingredients- whole milk, butter and cheese are loaded with saturated fats and cholesterol.
• ICE CREAM- a single cup of ice cream has more fat than a hamburger and more cholesterol than 10 glazed doughnut.  Substitute it with a fresh cup of fruits instead.
• MUFFIN- muffins that you can buy or bake at home with extra ingredients has a lot of cholesterols.  You can substitute that by buying low-fat bran muffin made with whole-wheat.
• RIB-EYE STEAK- a 4-ounce rib-eye steak takes up a big chunk of your recommended daily intake for saturated fat and cholesterol.
• SEAFOODS- some seafood like lobsters and shrimps are loaded with high cholesterols.

Three ounces of lobster contains 61 mg of cholesterol- and that’s without the dip (butter).

If you really want to eat lobsters or shrimps then broil it and not fry.

• CHICKEN- although chicken is considered to be a low-fat meat choice, how you cook it makes a difference. Keeping the skin on poultry or frying can turn it into a high-cholesterol food
• LIVER- it’s a good thing I don’t like liver because most cholesterols are stored in the liver.  Most concentrated levels of cholesterols in animal meats are found in organ meats like the liver.
• JUNKFOODS- the trans fats of French fries, onion rings, chips and crackers can turn into a high-cholesterol food.

 

I know It’s hard to resist temptations but as what the saying goes, “what you eat is what you are” so watch what you are eating.

Keep in mind that the amount you eat, as a double portion will also double the cholesterol.