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MAINTAIN HEALTHY CHOLESTEROL NATURALLY
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IS THERE GOOD AND BAD CHOLESTEROL?
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What Foods Contain Fat And Cholesterol?Saturated fats are found primarily in animal products, particularly fatty meats and many dairy products. Coconut oil, palm kernel oil, and palm oil are also very saturated. Some of the unsaturated fats in vegetable oils are also made more saturated by a process called hydrogenation. Commercially prepared and processed foods made with the vegetable oils or with saturated fats like butter and lard can also be high in saturated fat. There are two kinds of unsaturated fat: polyunsaturated and monounsaturated. You should substitute both of these for saturated fat in your diet. Polyunsaturated fats are found primarily in plant products; including safflower, sunflower, corn, soybean, and cottonseed oils; nuts; seeds; and in fatty fish. Major vegetable oil sources of monounsaturated fats are primarily olive and canola oil. Cholesterol is found only in foods of animal origin, both high fat foods (like hot dogs and cheddar cheese) and low fat foods (like liver and other organ meats). And the amount of cholesterol in these foods varies. A daily intake of less than 300 mg is recommended. A three ounce piece of meat, fish, or poultry has 60 to 90 mg of cholesterol; one egg yolk contains about 270 mg; and a three ounce serving of liver has about 390 mg of cholesterol. In the United States blood cholesterol levels in men and women start to rise at about the age of 20. Women's blood cholesterol levels prior to menopause (45 -60 years) are lower than those of men of the same age. After menopause, however, the cholesterol of women usually increases to a level higher than men. Since the risk of coronary heart disease is especially high in the later decades of life, reducing blood cholesterol levels may be important to the elderly.
Among the factors you can do something about, diet has the largest effect on your blood cholesterol level. Saturated fat raises your blood cholesterol level more than anything else you eat. Dietary cholesterol also increases your blood cholesterol level. If you have high blood cholesterol , inhibiting the intake of dietary fat and cholesterol into your system will be a very important step to take. Being overweight may also increase your blood cholesterol level. Most overweight patients with high levels of cholesterol can help control their cholesterol levels by weight reduction. Related
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