High Cholesterol Foods - Are They the Major Reasons for High Cholesterol? Part II

Here's a continuation (from Part I) of the list of most common high cholesterol foods:

Fried foods

The problem with fried foods is the extra added oils. Think about it. Added oils are oils that are not found naturally in foods. Any added oils to your foods are adding calories to your foods. Extra calories you don't need.

When you eat fried foods, the body finds it harder to digest than non-fried foods. So the fat gets deposited in some part of the body, and the body is in no time craving more food. And then you're likely to go and eat even more high cholesterol foods.

Fats getting stored around your body are dangerous to your health, most especially when it's stored around your arteries.

Eggs

Eggs are one of the foods high in cholesterol. Eggs contain a high amount of saturated fat even when boiled, let alone fried or burnt. The amount of saturated fat in your body can have an effect on your cholesterol levels.

Meat

Meat is an excellent source of protein but is very high in saturated fat. If you are trying to lose weight, you should stay off meat, especially red meat, until you get to that healthy weight you're looking for. And even after that, keep red meats in your diet to a minimum. You're also better off taking the skin off white meat like chicken to reduce fat.

Butter

Butter is made from animal fat; therefore also contains a lot of saturated fat. Make sure you go easy on that butter.

Cakes and biscuits

Baked products can contain a lot of cholesterol. Try baking at home instead of buying baked products from shops, since you don't know what they would have put in them. That will put you in control; you can then try cutting the amount of fat and cholesterol in whatever you bake.

You can easily replace butter, eggs, and milk with other alternatives that are healthier, such as egg substitutes, soy milk, rice milk and healthy vegetable oils.

Fatty salad dressings

Heavy salad dressings are high in fat, calories and can contribute to raising your cholesterol levels. You don't have to give them up completely, just use low-fat versions. Don't go with what the supermarket calls low-fat, read the labels so that you can understand what each salad dressing is made up of. Think olive oil and vinegar dressings.

Summary

Conclusively for Part II of this series, high cholesterol foods should be limited in your diet and many of them can easily contribute to raising your LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels, and they are one of the major reasons for high cholesterol in your body.

This article was started in Part I of this 2-Part Series.

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