Discover Why Not All High Cholesterol Foods Are Bad For You

Eating high cholesterol foods is in fact not bad for you. However to clarify on that what we first have to understand is that there are two different types of cholesterol, one that we want to have low levels of and one that we want to have high levels of. They are LDL (bad) and HDL (good), and of course the high cholesterol foods that we want to have more of are the ones that increase our amount of HDL.

Before we look at the foods that raise our good cholesterol, let us first look at the food that we need to avoid which would be traditionally known as high cholesterol foods. The first group of foods here, although there is now some debate about this, is foods that are high in saturated fats. You find saturated fats in foods like red meats and also dairy products, and although some researchers believe that it will not effect your LDL levels, it is probably still advisable to reduce your intake. The second group of high cholesterol foods which you need to avoid and there is no debate about are foods that contain trans fats.

Trans fats are a man made fat, and they are created when vegetable oil is turned from a liquid into a solid form by the process of hydrogenation. The fat that is created from this process is added to a lot of different types of foods mainly because it increases the shelf life of them. More often than not these fats are found in prepackaged food and also used for deep frying at fast food outlets. To give you an idea of how serious these fats can be taken, Denmark, Switzerland and some states in the US have banned their use because of the effect they can have on cholesterol and the heart.

So, what are the high cholesterol foods that you want to include for your HDL levels? First of all I would recommend including oily fish such as salmon or mackerel into your diet. The reason being is these kind of oily fish are packed with heart healthy omega threes which not only boost your HDL levels but also helps reduce triglyceride levels too. Other foods that contain Omega threes that can help your heart are nuts and seeds such as flaxseed and walnuts.

In addition to that, you should also increase the amount of vegetables that you eat as well. Although these won't raise your good cholesterol as much is the omega-3 rich foods, they contain sterols which have a cellular make up that is very similar to cholesterol, and when they are in your body they stop as much cholesterol being absorbed by your gastrointestinal tract, and this means less fatty deposits floating in your blood clogging up your arteries.

In addition to that, there are also some other specific nutrients that can raise HDL and lower LDL at the same time, although these are often best found in supplemental form. They include green tea extract, policosanol, lecithin and rice bran oil. By adding these to the good high cholesterol foods such as the omega threes, and removing trans fats and saturated fats from your diet, this will help you to maintain healthy cholesterol levels.

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