Thursday, September 26, 2013

Dieting To Lower The Cholesterol

By Mary Watson


The top leading cause of death for Americans is heart disease and it's all thanks to the fast foods, cheese butter, bacon and other foods that glow. All of these foods contain high cholesterol which promotes the risk for cardiovascular problems. If you don't want to become one of those 600,000 people in the U.S. who dies every year because of heart diseases, then you should start controlling or at least reducing the bad cholesterol. This can be done through dieting and completely avoiding those foods that has a huge amount of bad substance. Dieting gives great benefits without too much of an effort.

Cut Down on These

The key to eliminate bad cholesterol is by knowing the foods that you have to avoid. Munching through foods which contains saturated fat is also something that you have to stay away from. Remember that bad cholesterol comes from saturated fat and removing foods with that substance from your diet guarantees a 0% percent of LDL. Loads of saturated fat can be found on oily foods such as fried meant, fats, cheese and junk foods. Vegans, who are people who don't eat foods that came from animals, are safe from heart diseases since they have less consumption of foods with saturated fat.

The food that holds the crown for having the highest level of bad cholesterol per serving is the egg yolk. If you love eggs, you can just cut down from consuming this or you can just eat the egg whites and leave the yolk alone. Next on the list is caviar or fish roe which is another egg. Liver follows and is on the third spot on the list of foods which has high LDL. Since cholesterol is being produced by liver, it is natural to find high levels of bad cholesterol on this organ. Other foods to avoid are cheese, chicken skin, processed meat, fast foods, sea shells and dairy products.

Foods which Reduces Bad Cholesterol

When it comes to dieting you are not just avoiding foods. You also have to take in some foods which reduce the LDL (bad cholesterol) levels in your blood. Adding some fiber-rich foods to your everyday diet can help your heart out. Oatmeal is one of the best weapons against LDL because of its soluble fiber. It can also be found in nuts, walnuts and almonds. Fatty acid which is also known as Omega-3 reduces the build up of LDL that would result to a heart disease and it can be found on fishes such as salmon, tuna and herring. If you don't like fish that much, you can run into fish oil supplements.

Meat is an animal product and this is a food which some people can't live without. But even it has bad cholesterol you can also have meals of meat for as long as you are getting the lean part. Another important material is antioxidants. It lowers the amount of LDL levels in your blood and it can be found in olive oil. A newly discovered substance which is the sterols or stanols is also beneficial on this war against heart disease and other effects of bad cholesterol. Don't forget fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet for its numerous benefits.




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