If you have high cholesterol, or are concerned about getting it, then you may be wondering what foods you should be avoiding. Here is a look at high cholesterol foods and what they mean to you.
Of course, many of the foods that are high in fat are also high in cholesterol. This includes a lot of the greasy and fatty foods that many people are fond of picking up from their favorite fast food joint. Many greasy and heavy foods not only contain high cholesterol levels, but also have a high amount of saturated fat. Saturated fat, the type of fat that is found in many animal products, will raise the level of your LDL (or bad) cholesterol. If you eat too many foods that are high in saturated fat and cholesterol, your own cholesterol levels are also going to go up.
It is important to know that high cholesterol food is not a problem by itself. It is more important to know how much saturated fat that was eaten. It is important because the liver will produce more bad cholesterol and triglycerides in order for the saturated fat to be digested.
Understand this, you will now know that food that are cholesterol free does not mean that is will make a huge difference to your cholesterol levels, especially if the product is high in saturated fat, the live will continue to make the bad cholesterol to digest the saturated fats.
One good example in this category is coconut oil. Coconut oil is a form of vegetable oil and is completely free of cholesterol. Thereby in theory it is labeled as “cholesterol free” or “low cholesterol”. However, for those who don;t know, coconut oil is high in saturated fat, if fact the saturated fat in coconut is so high that it will definitely cause a problem to the cholesterol level.
So be-careful with the food label, as high cholesterol is not just high in cholesterol contain in the food. It can also mean that it contain high level of saturated fat that will cause you liver to produce the bad cholesterol that you want to avoid.
In order to make shopping easier for you and allow you to watch your cholesterol at the same time, it is helpful to understand the differences in label. A food that is labeled “reduced fat” has 25% less fat in it than the similar food with a “normal” label. A food that is “fat free” may still contain fat, but has less than half of a milligram of fat per serving. Foods that are “low fat” contain less than 3 grams of fat per serving. “Low cholesterol” foods have 20 milligrams or less of cholesterol as well as 2 grams or less of saturated fat. “Cholesterol free” foods do not contain cholesterol - however, you still have to watch for saturated fat content on the label. In general, these foods will have less than 2 milligrams of cholesterol and 2 milligrams or less of fat.
In general avoiding foods with animal products, will be a good choice. Processes foods in terms of pastries and cookies also contain high level of saturated fats.
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