We all worry about our cholesterol. There are certain foods to be avoided that can raise your cholesterol numbers. Making conscious dietary choices can go a long way toward maintaining healthy cholesterol levels and avoiding potential risks
You should an effort into eating foods that are high n mega 3 fatty acids. These are salmon, sardines, mackerel and walnuts. You must be aware that trans fats in some foods can increase your bad cholesterol— the low density lipoproteins ( LDL) Red meat is consumed a lot in the Western World. Red meat with its high fat content can affect your cholesterol It can also lower the good cholesterol- high density lipoprotein ( HDL) Eating meat with visible fat trimmed off or grass-fed beef is a much better choice. Those patients with Type O blood do well by eating more protein—this does not mean that all your protein mut come from an animal source.
Egg yolks do contain dietary cholesterol There was a book called the “The Cholesterol Myth” which debunked eating too many egg yolks can increase your cholesterol We also know that the egg yolk is nutritious in B vitamins which can lower your cholesterol.
Shellfish is chock full of cholesterol-raising saturated fat and cholesterol. Shellfish also cntains increased levels of mercury I try to avoid the bottom dwellers as crabs, lobsters, as well as mollusks- clams, mussels. I always feel these bottom dwellers are filtering the remains of the Titanic
And then lastly which is the most important—avoid processed foods and baked goods as donuts etc Store-bought baked goods have high levels of trans fats and saturated fat, which can drastically raise bad cholesterol levels.
Be mindful of your total cholesterol and LDL (the bad cholesterol) More importantly remember as triglycerides are increased—your HDL (good) cholesterol is lowered which leads to diabetes