Low Cholesterol Foods

To lower blood cholesterol levels, of course you should choose foods low cholesterol content.

Such foods include, meat-free chicken or beef fat, some types of fish and other seafood.

Fat-free meat means when you decide to cook beef or chicken, you have to set aside the skin, fatty meat and jeroannya. For fish, nearly all fish contain unsaturated fats which are very high even far beyond the flesh.

As have been discussed previously, cholesterol consists of two types ie, LDL cholesterol / fat lenuh or bad cholesterol and HDL cholesterol / saturated fat or cholesterol. Both types of cholesterol are definitely there in every diet just different levels are different. 

LDL cholesterol is called bad cholesterol because he was responsible for risk factor for several diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and so forth. While HDL cholesterol works in reverse so-called good cholesterol. 

Next let us discuss cholesterol from the foods we often consume daily:

Fowl

In general, poultry meat is quite low LDL cholesterol content of its origin are consumed without the skin. Provision for poultry skin can be done alone while cooking or buy skinless already on the market. As information, pale-colored meat is much lower bad cholesterol levels when compared with dark-colored flesh.

Reduce consumption of meat ducks and geese because both types of poultry meat contains saturated fat content is very high even though his skin has been set aside. 

Fish and Shellfish

Fish generally have high levels of saturated fats is lower than meat.Meanwhile, the clams have varying levels of LDL cholesterol. Shrimp-called call has high levels of bad cholesterol can still be consumed safely home does not exceed 3 ounces (200 milligrams of cholesterol) per day.Of course with how to cook low-cholesterol or without oil. 

Meat Substitute Materials

The choice fell to the tofu and tempeh following processed foods. Tofu and tempeh is believed to have a low saturated fat content.In contrast, levels of unsaturated fats may be quite high. In addition, the fiber content is also high in order to lower blood cholesterol levels. Now it was just how do the processing for tofu and tempeh has a high taste and attractive for consumption.