Heart
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Low
Cholesterol Diet
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Low Cholesterol
Diet
The average
American daily diet consists of about 70 percent
mostly processed carbohydrates and 30 percent saturated fat. Few
foods today are eaten in their natural form most have undergone
processing which can strip away many of the good nutrients leaving
behind only remnants of what the original grains or fruits were.
Then processing usually entails adding food taste enhancers, sometimes
saturated fats or trans fats, to make the foods more palatable. So
when one eats the finished remanufactured product one loses most of the
full benefit of the grain and picks up a lot of cholesterol
enhancing additives.
The American Heart Association recommends that saturated fats
make up no more than 7 percent of the daily diet. Saturated
fats
and cholesterol are found in meats and dairy products. These
fats
are solid at room temperatures such as butter or the fat on a piece of
beef.
Plant
products are cholesterol free. To
lower cholesterol and saturated fat intake one can substitute soy milk
for dairy milk and polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats which are
found in olive and other fruit oils in place of butter and shortening
in recipes. Nuts also contain large amounts of more heart-friendly fats
and many minerals our bodies need. A handful of nuts a day, in place of
some other fatty, processed snack such as potato chips, will do a lot
in lowering your cholesterol.
A low
cholesterol diet
is a more get-back-to-nature meal in small portions. For
example a
heart-healthy supper is a meal of fresh vegetables and a 4 ounce
portion of meat with a many color garden salad and balsamic and oil
dressing.
Breakfast
should consist cereal that has not been processed too much and
pulpy orange juice.
A low cholesterol lunch would be a cup of plain, low-fat yogurt
flavored with fresh fruit.
For
mid morning and mid afternoon
snacks have a fresh apple or other fruit or a handful of peanuts or
other nuts.
One must become
label-savvy. Read the labels and look for high fructose
corn syrup and hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats. High
fructose corn syrup (HFCS) makes things taste good, but will just add
fat to your body so try to limit any food products you eat with HFCS in
them.
Hydrogenated or
partially hydrogenated fats is another name for trans
fats. These fats are found in off-the-shelf confections such as donuts,
cookies, cupcakes etc. and potato chips and french fries. Trans fats
and saturated fats are called 'bad fats' and will increase
your cholesterol levels. Limit their intake or eliminate them
from
your diet completely.
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eat low-cholesterol diets since 1982. More than 249,000 men and women
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