List of High Cholesterol Foods To Avoid, High Cholesterol Diet

Get all the details on high cholesterol foods that you should avoid. Use the list of foods high in cholesterol and saturated fats and avoid them in your diet. You should avoid these foods in your diet if you have high cholesterol.

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High Cholesterol Foods

The high cholesterol foods contain saturated fat and cholesterol. Saturated fats, found mostly in animal products, raise LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) level Animal foods contain cholesterol. So if you eat these foods in excess to make your diet a high cholesterol diet, your cholesterol level rises.

You should be aware that it is not the cholesterol content of a food is harmful, its saturated fat content causes the liver to produce more harmful LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

"Cholesterol free" written on a food is not important if it contains lot of saturated fat. For example, coconut oil is cholesterol free, but is highly saturated and is therefore not good for your heart.

You should give less attention to "low cholesterol or cholesterol-free" than saturated fats on the food label. "High cholesterol foods" therefore means foods high in saturated fats or triglycerides.

Learn to read the food labels. Understand the food labels and food label reading correctly:

1. Cholesterol Free Food means less than 2 milligram cholesterol and 2 gor less fat. "Free" does not mean zero cholesterol
2. Low Cholesterol Food means 20 milligram or less cholesterol and 2 g or less saturated fat.
3. Fat Free Foods means less than ½ g fat. "Free" does not mean zero fat.
4. Low Fat Food means 3 g or less fat;
5. Reduced Fat Food means at least 25 percent less fat than similar normal fat food.

List of High Cholesterol Foods

High cholesterol foods are mainly

1. All animal products such egg yolks, meat, poultry, fish and higher fat milk products.
2. Processed and prepared foods such as cookies, pastries and muffins contain high amounts of fat including trans-fats.
3. Deep fried foods.

You should eat the following high cholesterol foods in limit. Don't make your diet a high cholesterol diet.

Food	Serving Size	Cholesterol Level (mg)
Beef, liver, cooked, pan-fried	3 oz	410
Beef Kidney	3.5 oz	375
Beef steak	3.5 oz	70
Chicken, stewed, meat only	1 cup	300
Chicken	3.5 oz	60
Lamb	3.5 oz	70
MacDonald's Egg McMuffin	4.9 oz	235
MacDonald's Big Breakfast	9.4 oz	455
MacDonald's Scrambled Eggs (2)	3.6 oz	425
Boiled egg	1 egg	225
Dunkin Donuts Bagel, bacon & cheese	1 No	115
Sponge cake	1 slice	106
French vanilla ice cream	1 serve	155
Ice Cream, normal	3.5 oz	45
Cream cheese	1 oz	27
Cheddar cheese	1 oz	19
Butter	3.5 oz	250
Sponge cake	3.5 oz	260

Instead of eating foods high in cholesterol and fats, you should eat super foods for healthy heartthat can control cholesterol and protect your heart.

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