Diet for people with high blood cholesterol

Carrots - a food that can be used daily for people with high blood cholesterol

The amount of cholesterol in the diet affects the total cholesterol level in the blood. This fat is found in many animal-derived foods, especially viscera such as brain, liver, kidney, heart, stomach, intestines and eggs.

Every day, the amount of cholesterol in the diet should be less than 300 mg. You can refer to cholesterol content in some foods (mg cholesterol in 100 g of food):

Food name

Cholesterol content
(mg%)

Food name

Cholesterol content
(mg%)

Pig brains

2,500

Butter

270

Egg yolk

1,790

Chocolate

172

Whole eggs

600

The pig's heart

140

Oval bull

400

Chicken box

120

Pig oval

375

Whole milk powder

109

Chicken liver

440

Cow tongue

108

Cheese

406

Cow stomach

95

Pig liver

300

Pig fat

95

For people with high blood cholesterol, a reasonable diet is: reduce animal fat, increase vegetable oil (no more than 20 g / day of grease), less eat meat, eat more fish and soy products , vegetables (500-600g / day, choose less sweet). Energy supply should be below 1800 Kcalo / day. Should choose powder from cereals and potatoes, limit sugar, sugarcane, candy, soft drinks.

Foods that can be used daily

1. Vegetables, tubers: Vegetables, spinach, spinach, cucumber, melon, spinach, jute, green squash, pumpkin, loofah, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, carrots, kohlrabi, su .
2. Less sweet fruits: Plum, grapefruit, peach, orange, tangerine, pear, apple, dragon fruit, watermelon.
3. Rice and tubers: Approximately 200-250 g / day.
4. Beef, lean pork, chicken (remove skin), low fat fish.
5. Soy milk, tofu, fried rice.

Foods should be limited

1. Rice, potatoes, other cereals: Up to 3 bowls of rice / day.
2. Sugar, candies, soft drinks.
3. Too sweet fruits: Banana, jackfruit, na, litchi, longan, mango.
   Sweetened condensed milk.
4. Types of eggs: 1-2 fruits / week.

Prohibited foods

1. Visceral organs: Octopus, heart, liver, kidney, stomach, boar.
2. Fat meat, animal fats, coconut oil, palm oil.
3. Butter, cheese, chocolate.
4. Whole milk powder.
5. When processing food, it is recommended to increase the steamed, fried and fried dishes.