The blood cholesterol

Like I said before, the excess cholesterol is not good for our body. High cholesterol is linked with having atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases dangerous.

The larger the amount of fat you eat and grow the more cholesterol from food, the higher the cholesterol levels in our blood and major heart problems.
As we know, there is an important link between food and heart. But not all fats we consume are necessarily bad. Some help raise levels of blood cholesterol, but not others. The bad fats are saturated. We should try to avoid a diet rich in red meat, whole milk, other dairy products and foods fried in butter, lard or margarine.

A balanced diet is very important to control high blood cholesterol. Usually vegetarians have lower levels of bad cholesterol. Therefore it is advisable to lower consumption of saturated fats and increased intake of soluble fiber that allows rapid removal of stools that are in your intestines by preventing the absorption of cholesterol is dissolved in the stool.

You must reduce the consumption of:
Red meats, sausages
Eggs. It is advisable to discard them entirely from the diet, but cut down. Egg whites can be consumed without any problem, the problem is excess consumption of yolk.
Precooked
Cookies, bread
Whole milk and whole milk products
Excess of chocolates and sweets
Alcoholic beverages
Fried foods
Carbohydrates (both simple sugars)

Increase consumption of:
Olive oil
Milk and skim milk
Pulses and vegetables
Fruits
Oily fish (rich in Omega 3)
Brown Rice
Cereals

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