Instruction
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Cholesterol is a lipophilic alcohol that is found in food of animal, and in rare cases of vegetable origin. High-density cholesterol is considered useful, as are used by the body to build new cells, maintain bone structure, hormone production, etc. low density Cholesterol, on the contrary, is considered to be harmful as this substance is the main component of the plaque formed on the vessel walls. Cholesterol in foods is not uniform, in some products this item quite a bit others beat all records in terms of the content of this substance.
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Margarine is a real champion when it comes to the content of harmful cholesterol. This product belongs to the category of TRANS fats obtained through geroizatsii vegetable fats. In different types of margarine, the content of harmful cholesterol can vary from 600 to 1000 mg per 100 g of product. People suffering from atherosclerosis are often recommended to completely eliminate this product from the diet to alleviate the disease.
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Meat and sausages can be placed on the second place in the ranking of the most cholesterindegrading products. The content of harmful cholesterol in different meats are mixed. For example, in the sausage contained levels of cholesterol rarely exceeds 50 mg. at the same time smoked sausage with specks of fat, the figure could exceed 600 mg per 100 g of product. A lot of cholesterol is contained in animal brain, where the figure can exceed 1200 mg.
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Chicken and beef liver contains about the same cholesterol, fluctuating at the level of 500 mg. Such a high rate is transmitted and all products made from liver. For example, liver pate can contain more than 600 mg of cholesterol per 100 g of product. In this case everything depends on other components that were used during the preparation of the paste, because there are cases when in the manufacture of final product added to margarine.
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A large amount of cholesterol contained in eggs. In the quail eggs, the rate of content of this substance is approximately 600 mg per 100 g of product. In chicken eggs cholesterol was down by 550 mg. it is Worth noting that the cholesterol contained in eggs is not a reason to abandon this product because I the eggs contains a lot of useful items, including leptin.
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Among the seafood high content of cholesterol you'll be smoked mackerel, in which the level of the substance exceeds 350 mg. in addition, a significant level of cholesterol is present in meat stellate 300 mg, cuttlefish - 270 mg and carp - 250 mg. Among fish products present record are different kinds of caviar, in which cholesterol levels can exceed 500 mg per 100 g of product.
Note
Real health products with high cholesterol are only if they were obtained by chemical means, as, for example, margarine or in the case of uncontrolled use. Correctly accounting for the diet, you can reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood while not completely eliminating foods that contain this element.
Useful advice
Elevated levels of cholesterol in certain foods is not always a good reason for a complete rejection of them. For example, in the fatty fish species in addition to cholesterol also has a large number of fatty acids, phosphorus and calcium, therefore, the rejection of such a product will undoubtedly have an impact on health.