Food Choices For Lower Cholesterol

It is possible for you to enjoy a wide variety of foods regularly, including select cuts of meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and nuts every week.

You can further keep your blood cholesterol levels low by trying the following:

•  Choose chicken or turkey with the skin removed. You may keep the skin on to seal in the juices just as long as you remove the skin before eating it.

•  When choosing meat, choose leaner cuts, white meats, and cuts that have a less white “marbleized” texture.  The white “marble” is fat that can increase your cholesterol.

•  Prefer fish such as cod that has less saturated fat than even chicken or other meats.

•  Even the leanest cuts of meat, chicken, fish, and shellfish contain saturated fat and cholesterol so try to limit your daily intake to 6 ounces or less.

•  Remember that you can increase soluble fiber if LDL is still not lowered enough by reducing saturated fat and cholesterol.

Making Healthy Eating Better

One of the best things that you can do for your cholesterol levels is to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.

Not only do these foods have no dietary cholesterol, but some fruits and vegetables have been linked to actually lowering cholesterol in patients.

Research studies have proven numerous times that one of the best things you can do for yourself if you are worried about your cholesterol level is to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.

Studies also often show that North Americans eat a lot less fresh fruit and vegetables than they should eat, a fact that has often been suggested as the key cause for the higher cholesterol levels and heart disease levels; not to mention the higher rates of obesity that North Americans are facing.

To put it differently, those nations that eat more fruit, vegetables, and grains are healthier and have lower cholesterol levels as a whole.

As an added bonus, you do not have to worry that much about eating too many fruit and vegetables. While you mustn’t to overeat, you may eat far more fresh fruits and vegetables than meat products and remain heart healthy.

You may only eat small portions of animal products before you have to worry about the cholesterol content.  With vegetables and fruits however, there isn’t that worry. If you feel deprived whilst following low-fat diets, you can avoid this in the future simply by eating more fresh fruit and vegetables.

Increasing your consumption of fresh, not canned, poached, sweetened or boiled, fruits and vegetables significantly should be your first goal as you try to lower your cholesterol over the next 30 days.