High Cholesterol Level
Maintain a healthy low cholesterol diet and stay away from a high cholesterol
diet fill with high cholesterol food to restore the balance of total body
cholesterol to a safe normal cholesterol level
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Cholesterol Level and Cholesterol Test
Cholesterol level increases with age. Everyone age 20 and older should have their cholesterol test to measure their cholesterol level at least once in every 5 years. It has been shown that for every 1% increased in cholesterol level, the risk of heart disease increases by 2 to 3%.
Danger of High Cholesterol Diet fill with High Cholesterol Food
Maintaining a healthy low cholesterol diet together with regular exercise to help restore and bring down total cholesterol level to a desirable safe and normal cholesterol level.
Avoid the danger pose by a high cholesterol diet fill with high cholesterol food. Don't wait till it's completely blocked, reduce LDL cholesterol - the bad cholesterol and increase HDL cholesterol - the good cholesterol to lower the risk of coronary heart disease.
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CHOLESTEROL TEST - CHOLESTEROL LEVEL CLASSIFICATION |
| Cholesterol Level | Safe Normal Cholesterol Level | Borderline High Risk |
High Risk - High Cholesterol Level |
| Total Serum Cholesterol Level | Less than 200 mg/dL |
200 mg/dL to 239 mg/dL |
240 mg/dL or more |
| LDL Cholesterol - bad cholesterol | Less than 130mg/dL |
130mg/dL to 159 mg/dL |
160mg/dL or more |
| HDL Cholesterol - good cholesterol | More than 40 mg/dL |
- | Less than 40 mg/dL |
High Cholesterol Level and bad LDL cholesterol
The more bad LDL cholesterol you have the higher the risk of having heart diseases. Bring down your high cholesterol level to improve your overall health.
Health benefit of low cholesterol diet in lowering high cholesterol level are:-
- reduce the chance of heart attack and stroke
- reduce the formation of new cholesterol plagues
- reduce and prevent the rupture of existing plagues
Seek advice from a dietitian to help you plan your low cholesterol diet to reduce high cholesterol level and to reduce your daily intake of high cholesterol food.
Cholesterol Count of Selected High Cholesterol Food
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Cholesterol Count of High Cholesterol Food |
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High Cholesterol Food |
Cholesterol count (mg) per 100g |
High Cholesterol Food |
Cholesterol count (mg) per 100g |
| Lambs' brains | 2200 | Prawns | 195 |
| Egg yolk | 1260 | Double cream | 140 |
| Herring roe | 575 | Pork | 110 |
| Whole egg | 450 | Salami | 79 |
| Calves' liver | 370 | Lamb, lean | 74 |
| Lambs' kidneys | 315 | Chicken, light meat | 70 |
| Caviar (bottled) | 285 | Cheddar Cheese | 70 |
| Mayonnaise | 260 | Trout | 70 |
| Butter | 230 | Pork, lean | 63 |
| Squid | 225 | Beef, lean | 58 |
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