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Foods To Avoid High Cholesterol

Here is a list of foods to avoid high cholesterol. Foods high in cholesterol are extremely damanging to your health.

So you want to know which foods to avoid high cholesterol? Read on as I have listed quite a few here and there is a link which takes you to a HUGE list of foods high in cholesterol.

First of all we all know that a high level of cholesterol is one of the leading causes of cardiac diseases and that we need to cut down on foods which are high in cholesterol. But which foods are high in cholesterol and which are low or have no cholesterol?

Cholesterol is found only in animal products such as meat, dairy, and eggs. The USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory lists 7,500 food items on its website and the top 100 foods which are highest in cholesterol are all animal derived.

To see how high in cholesterol animal derived foods are, keep in mind that your goal should be to keep daily cholesterol intake to under 300 milligrams (mg's).

Here is a list of foods to avoid high cholesterol - look at the high cholesterol levels:

Food Item	Food Form	Cholesterol Content in mg (per 100g food portion)	Food Item	Food Form	Cholesterol Content in mg (per 100g food portion)
B	Brain, cooked, simmered	3100	V	Brain, cooked, braised	3100
E	Brain, raw	3010	E	Brain, cooked, pan-fried	2120
E	Brain, cooked, pan fried	1995	A	Brain, raw	1590
F	Kidneys, cooked, simmered	716	L	Kidneys, cooked, braised	791
By-products	Kidneys, raw	411	By-products	Liver, cooked, braised	511
	Liver, cooked, braised	396		Liver, cooked, pan-fried	485
	Liver, cooked, pan-fried	381		Spleen, cooked, braised	447
	Spleen, cooked, braised	347		Kidneys, raw	364

Food Item	Food Form	Cholesterol Content in mg (per 100g food portion)	Food Item	Food Form	Cholesterol Content in mg (per 100g food portion)
P	Brain, cooked, braised	2552	L	Brain, cooked, pan-fried	2504
O	Brain, raw	2195	A	Brain, cooked, braised	2043
R	Spleen, cooked, braised	504	M	Brain, raw	1352
K	Kidneys, cooked, braised	480	B	Kidneys, cooked, braised	565
By-products	Lungs, cooked, braised	387	By-products	Liver, cooked, braised	501
	Spleen, raw	363		Liver, cooked, pan-fried	493
	Lungs, raw	320		Liver, raw	371
	Kidneys, raw	319		Kidneys, raw	337

Food Item	Food Form	Cholesterol Content in mg (per 100g food portion)	Food Item	Food Form	Cholesterol Content in mg (per 100g food portion)
E	Yolk, dried	2335	F	Oil, herring	766
G	Whole, dried, stabilized	2017	I	Oil, sardine	710
G	Whole, dried	1715	S	Caviar, black, red, Granular	588
S	Yolk, raw, fresh	1234	H	Oil, cod liver	570
	Yolk, raw, frozen	1075		Oil, salmon	485
	Turkey, whole, fresh, raw	933		Whitefish eggs	439
	Duck, whole, fresh, raw	884		Roe, mixed, raw	374
	Goose, whole, fresh, raw	852		Whitefish, dried	266
	Quail, whole, fresh, raw	844	P	Chicken liver, cooked, pan-fried	564
	Whole, cooked, fried	457	O	Chicken liver, cooked, simmered	563
	Whole, cooked, hard boiled	424	U	Duck, domestic, liver, raw	515
	Whole, cooked, poached	422	L	Goose, liver, raw	515
	Scrambled	426	T	Chicken broilers, giblets, cooked, fried	446
	Whole, cooked, omelette	356	R	Chicken broilers, giblets, cooked, simmered	442
	Whole, raw, fresh	423	Y	Turkey, liver, raw	331

Taken from the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory. HUGE list!!

So now you know which foods to avoid high cholesterol, what about plant based foods? Plant based foods contain no cholesterol - and I'm not just talking oranges, apples, pears and cabbages here. Vegan bacon, vegan burgers, soya milk, soya cream, soya ice-cream - all these things contain no cholesterol.

So if you are worried about your high cholesterol levels, why not consider a plant based diet?

Cutting out animal products from your diet is easy and you will not have to deprive yourself of little treat foods. You can eat loads of lovely goodies and still keep that cholesterol in check!!

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