WHAT IS THE PROPER DIET FOR CHOLESTEROL?
For people who do not consider to undertake a completely vegetable diet, the following list, based on the Spanish Society of Arteriosclerosis, shows a series of recommendations that should be taken into account when you have high blood cholesterol levels:
Food suitable and not suitable for cholesterol |
FOOD |
EAT DAILY
( Low cholesterol foods)
|
EAT WITH MODERATION
- only 3 times a week-
( Medium cholesterol foods)
|
NOT RECOMMENDED
( High cholesterol foods)
|
Eggs |
Only the white |
3 maximum each week |
|
Meat |
Chicken and turkey without skin |
Lamb, pork, ham, beef, veal or cow (only the lean parts. ( Chicken or beef sausages) |
Sausages, intestines, pâtés, sausages, hamburgers, bacon, pates, duck |
Fish and shellfish |
Blue fish, white fish, canned tuna, clams or oysters |
Canned sardines, canned mackerel, shrimps, prawns, mussels, crayfish, salt cod |
" Mojama" (= salt-cured tuna) , fish fried in not vegetable oil |
Milk |
Skimmed milk and skimmed milk derivatives |
Fresh cheese or low fat cheese |
Whole milk, custard, cream, cheese cream or fatty cheese or cured cheese
|
Oil of fat |
|
Margarine or seed oils that do not contain hydrogenated fats (trans fatty acids) |
Palm oil, coconut oil, lard, butter, margarine, bacon,
|
Sauces and spices |
Garlic and oil sauce , mustard, pepper, vinegar |
Sauce bechamel or mayonnaise |
Not skimmed milk sauces , animal fat, butter or margarine.
|
Vegetables, legumes and fruits |
In general all are suitable |
Olives, avocados, potatoes fried in suitable oil (should be limited in cases of obesity or hypertriglicerids) |
Coconut, fritters in saturated vegetable oils, , chips.
|
Cereals |
Preferably whole cereals products: biscuits, bread, pasta, flour (in case of obesity you should limit them) |
Pasta prepared with seed oil or olive oil, Italian egg pasta (should be limited in cases of obesity or hypertriglicerids) |
Muffins, croissants, biscuits or industrial products which contain inappropriate saturated fats. |
Dry fruits |
Generally all ( sunflower seeds should not be salted) |
Peanuts |
Salted peanuts, coconut and salted sunflower seeds
|
Beverages |
Mineral water, fruit juices, homemade, sugar-free drinks. Infusions (Limit coffee and tea to three servings per day) |
Drinks with sugar |
|
Sweets |
Honey, sugar, jam.
Desserts made with skimmed milk
|
Sweets, marzipan, nougat, homemade pasta, pudding without egg. Sweets made from seed oils or olive. |
Chocolate, not homemade cakes, industrial pies or ice cream or sweets made with whole milk. |
 More information about cholesterol natural treatment in the listing above.
The information given is informative. In case of doubt, consult the doctor. "Botanical" is not responsible for damages caused by self-medication |
