Such a concept as "cholesterol" every one of us at least once heard. And what is it and how is it dangerous? Cholesterol - one of the most important substances in the body, which is a part of all cell membranes in tissues and organs. It synthesizes hormones that keeps the cells in tone and regulates metabolic processes in the body. That is, if you want to be healthy, without it can not do.
Fed cholesterol into the body with food. And at the same time it is divided into "good" and "bad". "Good", is known to help the body to work productively, while the "bad" can cause many health problems. Namely, the excess bad cholesterol accumulates, forms the plaques that are the cause of many heart problems.
SOURCE OF CHOLESTEROL
Cholesterol is in any food. But all products can be divided into two categories:
• Food, in which a lot of cholesterol, and that only increases its level in the blood. These include margarine, sausages, dumplings, stew, mincemeat out of the store, egg yolks, eggs, liver paste, canned fish, cheese, shrimp.
• Food, in which cholesterol is small and thus it helps to eliminate it from the blood. To this species include turkey, chicken, fish, fruits, vegetables, low fat dairy products.
What to eat, TO CHOLESTEROL was normal
1. Choose lean meats, thus necessarily cut the excess fat and remove the skin from chicken.
2. Eat fish at least twice a week. But do not cook seafood, which are just the source of "bad" cholesterol.
3. Be sure to eat vegetables (except potatoes). In this case, it is desirable to give preference to vegetables red, blue and purple. Fruit also have to eat a lot.
4. Be sure to cook legumes (peas, beans, lentils).
5. Enter in the diet of porridge.
6. Fill the dish with vegetable oils.
7. Do not forget to eat nuts (except cashews).
8. Forget about white bread. Choose baked bran.
9. Often eat dairy products with low fat content: cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream. In this case, better to forget about the milk: it contains a lot of fat and cholesterol.
10. Completely eliminate fast food, sausage, canned food from the diet.
11. Eggs is possible, but not more than 2 egg yolks and 7 proteins in the week.
12. Forget about Confectioner: ice cream, sweets, biscuits and cakes - a taboo.
13. By-products are no better there. They are the source of "bad" cholesterol.
14. Mayonnaise, butter, margarine, substitute vegetable oils.
15. All dishes are cooked on steam, bake or cook, but in no case do not fry!
16. From drinks to use only green tea, while refusing coffee and alcoholic beverages.
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