on a low cholesterol diet how do I tell witch foods are low in cholesterol?

Answer 1

Don't eat a low cholesterol diet.
Americans are being saturated with anti-cholesterol propaganda. If you watch very much television, you're probably one of the millions of Americans who now has a terminal case of cholesterol phobia. The probaganda is relentless and is often designed to produce fear and loathing of this works of all food contaminants. You never hear the food propagandists bragging about their product being fluoride free or aluminum free, two of our truly serious food-addidtive problems. But cholesterol, an essential nutrient not proven to be harmfull in ANY quantity is constantly pilloried as a menance to your health. If you don't use corn oil, Fleishmann's margarine and Egg Beaters, you are going straight to atherosclerosis hell with stroke, heart attack and premature aging and so are your kids.

William Campbell Douglass, MD
Eat Your Cholesterol

In Framingham, Massachusetts, the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower people's serum cholesterol ...we bound that the people who ate the most cholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories weighed the least and were the most physically active.

William Castelli, Director The Framingham Study

For 15 years, an 88 year old Denver man has been consuming 24 soft boiled eggs a day. This particular story made it to the New England Journal of Medicine because a researcher from the University of Colorado wondered how this compulsive cholesterol cuisine might be affecting the man's health. To his surprose, the scientist found that despite a cholesterol intake close to 6,000 milligrams a day, well above the recommended maximum of 300 milligrams per day, the man had normal blodd cholesterol and showed no signs of heart disease.

Over the past 13 years , though, there's been a growing body of evidence that it might be something in our food that is causing blood vessel damage. The suspected ingredient is a modified form of cholesterol called oxidized cholesterol. This is not the kind you find in eggs or other fresh foods. Oxidized cholesterol forms when cholesterol racts with oxygen. This usually occurs when high cholesterol foods are dried, such as in powdered eggs. Oxidized cholesterol also can be found in powdered dairy producs such as powdered milk or powdered cheese and hard meats like peperoni. Powdered milk is added to 1% and 2% milk to give it bulk.

Answer 2

High fiber foods (likes oats, bran, whole grains), have a modest impact in lowering cholesterol by binding bile acids (made from cholesterol) in your intestinal tract. This is always a good option to incorporate into your diet, for more reasons than just cholesterol. The most effective natural remedy is niacin (a B vitamin), but it is not without side effects. Niacin can cause people to have facial flushing (you get very red and feel warm), some people experience this more than others and you may be able to decrease this by taking it with food and an NSAID (aspirin or ibuprofen). The best niacin products are available by prescription only, I suggest talking to your doctor about this. It is also safe to take niacin with ezetimibe (but your doctor should know). There are other natural products that claim to lower cholesterol like garlic, but most of these methods have very little evidence to support their use and have their own set of side effects as well. I am in my sixth and final year of pharmacy school, I hope that you find this information useful. PS ezitemibe has a lower incidence of muscle pain than the statins, you should give it a shot. Good luck.

Answer 3

You don't need to be on a low cholesterol diet. Cholesterol and saturated fat does not cause heart disease. That's a myth.

http://www.westonaprice.org/mythstruths/mtbeef.html

Answer 4

read the package, then frying in canola oil will be better than butter but if you have eggs add the teaspoon of that to the total. like for fruits and vegetables you might want to do a search on the net. It's all a bit overwhelming at first just start slow and build steam. My mom is diabetic so I had to get info like this. How many grams of fat sugar etc. are in a half a banana. ~cringe~ Fortunately the hospital provided much useful info on serving sizes etc.

Answer 5

read the package. nutritiondata.com is a good site if it doesnt have a label. in general dairy products with a lot of fat, eggs and meats have cholesterol

Answer 6

Read the package, it has a cholesterol count.

Answer 7

read the nurtrition facts panel

also, go to this website: http://www.calorie-count.com/
they have nutrition info for almost anything