High cholesterol diet

Balanced high cholesterol diet will lead to normal blood cholesterol levels, delay the development of atherosclerosis, angina, thrombosis, significantly reduce the likelihood of heart attacks, strokes, frequency of heart attacks. For persons with elevated blood cholesterol and atherosclerosis is important to follow basic rules - keep to a high cholesterol diet.

Dose of cholesterol in high cholesterol diet

Cholesterol intake by healthy people should be less than 300 mg a day and patients with hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular disease - less than 200 mg per day.

1. Change meat on fish, poultry and legumes (beans, lentils, peas). Give preference to lean meats, remove the meat with visible fat, and a chicken - the skin. Servings of meat, fish or poultry should be kept small (100-150 g ready-made - based on calories), and red sausages, sausages, smoked meats, hamburgers, hot dogs, bacon, pies, chips, a pleasure another dude-food should be excluded.

2. Eat oatmeal and whole meal bread (but no butter). Useful, it is possible to cereals, walnuts, almonds, chestnuts and dried fruits.

3. When cooking, use vegetable oils: corn, sunflower, olive, soybean.

4. Cook by steaming, boil and bake. Reduce the addition of oils, salt, sugar - to exclude.

5. It is recommended to consume no more than 2-3 egg yolks per week (including eggs used in cooking). Limit consumption of offal: liver, kidney and brain.

6. As for drinks, give preference to green tea. Alcohol: less than 25 ml per day in terms of 'pure' alcohol (40 ml 150 ml of vodka or wine, or 330 ml of beer) for men, women half.

7. Give preference to dairy products with the lowest fat yogurt, kefir and 1% fat cottage cheese 0-4%, white cheese.

8. Control your weight.

9. Eat more fruits and vegetables (adjusted blood sugar).

10. Once in a year (in the absence of other doctor's recommendations) analyze the level of cholesterol in the blood.