Top 10 Foods Highest in Cholesterol to Avoid

www.myfooddata.com ^ | Last Updated: June 27th, 2020 | Written by Daisy Whitbread, MScNP

[DoodleBob]

Looks safe to me.

[Red Badger]

Did to me, too, until I had a heart attack..................

[ConservativeMind]

However, the body needs 1,000 mg to 1,500 mg of cholesterol a day, and if you don’t get it from food, your body has to make it.

[BobL]

This is debunked, or at least not supported by evidence. It’s the carbs that kill.

[Red Badger]

My body has no trouble making 1,000 mg to 1,500 mg of cholesterol a day!...................

[ConservativeMind]

Do note that your body does not need all 1,000 mg - 1,500 mg at once, in a meal, though.

It is needed throughout the day, evenly distributed.

[mlo]

Way behind the curve here.

Cholesterol not a nutrient of concern

[mlo]

"Did to me, too, until I had a heart attack.................."

It wasn't from eating cholesterol.

[epluribus_2]

Egg consumption does not raise cholesterol by itself. Old info. I do not work for the Egg Council.

[JoeFromSidney]

Everything I like is either illegal, immoral, or fattening.

[beethovenfan]

Ingested cholesterol is not the same as serum cholesterol.

[Veto!]

I eat 4 - 6 eggs per week cooked in good Irish butter. A pound lasts months in my freezer. Cholesterol is fine. Get beautiful eggs from Trader Joe and just discovered even better eggs from Amish/Mennonite farms in Eastern WA. Important to me that chickens are not caged. Not a big fan of cruelty.

[mlo]

"Ingested cholesterol is not the same as serum cholesterol."

Correct. And even total serum cholesterol is a meaningless number.

Cholesterol is not a cause of heart disease. Plaques are a symptom. Inflammation is the cause. Inflammation is not triggered by eating cholesterol or fat.

[Ken H]

Thanks for the menu!

[Red Badger]

Then what clogged my arteries and required a quad-bypass op?...............

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

So basically I can’t eat anything tasty...

[ConservativeMind]

LOL! From that Prevention article:

So just how much cholesterol can you eat without raising your blood cholesterol levels? Well, theoretically, quite a bit—”I accept these recommendations,” says Nissen, who was not on the committee. “The statement that ‘cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern’ suggests no major worry for the average person.”

That is a very funny way to put it.

The plaques that line our arteries are not just cholesterol, which is a small portion, anyway. It is mast cells gone crazy, cell debris, antibodies, etc., as well.
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[Carriage Hill]

Add-in some Grits, and we’ll make it a real meal.

[Fungi]

Hogwash....