Diets for high cholesterol – foods you should avoid

by Francine Kanter Classical Homeopathy by Francine Kanter

Cholesterol and the difference between “bad” (LDL) and “good” (HDL) cholesterol have become a source of endless discussion and worry… but do you know which foods to avoid if you are on a diet for high cholesterol?

It helps to know that cholesterol itself comes from animals, which is why fruits and vegetables have zero cholesterol. If the food you’re eating didn’t come from an animal, it has no cholesterol. But, unless we’re vegetarians or fruitarians, we all eat some food that does come from animals, and there are considerable differences in how much cholesterol some popular foods have compared to others.

Here’s a brief guide of the foods that you want to avoid if you’re serious about achieving and maintaining a healthy cholesterol level:

- Dairy Products: This includes butter, ice-cream, cream cheese, cream, and whole milk.

- Meats from Organs: Kidney, liver, the brain as well as untrimmed red meat.

- Processed Meat: Sausage, bologna, salami, hot dogs, etc.

- Poultry: Particularly duck and goose, the skin of both birds is very high in cholesterol.

- Egg Yolks: Egg whites are fine but avoid the yolks.

Now is probably a good time to point out that, despite all the bad press cholesterol get, it’s critical to good health to get the right amount in your diet. The problem is that our western diet is way too heavy in high cholesterol foods, and we do need to pay a lot more attention to what we eat. The obesity facts are pretty clear; we must eat more fruit and more vegetable and much less red meat and processed foods.

You can also help lower your high cholesterol levels by taking cholesterol-lowering medicine in homeopathy.