Tips to Fix the Risk Factor Cholesterol

In all over the world, the number of people affected by cardiovascular diseases is decreasing from year to year, thanks to dietary fixes that people are adopting.
To correct your eating habits look to know what is saturated fat (the bad elevate cholesterol (LDL)) and unsaturated (not raise the cholesterol)

Saturated fat
The saturated fats are the main cause of elevated levels of blood cholesterol. The main source of fat comes from animals and certain plants. It is recommended not eat more than 200 mg per day of cholesterol and no more than 30% of the daily intake of calories from fat, with less than 7% from saturated fat. It includes beef and cattle, fat from beef, pork, tallow, butter, cream, milk, cheese and other foods derived from milk. They are all foods that contain cholesterol and saturated fat. Of the fats of the plants are included coconut oil, tropical oils, cocoa butter.

Hydrogenated fats
The hydrogenation of fats occurs during its preparation industry, what happens, for example, with margarine.

Unsaturated fats (poly and mono)
They are generally found in liquid fats derived from plants. Among the poly unsaturated are the sesame seed oil (or sesame), sunflower, corn, soybeans, nuts and seeds. Among those are the mono-unsaturated like canola oil, peanut, avocado and olive oil. The unsaturated fats help lower cholesterol levels in blood when they are used in food, as a substitute for saturated fats. Even the margarine prepared with these fats should be used sparingly. The saturation of unsaturated fats, for industrialization, aiming to make them thicker, makes them so damaging as the saturated fats in nature. The unsaturated fats also saturate the high temperatures (frying).

Follow the basic recommendations below:
* Use natural oils, not hydrogenated, such as canola and olive oil.
* Look for processed foods produced with unsaturated fats.
* Use margarine as a substitute for butter, but look for the creamy or liquid margarine instead of harsher. Look for those containing less than 2 grams of saturated fat per teaspoon and, in composition, the liquid oils are prominent.
* Avoid fried potatoes, biscuits and dreams.
* Avoid fatty foods.
* Avoid the industrial and commercial fried foods and confectionery because they are rich in fats.
* Avoid fried food and fast meals.

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