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| Fat Facts - The Cholesterol Dance |
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| Myth | Prawns, mussels and oysters must be avoided by persons who have high blood cholesterol. |
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| Fact | Crustaceans such as prawns, mussels and oysters have high flesh cholesterol. However, this does not raise your own cholesterol levels, and in fact can help lower it. Cholesterol in crustaceans is poorly absorbed anyway and the extreme low fat is a great advantage over other food choices. |
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| What should be avoided are the hydrogenated polyunsaturated fats found in industry food such as margarine and animal fats. Hydrogenated polyunsaturated oil is an industry mask for what it really is - saturated fat created from vegetable oil. |
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| Cholesterol is important for the brain and human well-being. A healthy liver produces and makes up for what the body is lacking. So when you consume healthy cholesterol from sources such as prawns, the liver produces less. When you restrict your intake following a low cholesterol diet, your liver is forced to produce more to make up for the missing cholesterol the body needs. It simply does not make sense to try to reduce your blood cholesterol levels by consuming less cholesterol since your liver will produce more to make it up anyway. |
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| Consuming the latest industry wonders - industry fats and spreads that reduce blood cholesterol makes also little sense. Imitation foods should not be consumed to reduce blood cholesterol. Rather, consume less saturated fats from dairy and other animal sources. And avoid industrial foods altogether- they contain hidden fats, sugars and a plethora of chemicals all of which overtax the liver. And if your liver is overtaxed, losing weight will be very difficult. |
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| How can you keep your liver healthy? Consume foods in as close as to natural form as possible. This simply means avoid processed, commercial products. Avoid hard alcoholic drinks. Drink at least 1.5 and more liters of water daily, consume ample fiber and most importantly, reduce fat intake from animal and industrial sources such as margarine. Drink a few glasses of red wine daily. Enjoy your eggs soft, especially when out of the shell as it is not the egg yolk that is a problem, but its cholesterol that has been oxidized through overcooking. |
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| And enjoy your frish prawns and fish too! |
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