High cholesterol do not eat more squid

Stall on the delicious roasted squid string is a lot of people love to eat. However, people with higher cholesterol to note that eating should be minimal, because each contained 100 grams of squid, 233 mg cholesterol, than we generally think of pork with high cholesterol but also around twice.

Cholesterol is essential for the maintenance of human health and substance, it can synthesize vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus metabolism of the body involved in promoting the development of bones and teeth play an important role. In addition, the synthesis of sex hormones in the body, cholesterol has also played a very strong effect. However, we all know, cholesterol intake more, it will lead to hypercholesterolemia, and thus the formation of coronary heart disease and other so-called "rich man's disease." For a healthy person, the daily intake of no more than 500 milligrams of cholesterol is beneficial to health; while hypercholesterolemia (plasma total cholesterol that exceeds 200 mg / 100 ml) patients, the daily cholesterol intake must not exceed 300 mg, can guarantee will not let illness worse.

Cholesterol mainly in animal foods, plant foods such as rice and flour and other cereals, vegetables, fruits and nuts in little. As living standards improve, people eat more and more animal food, but what are the high cholesterol content, content which is low, many people are not very clear. In addition to other squid, egg yolks, liver, pig brains, Crab, etc., are all relatively high cholesterol content, per 100 grams in total cholesterol levels above 200 mg, in particular the Crab and pig brains, which were 466 cholesterol mg and 2571 mg. Shrimp, pork intestines, pig haunch moderate cholesterol, 100 grams of food per 100 milligrams to 200 milligrams. Octopus, sea cucumber, milk and other foods low cholesterol levels, all in the 100 mg or below.

Although high cholesterol levels, but after all squid are high in protein and low fat nutrition, the health benefits, as long as the amount of food, patients with hypercholesterolemia not over 50 grams per day, can be healthy, can enjoy delicious.