Wednesday, July 21, 2010

How to treat cholesterol in food?

Cholesterol foods have "power" also have "gone." First of all should be clear is that cholesterol is necessary for the body of a class of substances, because it has a very important physiological role. It is not only the synthesis of vitamin D, bile acids and some hormones of raw materials, but also the composition of cell membranes. Therefore, in people's daily diet must contain a certain amount of cholesterol. But the long-term excessive intake of food containing high cholesterol, will cause vascular atherosclerosis. Studies have found that cholesterol in food, particularly from cholesterol in animal foods, and the incidence of coronary heart disease have some connection. Therefore, the daily dietary intake of cholesterol should be less than 300 mg. Here it should be noted that the addition of cholesterol from food, the body itself can also synthetic, the body can regulate the relationship between the two.

Therefore, limiting dietary cholesterol intake, lowering blood cholesterol in terms of the role is limited. Valley from the plant sterols and soy foods are not absorbed by the body steroid use, has reduced the role of serum steroids. For example, frequently drinking soy milk in reducing blood cholesterol has some effect. Therefore, coarse grains and pulses to promote eating.

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