Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Lowering cholesterol decreases the risk of developing heart and blood vessel disease. Recipes to lower cholesterol should contain limited amounts of certain food components. Recipes to lower cholesterol should have limited amounts of saturated fat and trans fat. Saturated fat is the bad kind of fat, which raises the cholesterol levels in your blood. Trans [...]
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Tips to lower Cholesterol Replace bad fats with healthy fats. The daily recommended amount of healthy fat should be near 25g. When you do eat “bad fats”, make sure it is not often and limit the amount of these fats where possible. Replace your cooking oils that are high in trans fats with fats high [...]
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
If you see a product labeled with “Zero Trans Fats”, do not be quick to assume that the product is free from other harmful fats. Here is why: Trans fats used to be found in most foods we eat – milk, ice cream, cakes, bread, pasta, cookies, seasonings, hash browns, sausages… and the list goes [...]
Friday, October 28th, 2011
Recently I was searching for a free list of low cholesterol foods and to my surprise there didn’t seem to be much straightforward information on this subject. So I thought maybe it might be time to conjure up a list of my own that others might be able to use in their cholesterol reduction plans. [...]