Some of the cholesterol in the body is produced by the liver, while some of it is obtained by ingesting food from the outside world. After cholesterol is broken down in the body, some of it is converted into the main substance that makes up cell membranes, and the other part is converted into hormones. Therefore, cholesterol affects the growth and development of human cells.
Cholesterol itself is divided into high density and low density. Among them, high-density cholesterol can help strengthen the body's blood vessels, and if the human body contains too much low-density cholesterol, it will affect the body's cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. This is due to the fact that after cholesterol is broken down in the human body, it will lead to hardening of blood vessels, which in turn will cause blood vessel blockage, blood clots, etc.
Existing scientific studies have shown that when the LDL cholesterol content in the body exceeds the critical point, the probability of suffering from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will be greatly increased, and if the LDL cholesterol content in the body is too high, it may also cause hyperlipidemia.
Factors that affect cholesterol levels
1. Age: With the increase of age, the activity of LDL lipoproteinsterase decreases, which will reduce the ability to oxidize cholesterol, resulting in an increase in cholesterol levels.
2. Weight: Weight is closely related to cholesterol, and being overweight will lead to an increase in total cholesterol.
3. Diet: Improper diet is the main cause of cholesterol increase, long-term intake of high-fat diet, long-term intake of sugar or alcohol, can lead to increased cholesterol.
4. Familial gene defects: It can also lead to metabolic abnormalities in some people, resulting in increased cholesterol.
Nowadays, our living standards are getting higher and higher, and many big fish and meat have also been put on the table. However, regular consumption of these foods is likely to raise cholesterol and cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
The following 10 foods are relatively high in cholesterol, and we must pay attention to the amount we eat.
Cholesterol content rankings
First place: pig brain, 3100 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams of pig brain
Second place: Cow brain, containing 2700 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams
Third place: sheep brain, containing 2100 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams
Fourth place: shrimp, containing about 900 cholesterol per 100 grams
Fifth place: egg yolk, containing about 580 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams
Sixth place: fish, containing about 500 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams
7th place: organ meats, cholesterol content between 500 and 400 mg
Eighth place: pig kidney, containing about 440 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams
No. 9: Squid, which contains about 270 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams
No. 10: shellfish, containing about 200~100 mg of cholesterol per 100 grams
As you can see, the cholesterol content of eggs is not as high as we imagined, but we should eat less pig brain, cow brain, etc.
And friends with high cholesterol usually don't dare to eat eggs, which is completely unnecessary. People with high cholesterol can also eat eggs, but pay attention to the number of eggs they eat, one hard-boiled egg a day is enough. Fat people recommend that it is best not to exceed three per week.
High cholesterol,
What are the clinical signs?
1. Changes in skin texture
After careful observation, it will be found that people with high cholesterol tend to develop a large number of yellow patches on the face, also known as jaundice, which is caused by the accumulation of excessive oil and fat.
2. Precursors of cardiovascular disease
High cholesterol can also cause headaches, dizziness and even toothaches. These are all signs of cholesterol-induced cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure and coronary heart disease. Since this is not a typical symptom of cardiovascular disease, it cannot be ruled out as a disease of other organs
3. Targeted vertigo
Vertigo is also a precursor to high cholesterol levels and thrombotic disorders, especially after waking up in the morning, and after bathing and after exhaustion, the situation can also be very serious.
3 ways to lower cholesterol
In addition, friends with high cholesterol are advised to do the following three things at ordinary times, which may make blood lipids slowly return to normal.
1. Eat more dietary fiber foods
It can promote the peristalsis of our stomach and intestines, and has a good digestive and clearing effect on cholesterol in our body.
2. Keep exercising
Usually we should develop a good exercise Xi to promote the metabolism in our body, so that the toxins and waste in our blood vessels are easier to be excreted, and can also maintain the elasticity of blood vessels.
3. People with high cholesterol should try to drink lipid-lowering tea
Tea is a good drink for lowering lipids, and its lipid-lowering effect is attributed to the rich tea polyphenols, tea polysaccharides, tea pigments and vitamin C. Like Pu-erh tea and oolong tea, they can help lower cholesterol to varying degrees.
Sanyu Tea
In addition, I would like to recommend a lipid-lowering tea - hawthorn lotus leaf tea
【Recipe】15 grams of hawthorn and 20 grams of lotus leaves.
【Directions】
Wash the hawthorn and lotus leaves with water, put them in a pot, and add an appropriate amount of water. After the fire is boiled, turn to low heat and boil for half an hour, filter the residue to extract the juice. Tea can be substituted once a day
The following is a list of cholesterol content of 70 common foods~
| High cholesterol foods (cholesterol content> 200mg/100g) | ||
| serial number | food | Cholesterol content (mg/100g) |
| 1 | Pig-hoof-hsien | 6200 |
| 2 | Pork heart | 158-3640 |
| 3 | Quail eggs | 640-3100 |
| 4 | Egg yolks | 1705-2000 |
| 5 | squid | 1170 |
| 6 | 虾子 | 896 |
| 7 | Small dried shrimp | 738 |
| 8 | Shrimp | 608 |
| 9 | Duck eggs | 560-634 |
| 10 | Egg | 450-608 |
| 11 | cod liver oil | 500 |
| 12 | 鲫鱼子 | 460 |
| 13 | 蚬 | 454 |
| 14 | Boar liver | 158-420 |
| 15 | cuttlefish | 275-348 |
| 16 | Whitebait | 361 |
| 17 | hairtail | 97-244 |
| 18 | crab | 235 |
| 19 | cream | 163-300 |
| 20 | shrimp | 154-220 |
| Common medium-cholesterol foods (200mg/100g> cholesterol content>90mg/100g) | ||
| serial number | food | Cholesterol content (mg/100g) |
| 1 | Fatty beef | 194 |
| 2 | eel | 186 |
| 3 | Fatty lamb | 125-173 |
| 4 | Pork | 159 |
| 5 | sausage | 150 |
| 6 | Beef fat sausage | 148 |
| 7 | Scallops | 145 |
| 8 | 泥鳅 | 136 |
| 9 | Fatty pork | 107-126 |
| 10 | pomfret | 120 |
| 11 | Yellow eel | 117 |
| 12 | chicken | 60-117 |
| 13 | whiting | 114 |
| 14 | lard | 110 |
| 15 | butter | 110 |
| 16 | Whole milk powder | 104 |
| 17 | Lean lamb | 100 |
| 18 | Yellow croaker | 98 |
| 19 | crucian | 90-93 |
| 20 | Lean beef | 91 |
| Common low-cholesterol foods (cholesterol content<90mg/100g) | ||
| serial number | food | Cholesterol content (mg/100g) |
| 1 | Lean pork | 60-88 |
| 2 | herring | 90 |
| 3 | salmon | 35-86 |
| 4 | lobster | 85 |
| 5 | Sea stinger skin | 16-85 |
| 6 | chicken breast | 80 |
| 7 | Freshwater fish in general | 60-80 |
| 8 | Seafood in general | 50-60 |
| 9 | Chocolate cake | 47 |
| 10 | Chocolate ice cream | 40 |
| 11 | Milk | 39 |
| 12 | Milk | 34 |
| 13 | Skim milk powder | 28 |
| 14 | Milk | 13-24 |
| 15 | sour milk | 12 |
| Common cholesterol-free foods (almost all plant-based foods) | ||
| serial number | food | Cholesterol content (mg/100g) |
| 1 | Fruit/jam | |
| 2 | vegetable | |
| 3 | Grains | |
| 4 | Peanuts/peanut butter | |
| 5 | Beans/legumes |