Some of us really don't know how much cholesterol we consume on every food that we eat, sometimes its too late to know. Would you like to know which foods contains the most cholesterol, and therefore should seldom be eaten, or eaten at all. The following list of common foods with their cholesterol content recorded in milligrams/100 grams (3.5 ounces) of food:
High Cholesterol Foods = Cholesterol MGS%/100 Grams
Brain = 2000
Egg yolks (x6) = 1500
Kidney = 375
Liver = 300
Butter = 250
Oyster = 200
Lobster = 200
Crab meat = 125
Shrimp = 125
Cream cheese = 120
Moderate Cholesterol Foods = Cholesterol MGS%/100 Grams
Yellow cheese = 100
Lard, animal fat = 95
Whipping cream = 85
Beef = 70
Fish = 70
Pork = 70
Chicken = 60
Ice cream = 45
Low Cholesterol Foods = Cholestero lMGS%/100 Grams
Cottage cheese (4% fat) = 15
Milk, whole = 11
Milk, skim = 3
Egg whites = 0
Fruits = 0
Grains (rice, wheat, oats corn, millet) = 0
Nuts = 0
Vegetables = 0
Health authorities recommend that aperson eat no more than 250 mg. cholesterol per day (equivallent to 1 egg yolk). This list will give you ideas on how to select foods in order to eat healthfully. By eating only the low cholesterol foods, you will have a well balanced, hearty, and delicious diet with wonderfull variety as well. You can eat sometime the medium cholesterol foods, but at least avoid high cholesterol foods. So start estbalishing good eating habits for more healthier life.
There are artificial foods that doctor's also suggest to eat or use to his patients, because there are some reason's why they suggest it. For example a diabetic patient, diabetic patients are often prohibit to eat foods that are rich in sugar, so how can a patient eat sweet foods, here the doctor advise the patient to use aspartame. Aspartame is a kind of artificial food that is alternative for sugar, like sugar it taste sweet.
But base on studies they have suspicion in the short term safety on using aspartame, because they receive medical complaints like allergic reaction hives and rashes, there are also complaints of behavioral disturbances like sleep disorder, hyper acidity, depression, loss of vision, headache, diarrhea abdominal pain, menstrual irregularities and intense thirst.
Another kind of artificial foods are fake fats, example of fake fats are simplesse and olestra. Fake fats are made for intentionally make calories we eat are less than fats. There are fake fats that are made from starch like corn starch, cellulose gel, whey and oat bran, there are also fake fats from the combination of sugar, protein and edible fatty acids from egg white and whey that can make make big molecules that is passing through digestive system without changes.
But the side effects of eating fake fats is the deficiency on fat soluble vitamins A and E.
