Triglycerides
Control Triglyceride Level?
My husband's dietitian told him that foods contain high cholesterol do not contribute to human body's cholesterol level. Can it be true? I have always thought that the cholesterol in food will contribute to our body's cholesterol level.
Public Comments
- it is true.....its all in the foods you eat.....all foods from animal origin contain cholesterol......foods from plant origin do not contain any cholesterol in them........looking at the nurtition label alone, cholesterol levels from that really do not influence your own blood (serum) cholesterol levels very much at all....if you are looking at that same nutrition label, concentrate more on the saturated fat content......saturated fats increase your LDL's (bad cholesterol).....if you look at that same label, notice that fats are measured in Grams, while cholesterol is measured in milligrams.....that is because the cholesterol you eat is in so much smaller quantities than fats.... basically, the key to linking food cholesterol with your body's cholesterol levels are by looking at saturated fats.
- Take a close look at your food labels. Foods that are high in saturated FATS will be processed by your liver and converted into CHOLESTEROl when you eat it. Foods that contain CHOLESTEROL are digested and are more likely to elevate your TRIGLYCERIDE levels in your bloodwork. Of course, eating foods full of fats and calories of any kind will tend to cause you to gain weight and increase both triglycerides and choesterol levels, but in general the above is true.
- A triglyceride level is a blood test that measures a type of fat in the blood. Triglycerides are different from cholesterol, which is often measured at the same time.
