Bad cholesterol foods are those which raise cholesterol readings if eaten either in large amounts or regularly.
Most experts agree that small portions eaten once in a while will not be a negative force in your battle against high cholesterol, especially if you are exercising, eating right, and have managed to stay away from cigarette smoking.
Nevertheless, most of us find it difficult to consume foods in moderation, thus staying away from bad cholesterol foods altogether is a more logical course of action.
Let's take a few minutes to chew through some of the most troublesome bad cholesterol foods, chomping down on a big fatty portion of cold hard truth on the way.
*Don't go nuts over coconuts: Nuts or coconuts which one should I choose? A coconut is bigger and those tiny nuts sure are expensive.
And think of the calories I will burn hammer open that big harry coconut.
But in the world of bad cholesterol foods our big harry beast is one of the worst.
A 3 inch square piece of coconut contains 23 grams of coconut oil which is a staging 89 percent saturated fat.
Believe it or not eating a 3 inch square of coconut is worse for heart health than consuming a 3 inch square of butter.
*Don't butter me up: Just because we now know that eating a coconut is worse than eating a stick of butter doesn't mean it is okay to chow down on butter.
Butter is still very high in artery clogging saturated fat.
In fact it is about 64 percent saturated fat.
So the next time you decide to a have a coconut cookie with a healthy helping of butter on top just say no! *All you can eat liver anyone: Recently I was at one of my favorite restaurants when the waiter proudly says "All you can eat liver and onion for only $3.
75".
My first instinct was to say bring it on, after all what can you get for $3.
75, a glass of tea is going for over $2.
00! But then I remembered reading something about liver being the worst bad cholesterol food of all.
Just as with other organ meats, such as brains and sweetbreads (pancreas), liver has almost five times more cholesterol than lean roast beef.
Here is how it breaks down; roast beef has 69 mg of cholesterol for a 3 ounce serving; liver 330 mg of cholesterol for a three ounce serving.
Now if you are heartbroken that you will no longer be able to regularly consume body parts I have some good news; you can substitute tongue or heart instead.
They are much lower in cholesterol and are about the same as other red meat.
In summary bad cholesterol foods are all around us.
They range from some of our favorite such as cookies and cakes to those delicious great smelling hot dogs served at the ball park.
It seems we just can't have any fun these days.