| It is very common among general public to perceive | | | | is you might want to skip the cocktail sauce & |
| eggs as one of the major source of cholesterol | | | | enjoy your shrimp in moderation. Shrimp actually also |
| contributors. Many people think people should avoid | | | | contain full of heart healthy omega-3 fatty acids. |
| or never eat eggs if you have high cholesterol levels. | | | | The American Heart Association and the American |
| It is actually a true fact that people with high | | | | College of Cardiology have touted the benefits of a |
| cholesterol levels should limit eggs consumption. | | | | seafood rich diet. Shrimp are packed with minerals |
| According to research perform in UC Berkeley, you | | | | and vitamins A, B and D. They are also a source of |
| may be really surprised to discover that dietary | | | | selenium and tryptophan which may put skid marks |
| cholesterol, found in animal foods, raises blood | | | | to the production of cancer cells. In a case study, the |
| cholesterol in only about one-third of people. A single | | | | scientists tested the effects of including shrimp in a |
| egg contains about 215mg of cholesterol in the yolk | | | | low-fat diet among 18 healthy adults who stayed at |
| for a large size egg. | | | | The Rockefeller University Hospital Clinical Research |
| The American Heart Association (AHA) actually does | | | | Center. "Eating shrimp produced lower ratios of total |
| not have specific limitation on how many eggs you | | | | to HDL cholesterol, and of LDL to HDL cholesterol |
| can or should consume, as long as people with heart | | | | compared to the egg diet, as well as significantly |
| disease consume only about 200mg a day. For people | | | | lower triglyceride levels than either the baseline or |
| with high cholesterol don't avoid eggs like a plague | | | | egg diets. Furthermore, the shrimp diet did not |
| just yet. More surprisingly, eggs do not seem to | | | | increase levels of heart damaging LDL cholesterol," |
| contribute to heart disease in most people. A study | | | | says Breslow senior physician at The Rockefeller |
| performed in Harvard back in 1999, of nearly 120,000 | | | | University Hospital. When compared with the baseline |
| men & women discover a surprising fact no | | | | diet, both the shrimp and egg diets produced similar |
| association between eggs up to one a day and heart | | | | increases in the LDL concentrations, 7.1 and 10.2 |
| disease, except in people with diabetes. In addition | | | | percent respectively, however the shrimp diet |
| the study also did it find a link between eggs and | | | | tended to increase HDL more than the egg diet, 12.1 |
| strokes. The B vitamins as well as the unsaturated | | | | and 7.6 percent respectively. |
| fats and other nutrients contain in eggs may actually | | | | So you see eggs & shrimps is not really all that |
| even be beneficial to heart health. | | | | nasty towards your cholesterol level as long as the |
| The other usual suspect perceived as a culprit when | | | | consumption limit is in moderation as well as the |
| comes to raising cholesterol levels are the most | | | | recommended limit. In conclusion, the best way to |
| popular shellfish call shrimp. Many people among the | | | | protect your heart & cholesterol levels is to limit |
| general public perceive shrimp as a taboo or root of | | | | your consumption of foods high in saturated & |
| evil & should be avoided because it is high in | | | | trans fats. Saturated fats & trans fats are the |
| cholesterol. Shrimp are the very few food that | | | | leading culprit behind high LDL levels, be sure to |
| contain very high levels of in cholesterol but they are | | | | steered clear of foods such as dairy products, red |
| low in saturated fat beside, eggs, squid & | | | | meat, margarine, vegetables shortening, processes |
| cuttlefish. The truth is, saturated fat is what | | | | foods, fried foods & baked goods as much as |
| contribute to higher LDL(bad) cholesterol levels | | | | possible. |
| compare to dietary cholesterol does. What is means | | | | |