How to Find Low Cholesterol Foods

Changing your diet means changing your lifestyle. Choosing foods with low cholesterol as part of a well-balanced diet offers numerous benefits, such as decreasing your chances of heart-related problems and giving you more energy. While upholding your diet change can be challenging, finding low cholesterol foods is easy. Here's how to do it.

Things You'll Need

• Health magazine
• Pen
• Notepad

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Instructions

• 1

  Subscribe to a healthy food guide magazine, and search for diet plans geared toward lowering cholesterol. You'll find meals high in protein and fatty acids like fish, beans, walnuts and flaxseed.

• 2

  Itemize a list of low cholesterol foods on a piece of paper. Include foods that are also low in saturated fats. For dairy products, fat free and 1 percent are what you need. Skim milk, fat-free milk, low-fat cheese and low-fat frozen yogurt are all low in cholesterol. Buy soft margarine with little or no trans fat.

• 3

  For snacks, go healthy with dried fruit, low-fat crackers, rice cakes, pretzels and raw vegetables with low fat dip. Be sure to check the nutritional facts. Avoid trans fats. Choose foods with no more than 3 grams of fat and 2 grams of sugar per 100-gram serving. In other words, you'll want to steer clear of cookies, cakes and chips.

• 4

  Get fruits like apples, oranges and grapes. Good sources of fiber include whole grains, oats, oranges, carrots and beans.

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  As for meats, avoid those that are high in saturated fats. Instead, look for skinless poultry and fish such as salmon and swordfish. And don't forget your vegetables. Fresh veggies like broccoli, carrots, peas and green beans are natural, low cholesterol food choices.