What not to eat if you have high cholesterol: here’s what

Hypercholesterolemia is a disease that affects many Italians, regardless of gender and age. Many patients define it as an “enemy”, but before defining it as such, it is advisable to know what are the evils and the risks that it entails. True, having this pathology greatly affects the life of patients, it is necessary to follow a certain diet, and in the most severe cases, to conduct drug therapy. In fact, there are foods that cause blood cholesterol levels to rise exponentially, while others help thwart the advance of cholesterol or at least keep it stable.

Industry experts tell us that most of the amount of cholesterol we have in our body does not come from food, but directly from our body itself: it occurs in the intervals between meals, therefore in the times of fasting. . Many have wondered how you come to suffer from hypercholesterolemia and the experts have decided to clarify ideas for all those who do not belong to the scientific community: doctors say that the hereditary nature of this pathology has a decisive weight in the onset, but it could also depend on hormonal factors or situations that we experience daily that involve stress.

Another determining factor in the onset of hypercholesterolemia is a diet high in fat. These, in fact, are responsible for those “particles” that clog our arteries and cause really serious pathologies. It is therefore really fundamental to understand which foods hurt us the most: let’s see them together. The most dangerous are certainly animal products such as butter, lard, cream or lard. Other foods cholesterol sufferers should avoid are bread, which is increasingly enriched with butter, or offal from slaughter animals.

Other great enemies of hypercholesterolemia are sausages, as they contain a high content of saturated fats, but also whole milk and some of its derivatives such as yogurt and cheeses. Doctors don’t even spare the sauces we use to season our food, such as mayonnaise or soy sauce, and what’s more, they also ban spirits. The latter are extremely dangerous for those who suffer from both severe and acute hypercholesterolemia, because these are eliminated by our liver and it is in the liver that the synthesis of cholesterol takes place. Experts advise us to submit to preventive screening and, in the event of an affirmative answer, to be followed in order to better enjoy our daily lives despite the difficulties that suffering from hypercholesterolemia entails.