Is eating rice good for your cholesterol?

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asked Dec 1, 2022 in Other-Food Drink by Ixchel (1,270 points)
Is eating rice good for your cholesterol?

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answered Dec 2, 2022 by BeckyBee (17,930 points)
Eating rice is good for your cholesterol if you eat the rice in moderation.

However when you eat too much rice it can raise your cholesterol levels.

Fruits that you can eat when you have high cholesterol are citrus fruits, oranges, strawberries, apples and grapes which have pectin that is a type of soluble fiber which lowers your LDL cholesterol levels.

Desserts you can have with high cholesterol are chocolate, dark chocolate, apple cinnamon bites, banana mousse, peanut butter cup Chia seed pudding, Nutty Chocolate Cake, Black Bean Brownies and Banana Split Bites.

Chocolate is not bad for cholesterol although the chocolate won't lower your cholesterol and it's actually also good for your health and is okay to eat when you have high cholesterol.

All types of dark chocolate are good for cholesterol when you eat the dark chocolate in moderation.

Chicken is good for cholesterol especially when you eat the chicken without the skin.

Chicken or turkey breasts without skin or pork tenderloin, sirloin, beef round are good for cholesterol although you should avoid eating highly processed meats such as lunch meat, ham and bacon.

Drinks that are good for your cholesterol are green tea, soy milk, oat drinks, tomato juice, berry smoothies, Cocoa Drinks, drinks with sterols and stanols and plant milk smoothies.

Drinking lots of water daily will help to lower your cholesterol and bring your cholesterol levels down within 2 to 3 weeks.

Eating healthy and regular exercise also work to bring your cholesterol down.

Some types of bread are bad for cholesterol while others are not.

If you have high cholesterol you should limit your bread intake as most bread does raise your cholesterol levels.

The coffee that is good for high cholesterol is decaf coffee or half calf/half decaf which is a good choice for those who have high cholesterol but still want to drink coffee.

Caffeinated coffee tends to raise cholesterol while decaf does not.

Cutting out cheese will lower cholesterol as cheese is high in salt and saturated fat which can raise your cholesterol levels.

Grapes are good for cholesterol as the grapes contain lots of fiber which is good for lowering cholesterol.

Grapes are also high in vitamins and antioxidants as well.

The type of milk that is best for cholesterol is low fat milk and skim milk or fat free milk.

Plant based milks such as oat milk, almond milk and soy milk are also good choices of milk to drink for lower cholesterol.

To lower your cholesterol you should eat at least a bowl of oatmeal per day.

Eating oatmeal can lower your cholesterol and can also help keep your arteries from clogging and prevent heart disease, heart attack and strokes.

Oatmeal and oats are great for cholesterol and also good for your heart and heart health.

The oatmeal that is best for lowering cholesterol are whole grain oats.

All oatmeal is good for lowering cholesterol but you should avoid oatmeal with flavoring or sugars.

When it comes to lowering cholesterol the plain oatmeal without any added ingredients is best for lowering your cholesterol.

Meat that you can eat with high cholesterol include chicken or turkey breasts without skin; pork tenderloin; or beef round, sirloin, or tenderloin.

The fish that is good for lowering cholesterol is swordfish, salmon and tuna fish.

Sardines can also lower your cholesterol as well as taking omega-3 supplements.

Eating cheese can be bad for your cholesterol especially if you eat too much of it as cheese is high in saturated fat and salt which leads to high blood pressure and high cholesterol which increases your risk of Cardiovascular disease.

The 10 worst foods for high cholesterol are lean meat, shellfish, eggs, baked goods and sweets, fried foods, processed meats, red meat and full fat dairy such as whole milk, full fat yogurt, butter and cheese high in saturated fat.

Baked potatoes are not bad for cholesterol and in fact baked potatoes can lower your cholesterol as baked potatoes are a naturally low fat and low cholesterol food.

Baked potatoes are also packed with potassium as well as which reduces your risk of heart disease.

Sweet potatoes can lower cholesterol and research has shown that eating sweet potatoes reduces your triglycerides, VLDL cholesterol and total cholesterol while maintaining HDL-cholesterol levels.

The orange sweet potatoes are supposed to be the healthiest but actually the white sweet potatoes are healthier than the orange sweet potatoes.

White Sweet Potatoes are more rich in nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and contains more fiber than orange sweet potatoes.

Sweet Potatoes are much healthier than Yams are.

Sweet Potatoes have more nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants than Yams do.

Both Yams and Sweet Potatoes are healthy for you though so by eating both yams and sweet potatoes you become healthier.

The easiest way to tell the difference between a sweet potato and a yam is to look at the skin of both a sweet potato and a yam.

A yams skin will sorta look like tree bark while the skin of sweet potatoes have a more reddish brown color to them and don't look like tree bark.

Real yams are entirely different root vegetables that are more like yucca in texture and flavor.

They have bumpy, tough brown skin (that looks almost tree trunk-like) with starchy, not sweet flesh.

White sweet potatoes are good for diabetics in moderation.

However if the diabetic eats too many white sweet potatoes then it may cause a spike in blood sugar levels and cause more issues with the diabetics health.

But in moderation diabetics can safely eat some white sweet potatoes and be okay.

A large white sweet potato contains 144 calories.

White Sweet Potatoes or any other Sweet Potatoes are pretty low in calories which make the sweet potatoes great for weight loss.

The only difference between the white sweet potatoes and the orange sweet potatoes is in the taste and the nutritional value of the two potatoes .

White Sweet Potatoes tend to taste a bit sweeter than the orange sweet potatoes and white sweet potatoes are supposed to be higher in nutrition, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants so the white sweet potatoes are healthier for you than the orange sweet potatoes are.

Although both white and orange sweet potatoes are both healthy for you and are good for weight loss as well.

White sweet potatoes are good to eat and they taste very good.

The white sweet potato is actually healthier for you than regular sweet potatoes because the white potatoes are more rich in nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants than regular sweet potatoes are.

White Sweet Potatoes are also low in calories and high in fiber which makes the white sweet potatoes or any other type of sweet potato good for weight loss.

White sweet potatoes are not a nightshade.

However white potatoes are a nightshade.

Other nightshade vegetables are potatoes, eggplant, peppers which include bell peppers and hot peppers are all nightshades.

But white sweet potatoes are not nightshades.

White Sweet Potatoes are mostly known as Brinkley White Sweet Potatoes but sometimes white sweet potatoes are known as Boniato Sweet Potatoes.

White Sweet Potatoes taste slightly different than orange sweet potatoes do.

But the taste difference between regular sweet potatoes and white sweet potatoes is not all that much different.

The white sweet potatoes have a slightly milder taste to them than the regular sweet potatoes do.

White sweet potatoes have a slightly milder, savory and smooth taste to them.

White sweet potatoes are healthier than regular potatoes or regular sweet potatoes are.

White sweet potatoes contain more nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants so when you eat white sweet potatoes over the other sweet potatoes or regular potatoes you're eating healthier.

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