People with high cholesterol can choose to eat seafood appropriately. Nowadays, many people overemphasize that cholesterol is bad. Some newspapers and magazines mentioned that scaleless fish has high cholesterol content, so foods with high cholesterol content such as scaleless fish are excluded from the diet. Is the cholesterol content of scaleless fish high? Is it necessary to “exclude” scaleless fish from the diet?

First of all, this generalization is not comprehensive. Not all scaleless fish have high cholesterol content, but some have relatively high cholesterol content. For example, every 100 grams of whitebait contains 361 mg of cholesterol. The amount of river eel is 177 mg, the amount of loach is 136 mg, the amount of eel is 126 mg, and the amount of cod is 114 mg. The amount of consumption can be appropriately limited when eating; but there are also some scaleless fish whose cholesterol content is not high. For example, the cholesterol content per 100 grams of hairtail is 76 mg, and that of shark is 70 mg. Its content is similar to that of scaly fish, such as grass carp is 86 mg, yellow croaker is 86 mg, pomfret is 77 mg, sea bass is 86 mg, etc.

Secondly, the fat of many fish is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially seawater fish, which can reduce cholesterol levels in the body, lower blood pressure, promote blood circulation, prevent arteriosclerosis, and prevent cardiovascular disease. The role of disease is very beneficial to human health.

To determine the impact of a food on blood cholesterol, the cholesterol content and saturated fatty acid content of the food must be considered at the same time. You cannot look at just one of them. Generally speaking, the effect of saturated fatty acids in food on blood cholesterol is greater than the effect of cholesterol in food on blood cholesterol. Therefore, for those with hypercholesterolemia or those who wish to prevent cardiovascular disease, the focus is to control daily total cholesterol and total fat intake and avoid foods containing more saturated fatty acids, such as butter and butter. , lard, coconut oil, etc., and control the daily total cholesterol intake within 300 mg. Under this premise, there is no problem in eating various fish in moderation.

In short, not all phosphate-free fish have high cholesterol content, and even fish with high cholesterol content can still be eaten in moderation as long as the daily total cholesterol intake is controlled.