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does seafood contain a lot of cholesterol?

does seafood raise cholesterol?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Shrimp is high in cholesterol but low in fat. Seafood is meat and does contain fat and cholesterol but lower than red meat and pork. A little lower than chicken. Farm raised is higher than wild and farm raised live in confined conditions compared to wild. better chance of infection.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hiya good question!! Eating dietary cholesterol does not really raise your cholesterol, but it may affect the ability of your body to excrete some of its cholesterol in bile (which is a normal route and how those plant sterols and stanols help people lower their cholesterol). For those with very high cholesterol it can make a small difference avoiding foods higher in cholesterol, but as a rule it's not advised as much as it used to be. The main fat that affects cholesterol is saturated fat, and traditionally the Japanese diet is low in this, the small effect of dietary cholesterol from fish and seafood would not really raise their total cholesterol very much. There are other factors to consider between the American oversized foods, lack of physical activity and other socio-economic confounders. Interestingly the incidence of heart disease in Japan is on the increase, mainly due to the introduction of western foods, higher in saturated and trans fat Hope that's a little useful! P

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yup - Best to ask an Australian ;-)

    The cholesterol in prawn is 1-1/2 to 2 times higher than in the dark meat of chicken, but far less than in eggs ...

    But don't deep fry them, watch the butter and garlic on the barbie prawns or even better grab them boiled right off the back of the trawlers -

    Hope this helps

  • 1 decade ago

    Cholesterol is a lipid found in the cell membranes of all tissues, and it is transported in the blood plasma of all animals. Cholesterol is also considered a sterol (a combination steroid and alcohol). Because cholesterol is synthesized by all eukaryotes, trace amounts of cholesterol are also found in membranes of plants and fungi.

    The name originates from the Greek chole- (bile) and stereos (solid), and the chemical suffix -ol for an alcohol, as researchers first identified cholesterol in solid form in gallstones by François Poulletier de la Salle in 1769. However, it is only in 1815 that chemist Eugène Chevreul named the compound "cholesterine".

    Most of the cholesterol in the body is synthesized by the body and some has dietary origin. Cholesterol is more abundant in tissues which either synthesize more or have more abundant densely-packed membranes, for example, the liver, spinal cord and brain. It plays a central role in many biochemical processes, such as the composition of cell membranes and the synthesis of steroid hormones. Cholesterol is insoluble in blood, but is transported in the circulatory system bound to one of the varieties of lipoprotein, spherical particles which have an exterior composed mainly of water-soluble proteins. The main types, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) carry cholesterol from and to the liver, respectively.

    According to the lipid hypothesis, abnormally high cholesterol levels (hypercholesterolemia) and abnormal proportions of LDL and HDL are associated with cardiovascular disease by promoting atheroma development in arteries (atherosclerosis). This disease process leads to myocardial infarction (heart attack), stroke and peripheral vascular disease. As high LDL contributes to this process, it is termed "bad cholesterol", while high levels of HDL ("good cholesterol") offer a degree of protection. The balance can be redressed with exercise, a healthy diet, and sometimes medication

    Seafoods are not highly cholesterol.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No. On the contrary, it is known to lower the bad cholesterol (ldl) and raise the good (hdl). Salmon is best for this.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, it is acctually a protein based food so you should be okay on the cholesterol.

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