[Snowy]

What about abolone? Does it contain any cholesterol at allSea cucumber has been said to be able to lower cholesterol if eaten, is it true? ------

[Andy]

neverheard of that ------

[pamela d]

yes lt can be high in cholesterol. ------

[jit_pattnaik]

good if you are non veggie bad if you r veggie depend upon situation ------

[Brother Otter]

Don't know about sea cucumber.Fish oil in general, salmon oil particularly, is especially good for reducing cholesterol. It's what my doctor has instructed me to take. ------

[rkeech]

The good and bad cholesterol does not come from the food, but is made in our own bodies. It is recommended that total cholesterol levels be below 200 mg/dl (that's 200 milligrams per 100 ml of blood). The cholesterol doesn't just float freely in the bloodstream; it is attached to proteins called lipoproteins. There are three important classes of lipoproteins: HDL, LDL and VLDL.The"bad"cholesterol is low-density lipopotein cholesterol, or LDL-C, and not all of the LDL-C is bad -- just the small particle LDL-C. It is considered desirable for the level of LDL-C to be below 130 mg/dl, but if a person has coronary artery disease or has had a heart attack, or has diabetes mellitus, the LDL-C level should be below 100 mg/dl and some experts are recommending levels of 70 or lower.The so-called"good"cholesterol is high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or HDL-C. A level of 40 mg/dl or higher is desirable. Some say the higher, the better. Although some consider this category of cholesterol to be protective, all of the studies in reduction of heart disease consider only a reduction in LDL-C, so we have no real evidence that HDL-C has any protective effect.The third category is very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or VLDL-C. This fraction consists of the relatively large light-weight cholesterol transporting particles, such as those carrying fat and cholesterol which has been absorbed from the intestine but not yet processed by the liver. The VLDL-C is neither protective nor harmful, and so levels of VLDL-C do not matter.These three classes were identified by using an ultracentrifuge on samples of serum to separate the components in the serum, but measurement is at present done using easier and faster methods. ------

[zureen]

is it the good or bad cholesterol is not the most important thing, the most important thing is how you deal with it, I mean, even though it is a good cholesterol, it may be dangerous if you take too many cholesterol, and vice-versa, even though it is a bad cholesterol, if you just take a little bit of it, it will be OK ------