CHOLESTEROL

Cholesterol... we hear so much about it and at DinnerSmith we hear from customers that are avoiding dietary cholesterol for health reasons. I wanted to know ...how much is too much... what is the target range for cholesterol consumption.

The answer is 300 milligrams per day for people without sensitivies. Some people eat anything with cholesterol and they have problems: those people are considered cholesterol sensitive.

But how much cholesterol is in the food we eat every day. So I found this chart which is very helpful.

FOOD	CHOLESTEROL (milligrams)
Human milk	32 (varies)
Meats (3 ounces) Liver Lean ground beef, lamb, chicken breast, pork	400-500 78
Egg, whole or egg yolk (1 large)	213
Fish (3 ounces): Shrimp Lobster Mackerel Salmon Catfish Tuna Crab Snapper Cod Halibut Clams Orange roughy	130-166 81 62 47-60 49 42-50 36-50 40 37 35 29 17
Dairy products: Milk (1 cup) nonfat 1 percent 2 percent whole (3.3-3.7 percent) Yogurt (1 cup): nonfat lowfat whole Cheese (1 ounce): cheddar cheddar, lowfat Cottage cheese (1/2 cup) nonfat 1 percent fat 2 percent fat Butter (1 tbs.)	<5 >

I think the most important question for each person is what is their correct level. And make good choices.