In place of a specific daily
cholesterol intake recommendation equivalent to the amount in a couple of eggs (300 milligrams), the new recommendation is to eat as little as possible to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Not exact matches
This led to the American Heart Association's
recommendation to limit fat
intake to less than 30 % of daily calories, saturated fat to 10 %, and
cholesterol to less than 300 mg per day.
Just like the
recommendation to cut dietary
cholesterol went away, I think that the
recommendation to reduce fat
intake will go away, too.»
Any pharmaceutically - induced disruption in endogenous synthesis of
cholesterol — especially when combined with long - standing, population - wide
recommendations to limit dietary
intake — would starve the struggling brain of this absolutely critical nutrient.
This
recommendation is based on research showing that people who increased their soluble fiber
intake by 5 to 10 grams a day had about a 5 percent drop in their LDL
cholesterol levels.
Recommendations for further reductions in saturated fat
intake (eg, to ≤ 7 % of total energy)(5) are based primarily on the prediction of a progressive reduction in CVD risk associated with greater reductions in LDL
cholesterol.
They point out, many studies have shown that dietary saturated fat can raise people's
cholesterol, and the new analysis is not going to change
recommendations to keep saturated fat
intake in check.