Can I eat rice if I have high cholesterol?

 

Lucia Garcia

My name is Lucia Garcia, 36 years old. I was graduated from the Pritzker School of Medicine at University of Chicago, my major is clinical medicine. I have been working at Hospitals. I am fully committed to helping people take control of their health and realize their potential as human beings. As a doctor, my motto is “Knowledge not shared is wasted”.

Eating rice is not a healthy choice if you have high cholesterol.

Although rice is cholesterol-free, but rice is a whopping 70% carbohydrates.

Carbohydrates are one of the three major nutrients, which can provide heat for the body. 1 gram of carbohydrates provides 4 calories.

For decades, many health experts have recommended that people with high cholesterol should reduce their intake of saturated fat.

However, many new studies prove that people with high cholesterol need to reduce their carbohydrate intake, not saturated fat.

Excess carbohydrates are converted into glucose in the body and absorbed into the bloodstream, resulting in high blood sugar, high blood lipids and high cholesterol.

Clinical studies have proven that a more healthy diet is a low-carb diet rather than a low-saturated fat diet.

Therefore, people with high cholesterol need to limit the intake of high carbohydrate foods, such as: rice, wheat, steamed bread, noodles, bread, biscuits, corn, oats, sweet potatoes, potatoes, bananas, etc.