Transcript Cholesterol and Salt

Cholesterol and Salt
The problems with fast food!
Fast food
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Inexpensive food, prepared and served
quickly!
Chinese
KFC
Pizza Hut
Burger King
Fast Food
Fish and Chips
Domino’s Pizza
Subway
Macdonalds
Curry
Salt
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Salt that is sprinkled of
food makes a small
proportion of your salt
intake
Salt is sometimes listed
on food packets as
sodium
High amounts of salt are
found in processed food
(ready meals, biscuits,
sauces etc) and fast
food!!
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Too much salt can cause
high blood pressure!
High Blood pressure can
cause serious health
problems and lead to
strokes, brain damage
and kidney damage!
Cholesterol
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http://cholesterol.emedtv.com/high-cholesterol-video/introductionto-high-cholesterol.html
What does it all mean?
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We need cholesterol for good health just
not too much of it!
It’s found in every cell in the body!
The liver controls the amount of cholesterol
by making new cholesterol and removing
old cholesterol.
The amount in the liver depends on your
diet and inherited factors!
High levels of cholesterol can cause heart
disease by clogging up the bloody vessels
with fatty deposits!
What about the HDL’s and LDL’s and all the
fats?????
So what are LDL’s and HDL’s!
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Low Density Lipoprotein
(LDL’s) – the bad
cholesterol!
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High density Lipoprotein
(HDL’s) – the good
cholesterol!
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Excess LDL’s can cause
up a build of cholesterol
in the arteries
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HDL’s carry cholesterol to
the liver for removal from
the body!
The LDL/HDL balance is important, ideally you want more ………..?
Fats
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level of cholesterol in
the body is affected by fat
in the diet. But it’s not just
the amount of fat – the
types of fat you eat are
even more crucial!
So what are the types?
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Saturated Fats – raise blood cholesterol
levels, so you should only eat them in
moderation. (found in dairy products like
cheese, fast foods etc)
Polyunsaturated Fats – tend to lower blood
cholesterol by increasing it’s removal from
the body.
 Monounsaturated Fats – evidence
suggests that these also help lower blood
cholesterol.
 Both monounsaturated and
polyunsaturated fats are found in foods
such as fish, seeds, nuts and oils from
plants!
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