Download and print your own cholesterol intake journal. Lowering your cholesterol intake greatly improves your chances maintaining a healthy lifestyle. A Printable journal to record your daily cholesterol intake. Using this diary will help you keep up with your recommended daily allowances needed to stay healthy. You can use it in a binder, upload it to your Google docs or save it directly to your computer.
Cholesterol Intake Journal (Word Format)
Cholesterol Intake Journal (Pdf Format)
Facts about cholesterol
Cholesterol is a fatty substance found only in animal products, including beef, chicken, fish, cheese, eggs, and milk. Eating foods high in cholesterol will raise the level of cholesterol in your blood. However, eating certain types of fat will raise your blood cholesterol even more.
Once inside your body, cholesterol combines with other substances to form lipoproteins. There are two types of lipoproteins: LDLs(low-density lipoproteins, the bad cholesterol) and HDLs (high-density lipoproteins, the good cholesterol). If you have too many LDLs, they stick to the walls of your arteries, gradually obstructing your blood flow. HDL, meanwhile, act as vacuum cleaners within your bloodstream, removing the bad lipoproteins from your body.