Controlling cholesterol with massive eating

[den316]

I just started eating a lot more calories to try and gain some weight, and I noticed that a lot of my foods contain a fair amount of cholesterol.

I eat 5 meals a day and have either meat or fish with each meal. The meats I eat are turkey, ground beef, and chicken breasts, which from what I've looked up all have a lot of cholesterol.

I'm only 19 and don't have any health issues, should I be worried about the amount of cholesterol I'm getting from all this meat? I thought about substituting tofu in for some meat products, but I've heard a lot of mixed results on the health risks involved in soy.

Any comments are appreciated, thanks.

[Insex]

No, I would not be worried about getting too much cholesterol from turkey, ground beef, and chicken breasts. Those are actually pretty lean meats, and are healthy for you. As long as you're not eating the skin, and cooking them yourself rather than getting them from KFC, McDonald's, ect.

However, if those three meats are all that your diet consists of, you might want to mix it up with some other sources. It's best to eat a well-balanced diet full of variety of foods, so that you make sure you get all the different types of nutrients you need.

Soy is ok. I prefer to not eat soy, but it does have benefits. I think soy only becomes a problem when you begin to eat too much of it. If you eat just a little, then you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

[haphakhung]

Just a note, there is such a thing as good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. I don't know what certain meats and stuff falls into what cateogory though. But I think if assumed right that you eat a majority of healthy cholesterol (needed stuff), you should be fine.

Hap