Cholesterol in Shellfish

What is actually shellfish? Well this term normally refers as seafood such as shrimp,clams,crab,oysters and so on. They are seafood that has sometime type of shell covering them. Yeap, from the picture, we can't resist their taste =). The dark side is shellfish is one of the food that can cause allergy most, so we need to choose wisely for our seafood selection. This post I will explain shellfish's cholesterol consumption before I explain shellfish allergy in next post. Which type of seafood contains high cholesterol? The popular one would be clam, mussels, oyster, squid lobster, prawn with head, crab roe, fish roe, and fish head. Therefore, take note of the portion you are having if you are a seafood lover. My little advice would be each consumption such as prawn, squid or oyster should limit to 6 medium pieces only. Besides, prawn head and small intestine also need to be clean clearly to avoid cholesterol consumption.

在选购贝或甲壳类时，必须要注意有些是含有较高的胆固醇。含量比较高的是虾壳类，蚝，蚵，蚌类，鱿鱼，龙虾，鱼卵，鱼头等。这类海鲜是必须控制食用次数，最多也只能一个月一次而已。此外，每次食用的份量也必须限制如虾只，鱿鱼或蚝只只能食用6只。另外提醒虾只的头部与内脏都要清除干净，以避免摄取过量胆固醇。


You need to know clearly the cholesterol contain for some of the popular seafood in order to choose your meal wisely. I tried to collect some data of it to share with you all in future. Plan for a better seafood diet regardless your age (not only elder people faces high cholesterol).