Fish Containing High Cholesterol, Should Not Be Excessively Consumed

JAKARTA – Eating fish is highly recommended to maintain a healthy body. Fish contains fat that can help shed low density lipoprotein (LDL) or commonly known as bad cholesterol .

However, a medical practitioner, Dr. Arikawe Adeolu said that consuming catfish Too much can increase the chances of developing cardiovascular disease.

Summarizing from Vanguard, Friday (12/3/2021), Adeolu who is a practitioner at the Federal Medical Center, Jabi, Abuja, revealed that catfish contains very high cholesterol and omega-6 fatty acids that can increase the level of inflammation in the body.

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This inflammation, is the underlying cause of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and diabetes.

Although catfish also contains omega-3 fatty acids which have many health benefits, the ratio of omega-6 is much greater than omega-3 fatty acids. Adeolu reminded that fish needs to be consumed in moderation to prevent health complications.

“Catfish is rich in two omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids help reduce the concentration of bad cholesterol in the bloodstream and increase the concentration of good cholesterol in the bloodstream,” he explained.

In addition, this omega-3 content also helps protect the heart and cardiovascular system from all forms of disease, prevents inflammation in the body and helps reduce the amount or concentration of inflammatory substances in the body.

However, the main cause of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and many other diseases is chronic inflammation.

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