Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food. ...Hippocrates

List of the Top 100 USDA Foods High in Cholesterol Content

RankCholesterol food sourcesCholesterol content (mg/ 100 g edible food portion)
21 Egg, goose, whole, fresh, raw 852.00
22 Egg, quail, whole, fresh, raw 844.00
23 Veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised 791.00
24 Fish oil, herring 766.00
25 Beef, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, simmered 716.00
26 Fish oil, sardine 710.00
27 Fish, caviar, black and red, granular 588.00
28 Egg substitute, powder 572.00
29 Fish oil, cod liver 570.00
30 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised 565.00
31 Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, pan-fried 564.00
32 Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, simmered 563.00
33 Fish oil, menhaden 521.00
34 Duck, domesticated, liver, raw 515.00
35 Goose, liver, raw 515.00
36 Veal, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised 511.00
37 Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, spleen, cooked, braised 504.00
38 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised 501.00
39 Fish oil, menhaden, fully hydrogenated 500.00
40 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, pan-fried 493.00
41 Fish oil, salmon 485.00
42 Veal, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, pan-fried 485.00
43 Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised 480.00
44 Fish, roe, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 479.00
45 Egg, whole, cooked, fried 457.00
46 Veal, variety meats and by-products, spleen, cooked, braised 447.00
47 Chicken, broilers or fryers, giblets, cooked, fried 446.00
48 Chicken, broilers or fryers, giblets, cooked, simmered 442.00
49 Fish, whitefish, eggs (Alaska Native) 439.00
50 Chicken, capons, giblets, cooked, simmered 434.00
51 Egg, whole, raw, frozen 432.00
52 McDONALD'S, Scrambled Eggs 427.00
53 Fast foods, egg, scrambled 426.00
54 Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled 424.00
55 Egg, whole, raw, fresh 423.00
56 Egg, whole, cooked, poached 422.00
57 Beef, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, raw 411.00
58 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, pancreas, cooked, braised 400.00
59 Beef, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised 396.00
60 Pate, chicken liver, canned 391.00


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