Fact or fiction: People with high cholesterol should avoid shrimp

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
January 5, 2006

Fiction. It's true that shrimp is higher in cholesterol than other types of seafood, and that once led nutritionists to recommend against eating the shellfish.

But shrimp is low in saturated fat, which impacts blood cholesterol levels more than dietary cholesterol does. And recent studies also....

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