AVOIDING TOO MUCH FAT AND CHOLESTEROL

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AVOIDING TOO MUCH FAT AND CHOLESTEROL

 

" Choosing a diet low in fat, saturated fat and cholesterol " doesn't

mean " never eat cheese " because it contains fat or " never eat egg

yolks " because they contain cholesterol

(organic cheese and organic eggyolks are more healthy and

pose less of a risk).

 

It's really the *total* amount of fat, saturated fat, and

cholesterol in your diet that matters.

 

While you may want to change to organic dairy/meats and moderate

your intake of some foods, you needn't eliminate them from your diet

compietely. Instead, balance organic high-fat foods with other foods

that contain less fat and cholesterol. Here are 15 tips to help.

 

Steam, boil, or bake vegetables; or for a change, stir-fry in a

small amount of sesame oil.

 

Season vegetables with herbs and spices rather than with sauces,

butter, or margarines.

 

Try lemon juice on salads and eliminate oil-based salad dressings.

 

To reduce saturated fat, use extra-virgin olive oil instead of

margarine or butter in baked products and, when possible, use cold

pressed oils instead of shortenings or Crisco.

 

Try organic whole-grain flours to enhance flavors of baked goods

made with less fat and cholesterol-containing ingredients.

 

Replace whole milk with organic skim or lowfat milk in soups, and

home made baked products.

 

Substitute plain organic lowfat yogurt, blender-whipped organic

lowfat cottage cheese, or organic buttermilk in recipes that call

for sour cream or mayonnaise.

 

Choose lean cuts of organic meat.

Trim fat from meat prior to eating (either before or after cooking).

 

Roast, bake, broil, or simmer meat, free range poultry, or cold

water fish.

 

Remove skin from Amish or free range poultry prior to eating (either

before cooking or after cooking).

 

Cook meat or poultry on a rack so the fat will drain off. Use a

nonstick pan for cooking so added fat will be unnecessary.

 

Chill meat or poultry broth until the fat becomes solid. Spoon off

the fat before using the broth.

 

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Sue Snider, Ph.D.

Food and Nutrition Specialist

University of Delaware Cooperative Extension

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JoAnn Guest

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Exellent! It is about time people realize this that a certain amount

of fat & cholesterol is healthy for the body.

 

I've been told that the brain is made of mostly cholesterol. Too

little cholesterol in the body can affect memory/learning. Does

anyone have an article to confirm this connection? I know I read it

somewhere but can't remember the source.

 

Thanks,

Kristin

 

, " JoAnn Guest "

<angelprincessjo> wrote:

> AVOIDING TOO MUCH FAT AND CHOLESTEROL

>

> " Choosing a diet low in fat, saturated fat and cholesterol " doesn't

> mean " never eat cheese " because it contains fat or " never eat egg

> yolks " because they contain cholesterol

> (organic cheese and organic eggyolks are more healthy and

> pose less of a risk).

>

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, " Kristin "

<industrial_girl_2000> wrote:

> Exellent! It is about time people realize this that a certain

amount of fat & cholesterol is healthy for the body.

> I've been told that the brain is made of mostly cholesterol. Too

> little cholesterol in the body can affect memory/learning. Does

> anyone have an article to confirm this connection? I know I read

it somewhere but can't remember the source.

> Thanks, Kristin

> , " JoAnn Guest "

> <angelprincessjo> wrote: AVOIDING TOO MUCH FAT AND

CHOLESTEROL " Choosing a diet low in fat, saturated fat and

cholesterol " doesn't mean " never eat cheese " because it contains fat

or " never eat egg yolks " because they contain cholesterol

> > (organic cheese and organic eggyolks are more healthy and

> > pose less of a risk).

 

Hi Kristin,

 

You just may have read that on my website.<g> I did a lot of

research on cholesterol while recovering from my illness and you

will see it reflected on my site. However I have found a whole slew

of information since then and since starting my work on the groups I

haven't had the time to update. Basically though the information is

correct.<LOL

 

I don't think anybody really has a clue regarding cholesterol,

and this includes the medical profession!

When I looked into this a little more in depth, I discovered that

any cholesterol our body makes itself isn't harmful and most of it

doesn't even come from the diet (only about 20%) the rest of

it is made by the liver. So if our immune system is up to par, When

we eat too much so called cholesterol containing foods the liver has

a way of dealing with it by making more good cholesterol which takes

care of the bad by cleaning out any existing 'deposits'.

 

when and if we don't take the time to eat enough plant foods,these

problems surface because the good choelsterol stems from our use of

sufficient amounts of plant foods (nuts, seeds, etc)!

Our bodies need a balance of nutrients to be healthy.

 

Actually cholesterol usually doesn't pose any problem for our

arteries or anything else unless its 'oxidized' by free radicals.

My guess is that we get too many free radicals from foods, air and

environment. So these free radicals get into our body and our bodies

are forced to use cholesterol to fight against the free radicals in

the bloodstream. This is the way it was explained to me anyway.

Sounds logical really. Our immune system uses macrophages (white

blood cells) which are a part of our immune system, to fight these

unwelcome invaders (free radicals) off.

 

This is why we must take antioxidants to keep the free radicals from

using our white blood cells to form clots in the first place.

The problems all start with not having enought nutrients in our

bodies at any given time to build up our immune system and protect

our arteries. This is the most important.

 

I did a very extensive search on this when I had my heart and

artery problems and found that when these clots are analyzed they

may contain calcium, iron (homocysteine), LDL cholesterol and even

refined sugar (triglycerides). This tells me that cholesterol is not

our primary concern.

 

Calcium deposits were discovered in women who had heart attacks

(women as you may know are typically prescribed a lot of calcium

supplements for their own specific problems).

 

Iron deposits were found mainly in men so it was theorized that

because men typically eat a lot of meat that the iron in meat was

the source of their problem.

 

So who really knows? I just keep on taking reasonable amounts of

vitamins and minerals and hope for the best while trying to follow a

balanced diet to the best of my knowledge... it seems to be working

so far.

The difficult part was rebuilding my health after the blockages were

already formed in my arteries. This sort of health emergency demands

an entirely different approach. In order to reverse my situation i

had to avoid all fats with the exception of essential ones, i.e.

fish, olive oil, EPO, black currant, Udo's,etc.

 

If we can keep the clots from forming in the first place we are

much better off. One thing I do know. The standard american diet is

too high in harmful additives and fatty fried foods. Fried foods are

very problematic!

 

We all know drugs are not the answer for cholesterol drugs just tend

to plunge everyone into a state of utter deprivation, one in which

they are not left enough cholesterol to function! This is the

imminent danger! Our hormones, neurotransmitters and other important

bodily functions are all dependent on this component called

cholesterol. We need more good cholesterol to offset any bad that we

may happen to

encounter from additives, pesicides and fake foods!

 

Animal protein WAS a healthy food before the age of factory farming!

However, now I'm not so sure! it just seems to be another way to

acrue more profits at the expense of our health!

 

I hesitate to eat organic beef but thats the healthiest of all

i'm told. I certainly don't take in very much Dairy these days.

Since entering menopause I've found that I can do much better

without it.

Theres a reason why Asian women don't have a problem with menopause

and I'm thinking it has soemthihg to do with the articial hormons in

our dairy and meat supply.The hot flashes have certainly subsided

and long since gone into oblivion since I decided to abstain.

Its all very confusing but its something that we need to know in

order to keep from being deceived.

 

They would have us believe that drugs are the only solution.

I'm so glad I discovered the truth in time.

 

Hugs and

Bright Blessings, JoAnn