Healthy Eating
information from Lynn Fischer
Studies do show that:
1. Our bodies don't need the extra saturated fat or cholesterol found in many high protein foods.
2. High protein diets can lead to heart, artery, kidney & liver diseases, and even some form of cancers.
3. High protein diets can cause bone loss, which can lead to osteoporosis.
** You should limit your intake of Cholesterol & Staturated fat
Cholesterol
Is a waxy substance found only in animals and animal products.
It is prone to form a plaque that can line the inside of the arteries, causing them to narrow.
There are 2 types of cholesterol; your body naturally produces one type, the other type we eat. Our bodies make enough cholesterol on its own. We don't need anymore.
The cholestrol we take in form food is known as dietary cholesterol.
A simple way to determine which foods have cholesterol is this:
If it has a mother, it contains cholestrol (except egg whites).
Only foods that come from animals have cholestrol; milk, meat, chicken, butter, eggs, fish, turkey, anchovies, cheese, ice cream, roast beef, bacon, hamburger.
It does not include vegetable products, such as avocados or coconut or palm kernel oils.
How much cholestrol can we take in?
The American Heart Assoication suggests taking in no more than 300 milligrams of dietary cholestrol a day. One egg yolk contains 215-275 milligrams of cholestrol --------- yikes.
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