Wow. I am just so fascinated with this. Both your information about cholesterol and your experience with your cholesterol levels and your corresponding health isssues. I will do some research on this now and see if I can find out more.
Yes, all the pieces we have are interlocked in important ways. I recall when cholesterol first became the big bad guy and everyone started dropping fat completely out of their diet. Suddenly there was an explosion of fat-free products on the market -- that actually had the same or similar number of calories. As I recall, fat-free Fig Newtons even had more calories than the regular Fig Newtons! Anyway, now we know that you do need some fat in your diet, and that there are good fats for our bodies, especially the monounsaturated oils.
It seems that no matter what the health issue is, we can take it to extremes. And at some point we learn that the extreme is harmful, and we have to back off. So very interesting. Thank you, Reta.
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Reta,
Wow. I am just so fascinated with this. Both your information about cholesterol and your experience with your cholesterol levels and your corresponding health isssues. I will do some research on this now and see if I can find out more.
Yes, all the pieces we have are interlocked in important ways. I recall when cholesterol first became the big bad guy and everyone started dropping fat completely out of their diet. Suddenly there was an explosion of fat-free products on the market -- that actually had the same or similar number of calories. As I recall, fat-free Fig Newtons even had more calories than the regular Fig Newtons! Anyway, now we know that you do need some fat in your diet, and that there are good fats for our bodies, especially the monounsaturated oils.
It seems that no matter what the health issue is, we can take it to extremes. And at some point we learn that the extreme is harmful, and we have to back off. So very interesting. Thank you, Reta.
October 12, 2009 - 8:16amThis Comment
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