Are you worried about your cholesterol?

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Ding Ding Ding Ding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

I think this was the guy who was on NPR that convinced me that sugar was the problem. Other than the residual sugar in beer and the sugar added to foods that they don't really belong in that I'm not going to kill myself to avoid I've cut out sugar from my diet except for sugar in whole food (fruit).

 

[MVP]

Ya Americans are insanely worried about cholesterol, that's why there is a Mcdonalds, Burger King, White Castle, Wendy's, In-n-out, 5 guys burger, Carls Jr, smashburger, whataburger, Rally's, dairy queen, Jack in the Box, or Sonic behind every street corner..

Well, americans spend most money on statins and other cholesterol lowering drugs...maybe you should stick to religious subjects?
And have you ever been to any other part of the world? There is McDonalds on every corner in Japan or UK as well FYI.

 

[LogGrad98]

I agree, but taking in an equal amount of calories to what you burn only works if your insulin levels are not elevated...

Exercise is an insulin regulator.

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[LogGrad98]

I think this was the guy who was on NPR that convinced me that sugar was the problem. Other than the residual sugar in beer and the sugar added to foods that they don't really belong in that I'm not going to kill myself to avoid I've cut out sugar from my diet except for sugar in whole food (fruit).

That is actually the problem with focusing on one single facet of diet. People get it in their head that sugar is all that maters so as long as I switch from sugar to splenda our stevia in my coffee I will magically be healthy no matter how many krispy kremes I ate with that coffee this morning, or just make sure I get a diet coke with my double whopper king sized value meal and I'm good. Or they get it in their head that carbs are all that matters so I eat 3 pounds of bacon but no toast so I'm golden. Or the recent glutin craze. Oh I never eat wheat, because my neighbor said he is glutin sensitive so it has to be the root of all evil. People just don't take any time or make the effort to learn that it all ties together.

See I understand a lot about diet and how it all fits together. I just don't care.

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[Deleted member 848]

So... it may be again fundamental difference between Europeans and Americans.... You guys here seem to be crazy about cholesterol and think it is some kind of evil. In Europe folks think you guys are just in it for money and actually are poisoning yourself with anticholesterol drugs.
https://www.ravnskov.nu/
My own grandma lived for 102 years and never in her life she cooked on oil. She cooked on lard, ate lots of pork, eggs, chicken and potatoes, had 9 kids and probably never had her cholesterol checked in her entire life. And yet she died from bone cancer and never had any cardiovascular issues. My other grandma is still alive and doing well at age of 92 and she is pretty much on the same "fat and high cholesterol diet". So how is it, are you worried eating bacon and eggs and maybe you are told by your doctor to take anticholesterol drugs? Share your experience and your point of view.

I also know tens of relatives who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day, and lived into their 90s-- it doesn't mean that cigarettes aren't bad for you.

 

[Deleted member 848]

TO echo the sentiments in this thread: Sugar is the worst. Completely agree. Not only have I not had any soft-drinks in several years-- but I've even cut-down my fruit-juice intake to a bare minimum. Vegetables, water, and fruits here and there.


I also start off my mornings with a rotation of millet, buckwheat, quinoa, and rolled-oats. Absolute day-changer.

 

[Deleted member 848]

That is actually the problem with focusing on one single facet of diet. People get it in their head that sugar is all that maters so as long as I switch from sugar to splenda our stevia in my coffee I will magically be healthy no matter how many krispy kremes I ate with that coffee this morning, or just make sure I get a diet coke with my double whopper king sized value meal and I'm good. Or they get it in their head that carbs are all that matters so I eat 3 pounds of bacon but no toast so I'm golden. Or the recent glutin craze. Oh I never eat wheat, because my neighbor said he is glutin sensitive so it has to be the root of all evil. People just don't take any time or make the effort to learn that it all ties together.

See I understand a lot about diet and how it all fits together. I just don't care.

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There has been much more to gluten research than just "my neighbour is celiac so it must be bad for me as well".

 

[MVP]

I also know tens of relatives who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day, and lived into their 90s-- it doesn't mean that cigarettes aren't bad for you.

Yup, there is obviously way more factors in longevity then just a single bad habbit.
Here is a joke:
Reporters from TV are visiting old man in mountains on his 100's birthday and asking him a question - "So what is your secret of longevity?... Oldman answers - "well, I never drunk, smoked or had sex in my life", then suddenly they hear laugh in other room. "Who is laughing there?" they ask oldman.... and he answers... "oh, it is just my dad - smoker, drinker and womanizer"...

 

[Scat]

I also start off my mornings with a rotation of millet, buckwheat, quinoa, and rolled-oats. Absolute day-changer.

Frickin' tree-hugger...

 

[LogGrad98]

There has been much more to gluten research than just "my neighbour is celiac so it must be bad for me as well".

Yes but the gyst of it is that if you are sensitive to it then there is a problem, if not then most ordinary folks run a very real risk of shorting themselves necessary nutrients to take part in what amounts to a fad.

 

[Deleted member 848]

Frickin' tree-hugger...

Expected this sort of response. Try it for yourselves, y'all. My mom raised myself along with my two brothers on it, and I know I'll be doing the same if I ever have children myself.

 

[Deleted member 848]

Yes but the gyst of it is that if you are sensitive to it then there is a problem, if not then most ordinary folks run a very real risk of shorting themselves necessary nutrients to take part in what amounts to a fad.

To be quite honest, if ordinary folk aren't really paying attention to their nutrient intake-- then they're risking their health whether they pursue a fad, or heat up TV-dinners every night. "Ordinary folk" have their own respective list of necessary nutrients that they aren't receiving as well.