Cholesterol – good or bad?
Of-course, if you want the 90 Day Diet to really work and you want to lose weight fast you still need to watch your fat intake.
For two reasions, first is that fat has an enormous amount of calories and the second most important reason is because of the health element – in other words the risk of Cholesterol in the blood.
A misconception that some people have is that they can improve their cholesterol numbers by eating ‘good’ cholesterol.
In food, all cholesterol is the same. In the blood, whether cholesterol is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ depends on the type of lipoprotein that’s carrying it.
Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats do not promote the formation of artery-clogging fatty deposits the way saturated fats do. Some studies show that eating foods that contain these fats can reduce levels of LDL- cholesterol in the blood.
Polyunsaturated fats, such as safflower and corn oil, tend to lower both HDL- and LDL-cholesterol.
Edible oils rich in monounsaturated fats, such as olive and canola oil, however, tend to lower LDL-cholesterol without affecting HDL levels.
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June 14th, 2010 at 2:37 am
Great blog post.Really looking forward to read more.
July 21st, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Thank you for the wonderful post.I really needed to read this.