I'm 100% with Brunneria. Saturated fat was demonised decades ago for no valid reason. It was vilified as a result of flawed research by now discredited scientists. The problem is now that several generations, including doctors / dieticians / nurses have been taught all this stuff for decades and they just cannot let go of what they have previously believed / advocated.
When you read the history of how it came to be that cholesterol was measured in the first place, it's almost laughable - but then the discovery of statins, the biggest profit maker in history for pharmaceutical companies, brought another issue into the equation, the honesty and integrity of medical research - and 'burying bad data'.
More books I'd add to Brunneria's list include
The big fat surprise - Nina Teicholz
Bad Pharma - Ben Goldacre
Doctoring Data - Malcolm Kendrick
In the interests of Pharmaceutical companies, a patient cured is a customer lost!
Yes thanks, flax are good for fibre and vitamins. ThanksI think I have a flax bread recipe. It has a bunch of eggs I know. Herbs can be added for a savory bread if you want the recipe I can see if I can dig it up.
How was the smoothie? What else did you put in it? I would think there could be a big variety to changing flavors.
Also I would maybe be careful mixing all those veggies in the same meal. People with stomach issues are generally told to eat just one veggie at a time. More mono meals. Different enzymes for different foods. I eat veggies with all meals but never more than about a cup. And I steam like crazy haha.
I even have to watch lettuce portions or bloat. I don't think I have much amylase as I have never broken down carbs well. I tried teaching my gut but I remains the boss of me.
You're able to eat protein right?
@debbiedoodles I had GERD for years and even on daily PPIs there were many foods I could not eat, anything acidic. In particular, I could not drink champagne (sad). I also had screamingly high BP (200/140 at its worst) and was on two BP mess, then, eventually pre-diabetes.
Within a month of going strictly LCHF my GERD disappeared, it was just when all the information was coming out about the harmful effects of long term PPI therapy, so I stopped them, I've never had GERD since. Within 6 months my BP was too low, all medications stopped, now my BP averages 115/75. It can be done, in fact it's easy and it's why I'm almost evangelical about LCHF.
I was told by my doctor I had a lot of good cholesterol but that it does not counteract the bad stuff. My cholesterol went up quite a bit for the first time in years when I was just eating full fat dairy stuff I don't eat red meat bacon or sausages.. all a source of high fat... because I don't like them never have. I have now stopped the full fat dairy and hope my cholesterol has gone back down at my next blood test. Quite few people on the forum have said the same their cholesterol has risen quite a bit since they have been doing more fat.Yes I have been advised to take statins but I refused, I tried for a few weeks years ago but got so many aches and pains I stopped taking it. Anyway there are different schools of thought as to their effectiveness. Do you not have to worry if the 'bad' cholesterol goes up now? I thought it was an increase in good cholesterol that was more important. I am more worried about getting weight off and getting insulin down at the moment then hopefully can come off metformin and bp tablets and poss off antacid for reflux as my stomach is much better. Thanks for the recommended reading, I will have a gander. There's so much to take in though. I have been studiously avoiding porridge and oat bran and carrots and apples to read Fung say these are ok!!! I will try it and check if bloods spike, it's just doing v low carb I think it would take me over.
But does the research say what the level of cholesterol can be there must be a limit as to how high it is before it is not of benefit anymoreThere has never been any research that demonstrates a benefit of lowered cholesterol for women. In fact the women with higher cholesterol levels live longer, but then correlation does not prove causation!
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