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- $Title{A Few Useful Tips About Cholesterol}
- $Subject{cholesterol diet tips circulatory system dairy products product eggs
- egg fatty meats blood vessels chest pains angina heart attacks high density
- lipoproteins coronary polyunsaturated fats butter coconut oil fish oils corn
- safflower sunflower soybean diets nutrition food foods dietary cholesterols
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- Copyright (c) 1991-92,1993 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
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- A Few Useful Tips About Cholesterol
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- QUESTION: Trying to find a diet that meets with all the restrictions on
- cholesterol is easier said than done. They are all too complicated. I just
- need a few simple rules that I can follow. Why don't you just give us all a
- few useful tips, and let common sense do the rest? Please?
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- ANSWER: As you probably know, cholesterol is a substance found in dairy
- products, eggs and fatty meats; a diet overly rich in these foods results in a
- cholesterol build-up in blood vessels that can lead to chest
- pains--angina--and heart attacks.
- Cholesterol is not automatically a killer; in fact, the substance is
- produced naturally by the liver, and is found in all body cells. Certain
- forms of cholesterol, known as "high density lipoproteins," are thought to
- protect one from coronary disease. The famous "polyunsaturated fats" of TV
- advertising fame belong in this latter group, and should be used in place of
- saturated fats found in animal and dairy products. Avoid butter, animal fats
- and coconut oil in favor of fish oils, corn oil, safflower, sunflower, and
- soybean oils.
- Contemporary health guidelines recommend that fats should comprise no
- more than 30 percent of your daily caloric intake, and saturated fats
- one-third of that amount--10 percent of your daily calorie total. Try using
- margarine in place of butter, skim or low fat milk in place of whole milk,
- fish and poultry instead of red meats, while taking it easy on eggs (no more
- than three a week) and avoiding cheeses other than ricotta, mozzarella,
- parmesan and low fat cottage cheese. Diets may sound complicated, but modern
- nutritional information found on most packaged foods--and some of your common
- sense--will make choosing the right foods a relatively painless task.
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- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
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