The Skinny on Dietary Fats
Dietary fat is often portrayed as a villain – especially when you’re talking about weight control... versions of your favorite foods only reinforces the notion that
fat is bad. However,
dietary fat plays... contribute to the flavor, texture, odor and palatability of foods. And it helps you stay full.
Dietary fat...crap
Eating a Low Fat Diet May Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrance
Study (WINS), a trial involving 2,437 women who were randomized to receive a diet very low in
fat...-intervention group had a low
fat diet -- about 51 grams a day of
fat; the women in the intervention group on average were consuming 33 grams of
fat. After five years the women in the lower
fat group weighed, on average, six pounds...crap
Unsaturated, saturated, and trans fat: the good and the bad
After thoroughly bashing trans fatty acids in my last blog on
dietary fat and cholesterol, I thought it only fair to round out the field with a brief comment on
fat in general and how it affects cholesterol.
What is
fat?
Fat is a naturally occurring substance that is made of carbon, hydrogen...crap
What Does Zero Trans Fat Really Mean?
A reader recently asked how can a food list 0 grams of trans
fat on the Nutrition Facts panel... is yes: trans
fat is the same as partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Trans
fats are made by adding... atoms. If it was fully saturated with hydrogen atoms, then it might be called saturated
fat depending...crap
The Low-Fat, High-Fructose Blunder
It was yet another mistake of the low-
fat era.
The low-
fat dietary mistake of the last 40 years spawned more than its share of nutritional disasters. Along with cutting essential
fats (like omega-3s and monounsaturates), low-
fat dietary advice helped spawn:
Hydrogenated ("trans")
fats...crap
Does Dried Fruit Count?
frying in oil add
fat to your meat and/or vegetables. However the amount of
fat added is not the same. When you stir-fry, the food is not immersed in the oil and therefore there isn’t as much
fat absorbed as there is when you deep fry. Baking, roasting and poaching are healthier cooking options because they do not add
fat...crap
Fruits and Vegetables Key to Healthy Diet and Weightloss
that is high in salt, processed sugar, unhealthy
fats and calories. Substituting these tasty, lower calorie... recipes and cut
fat. Make baked apples filled with cinnamon, raisins and currants. Use a melon half as your "dish" and fill it with
fat free yogurt or cottage cheese, berries, nuts and high fiber cereal. Commit...crap
listing
is there a listing of all lunch meats? there calories,
fats, etc. and a listing of all other fruits,vegetables,meats,cereals(hot & cold) fresh and canned? thank you, sue e-mail: sueed@cableone.net
suecrap
'My Plate' replaces the 'Food Pyramid' for Healthy Eating
. The new icon will be used in messages to illustrate healthy eating based on the 2010
Dietary Guidelines... and vegetables.
Make at least half your grains whole grains.
Switch to
fat-free or low-
fat (1%) milk.
Foods... part of your weekly choices. Only the egg yolk contains cholesterol and
saturated
fat...crap