>>It explains why I and many others, including the French, are able to eat high cholesterol foods with similarly low cholesterol.<<
uh, it doesn't. in fact, nothing of substance can be gleaned from your grandfather's experience beyond what your grandfather experienced for himself.
btw, cholesterol isn't a very good marker of future heart attack risk. half of all american's admitted to the hospital for heart attacks have normal cholesterol and 25% and zero traditional risk factors. after age 70, there is no correlation between cholesterol and risk of cardiovascular disease.
as for the french, they eat very different than the SAD - standard american diet. it is absurd, based on the data you've presented to reach the conclusion you've reached.
>>But you can't eat any significant amount of sugars or refined carbohydrates.<<
based on what clinical study? i'd argue you can, as long as you keep your insulin within a therapeutic zone. i wouldn't recommend it, but i believe it can be done.
excess cholesterol is associated with excess insulin.
stanford.wellsphere.com
it is possible to keep insulin in check eating sugar, but it doesn't make for a very good micro-nutritional or filling diet. it also isn't as good as eating veggies, but it can be done.
the key is controlling insulin.
>>If you eat too many refined carbohydrates or sugars your body starts producing far too many triglycerides, and then too much cholesterol to reduce your triglyceride level. And most of this cholesterol produced will be bad low density cholesterol.<<
you miss the worst part - the typical person creates too much insulin. elevated insulin activates delta-5-desaturase which, when combined with omega 6 fatty acids, drives cellular level inflammation.
cellular level inflammation drives chronic disease (especially cardiovascular disease) as evidenced by aspirin being the best drug to fight cardiovascular disease.
we agree that refined carbs and sugars are low on the carb quality scale (low glycemic veggies and fruits are much better), but your grandfather's experience doesn't make the case.
>>The American Heart Association in the 1960s developed the notion that eating cholesterol raises your cholesterol level, without any controlled studies to prove this.<<
perhaps one of their grandfathers saw their cholesterol increase when eating higher cholesterol foods... -lol-
>>But we now know that unless you have familial hypercholesterolemia this is not true. But the AHA and certain others have had a difficult time backing away from their prior unfounded assertions.<<
completely agree on this, but grandpa didn't prove anything. |
