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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (101940)	9/15/2009 1:42:31 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) of 116555

In 1910 animal fats made up 83% of fat calories in the American diet, while by 1970 this declined to 62%. There's been a corresponding decline in cholesterol intake. Yet Americans today are far more obese. Perhaps because during the same time period, Americans have increased their intake of sugars by about 60% and eat far more processed foods. Someone's idea of healthful has put most Americans on the wrong road. I agree that insulin and insulin-resistance is a key actor in all of this, but apart from that the obsession with cholesterol to the point where people are afraid to eat eggs for breakfast is just laughable. It's interesting that virtually no one in my extended family has ever had a heart attack or a stroke, and that includes a lot of people - second cousins, aunts and uncles twice removed. Statistically it's remarkable. Generally the people who don't live past the age of 90 died of cancer or an accident. Those have who lived to be older than 90 just seem to die in their sleep. My Mom's Aunt is 103 and swims a little most days. Obviously many in my family have different ancestors, since this includes those those have married into my family, but almost all adults have a similar diet which is low in refined carbohydrates and sugar and almost none would be scored as obese. There were two notable exceptions - my Grandmother and her sister were overweight, which is hardly surprising as they both ate a hummingbird diet of candy and RC Cola all day long and far too little in the way of normal food - both always "on a diet". Is it any surprise that she died of a stroke and her sister a heart attack? For the rest of the extended family by necessity a diet low in carbohydrates and sugar means a diet higher in protein, fat, oils and cholesterol. You may want to check out this study and many like it: Carbohydrate restriction improves the features of Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolic Syndrome may be defined by the response to carbohydrate restriction nutritionandmetabolism.com People on a low-cholesterol and low-fat diet experience not only a rise in Triglycerides but also a decline in good HDL cholesterol. ebmonline.org .

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