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Originally Posted by ewizabeth
My dad worked outside most of his life. He ate eggs and butter and pork and cookies with trans fats all of his life. His cholesterol was always low. He live to age 92. Maybe if I could work outdoors I could be like him, lol.  |
Actually much of cholesterol is genetically determined.
There has also been suggestion that the longer a baby is breast fed (very high cholesterol in breast milk) the lower the cholesterol is in adulthood. Babies that consume low cholesterol formulas, have a higher set point in the liver and make more as adults.
Also it is not eggs/butter/meat who are the culprits. It is SUGAR...predominately fructose.
New studies on obesity and sugar, find that cholesterol is raised by the metabolism of fructose in the liver.
What is even more astonishing is that we've known this since the 1980's!
http://www.hepatitis.org.uk/s-crina/cholesterol.htm
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Dr. Sheldon Reiser of the USDA has published research in the 1980's demonstrating that dietary sugar plays a major role in blood cholesterol levels. Reiser has found that a high dietary sugar intake raises blood triglyseride (blood fat) and LDL ("bad") levels, while lowering HDL ("good") levels. Reiser's work indicates that it is the fructose (fruit sugars) component of ordinary white sugar which so powerfully elevates blood cholesterol (white sugars, called sucrose, is a combination of one glucose and one fructose molecule). Considering the popularity of fructose as a "natural" sweetener in many carbo-lading, energy, diet and soft drinks and powders lately, Dr.Reiser's work takes on an added significance. The benefits claimed for fructose-sweetened foods and beverages--that they have a low "glycemic index" and thus disturb blood sugar levels less than white sugar--may be more than offset by fructose's blood cholesterol raising power. Dr. Reiser's work makes it clear that the worst combination for creating elevated blood cholesterol, even on a low cholesterol diet, is foods rich in both fat and sugar. Considering America's mania for sugar and fat rich desserts and snacks, America's high national average blood cholesterol levels may be due as much to this dietary imbalance, as to our high national intake of meat and dairy foods. It is relevant to note here that America's per capita consumption of meat, eggs, butter and cream has dropped significantly from 1900 to the present, while America's per capita sugar consumption has risen from a very modest 5 pounds per year in 1800 to about 190 pounds per year in the 1990's!
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Also this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/health/23sugar.html
This new medical video explains this chemistry...it is long but very very interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
It is not so simple, to apply the same numbers to everyone in other words.
Your dad was probably very high in Vit D... many people from the generations who worked outside, escaped chronic illness (until our medical "experts" said to get out of the sun or cover up). Vit D improves immunity, and prevents cancer when levels are high.
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