Actually everything soundwash said has EVERYTHING to do with cholesterol. Everybody eats, most of the things people put in their bodies is edible, but just because you can eat something without dying right now does not mean it’s good for you over time or should be allowed to be called “food”.

What soundwash was hoping you were intelligent enough to infer from the post is that a diet of fresh, natural, minimally processed raw and cooked meats, vegetables, dairy, fruits, nuts, oils, etc. preserves the nutrient, vitamin and enzyme content which all together serve to reduce total cholesterol content and load on your body.

You are free to continue to believe that “most of cholesterol is genetically controlled”, but you’d be wrong, and your comment shows you exhibit a strong need to be right. There is plenty of easily available research and studies that prove that genes are mutable, and there are many substances that are mutagens and can easily break and mutate DNA strands and CAUSE gene mutations, including substances used in the processing and manufacture of artificial “foods”.

So no, your cholesterol level is not pre programmed in your genetic code, it’s WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO PUT IN YOUR FACE that serves to prevent, moderate or increase your cholesterol levels, and increase or decrease your odds of getting various cancers. For instance, eating just 1 raw carrot a day can reduce your odds of getting cancer by 50 percent.

High cholesterol levels and even fatty liver problems can be resolved simply by drinking a good quality fresh olive, grape seed, flax or fish oil everyday, it’s principally the liquid oils that make the Mediterranean diet so healthy, not to mention the omega 3 fatty acids in good oils that are so EXTREMELY VITAL to good health. The omega 3′s in good olive and fish oils are also a natural anti-inflammatory, an adult needs a MINIMUM of 3 grams, or 3 1000mg gel caps of fish oils DAILY for good health. I started taking fish oil caps a year and a half ago ’cause my shoulders were killing me from 20 years of construction work, cut out almost all sugars, anything made with or containing yeasts, wheat and grains including rice, corn, peanuts and peanut butter, cleaned up the rest of my diet and started eating right, close to a Phase 1 or 2 antifungal diet, not only did the shoulder pain go away, I lost 30 pounds without exercise and my gums stopped bleeding when brushing, gingivitis means inflammation of the gums, any word that ends in “itis” means inflammation, fish oils cured all of that for me.

I know people that refuse to eat any kind of fish or vegetables and THEY’RE ALL SICK, they suffer from eczema, irritable bowel, leaky gut, Crone’s or many other diseases, once I offered a kid I worked with $20 to eat a 5 inch celery stalk and he wouldn’t do it, said “I don’ wike vegables”, sounded like a damn three year old.

You can’t cut entire food groups from your diet and expect to be healthy, either by not eating specific foods or by replacing good foods with eating bad processed junk instead.

For more info on the “paleolithic cave man diet” go to http://www.marksdailyapple.com/

For more on cholesterol go to http://knowthecause.dnnspeed.com/WatchTheShow/tabid/55/Default.aspx

For more on the Phase 1 or 2 diet go to http://www.lakeshoreguardian.com/_2006/022006/cohoon.php

Kendrick been saying exactly this for years and finally wrote a book about it (lots of graphs and charts).

Thank goodness politicians are not influenced by the current health insurance reform.

It really is about avoiding government death panels.

To my mind this is very weak evidence of effective medicine. I also doubt the link between high cholesterol and heart attacks. Poor science in general.

Only slightly facetious.

Diet certainly affects blood levels of cholesterol but how it goes past that to protecting against heart attacks is still not established.

Is Everything the Drug Companies Say About Cholesterol Wrong

In a word, Yes.

Here is my thesis of proof:

I have 17 first cousins..

Our entire family from parents to cousins to offspring, are gifted with an excellent gene pool in that we are all “Healthy as Ox” save for two sets of cousins and their offspring.

We have no history of any disease or obesity or any other odd crap anywhere in the line going back as far as you can look.

All except me and come from parents with 2 or more kids (both my parents come from big families)

We are all full blooded Greeks and eat/cook traditional foods in that are not processed at all or as minimally processed as possible.

(We actually cook raw food everyday, which, IMO, is a big factor as well)

This is not by choice, in a sense, -it just so happens that this is how have eaten for generations. -even the few sweets or desserts we eat are all made from scratch

(it really is not that hard, nor takes much time if you learn how)

However two cousins of the seventeen broke away early in life from the flock (pretty much had a falling out) and eat in a “Traditionally American” way.

Almost all the foods they eat are “automatic foods” as i call them.

i.e. packaged/boxed and processed food stuffs, “power bars” pretty much -microwave *everything*

Even breakfast is always something ready-made that came in a box or pops in a toaster. -Basically, if it’s advertised on tv, it’s in their kitchen.

Both families are overweight have allergies, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, some diabetes, one has gone through a battle with cancer. They also have a history of “high conflicts” amongst them whereas the rest of us have near zero.

The siblings of these two’s families show none of the above.

What i’m getting at is that simply:

You are what you eat.

Eat all the processed crap they advertise on tv en-mass and you’ll most likely have crappy health and a fat ass to match.

#1 bobbo: good observation.

I remember when they had the big push in the (80′s was it?) that eggs were bad for you and during the same time ads for “good eggs” that poured out of a carton proliferated.

Some years after all that some may remember, when the advertisements came out showing the eggs being “let out of jail” because new studies found they weren’t bad for you at all.

Big surprise, eh?

-It’s ALL about marketing and getting you to by processed *crap*, period.

I have been eating a dozen and half or more eggs a week for as long as i can remember and my cholesterol has never been over 130.

I also love eating charred steak and pork fat. I will snag the fat off anyone’s plate i’m eating with if they don’t want it.

The entire health food / diet campaign is a friggin lie to get you by chemically treated crap or buy a subscription at a health spa.

Think about your grandparents that lived to 75-80+. -all they ate was normal, natural food they cooked themselves and they did just fine.

The only thing you need to do if you want to be healthy is eat normal, unprocessed food like your grandparents or great grandparents did and GET OFF YOUR FAT ASS and get some exercise!

Don’t waste money on a health spa. They are their to get you to buy more health crap and health crap accessories.

Instead of wasting time and money on a treadmill with a friggen TV mounted in front of it (to brainwash you into buying more crap or some phony, pie in the sky “healthy” lifestyle and the *accessories to go with it*), -go outside and DO something productive with your time.

It isn’t hard to figure this stuff out. you just need to believe in yourself. -look to what your roots did and not what some pinhead (with a warehouse full of crap to sell you,) wants you to believe.

Capeche?

-s

Dancing, or a boot to the head?

Huh, maybe I’ll turn Liberal………….

We can only hope your condition improves.

Glad to hear your improving. VitD? I think I might look into it. My arthritis some days keeps me in bed most of the day. Hopefully it helps; I don’t see any harm.

You mention VitD. I have a joint condition that causes pain when I move but most often when I walk. Four months ago the doc put me on 50iu of VitD per week. Within 24 hours of taking the first VitD pill I have had no pain in my feet or legs that I couldn’t attribute to actually causing myself. Another side effect is that I no longer have any allergies from mowing and I mow a lot every week.

I saw the doc yesterday and he said that I would probably get even better as time goes on.

Huh, maybe I’ll turn Liberal………….

Then you’ll see…

Sunlight is cheaper if you can get it.

#12..
DEPRESSION is when I make the most jokes and have the most fun..But you never see me laugh..