Bacon!

 Number one thing to realize is that dietary cholesterol does not normally raise blood cholesterol. It just does not matter how much cholesterol you eat. It just does not matter how much cholesterol is in a food item.

 Number two thing to realize( its actually more important) is there is almost no evidence that having a high blood cholesterol level increases you risk of heart attack. For women, it's an absolute... there is ZERO evidence that women should be worried about cholesterol. All modern studies are showing it just isn't a factor in predicting heart disease for any of us. We also now know that high cholesterol levels are desirable for the elderly as they greatly reduce risk of Alzheimers and other brain degenerative diseases. Did you all know that your brain is mostly made of cholesterol? Or that every single cell in your body uses cholesterol in its cellular walls? Or that cholesterol is so damn important to your health that every cell in your body has the capability of making it?

 For those of you who are genuinely concerned about your heart health the blood numbers you want to look at are your  HDL to Triglyceride  ratio. Dividing your triglycerides with your HDL should get you a number of 2 or less. more than that and you'd better  start looking into it.

 Another thing to look into for those of you that care is that "LDL" does not tell the whole story. there are actually two types of LDL (so called bad cholesterol) that get lumped together in the testing because its too expensive to test individually.  One type of LDL is small and dense and the other type is bulky and not dense. 


 There is way to much info to put in here but if anyone is interested you can PM  me about it. Im not a DR btw, all I can do is to point you to the appropriate research to look into things for yourself. Eat well :)

All righty then... let me tell you about fructose, which is half of  sucrose (table sugar).    J/K lets not go there.

darkshade wrote: Alright, after that heap of bacon and cholesterol debate, I think it's time for dessert.And of course, deep-fried bacon wrapped Twinkies.

Hmm, these things aren't real, right?

I know Jack in the Box had a bacon flavour milkshake....

Edited by Blacksword - June 15 2012 at 04:18

I never fry bacon in oil/lard/grease - If you buy decent bacon, you don't need any additional fat in the pan; just get the pan very hot & you'll get perfectly cooked bacon every time.

And wherever the debate between HDL/LDL/Transfat/triglycerides etc is going, the bottom line is none of it is essentially dangerous. What is dangerous is eating any of the above to excess... just as it is with any kind of foods, be they fatty, sugary or even (gasp) low fat "healthy" foods.

Eat exactly what you like, just eat less of it - I get pi**ed off with the media trying to portray the food industry as this corporate monster responsible for worldwide (well, certain parts of the western worldwide, anyway) obesity... the only thing which causes obesity (except in a very few cases of glandular disorders) is a lack of restraint & the ignorance of the wobbling classes.

Right!

Rant over...

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I am now going to have a cigarette

Edited by Jim Garten - June 15 2012 at 06:44

Blacksword wrote: Hmm, these things aren't real, right?

Oh yes they are. The bacon sundae is sold at Denny's, and is pretty good.

Blacksword wrote: I'm happy to smother bacon in maple syrup

You should bake good sausages & smother them in maple syrup 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time... now that's heaven on a plate

Jim Garten wrote: Blacksword wrote: I'm happy to smother bacon in maple syrup You should bake good sausages & smother them in maple syrup 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time... now that's heaven on a plate

That does sound good!

Who's afraid now?

Edited by Dean - June 15 2012 at 10:20

Here, piggy piggy piggy...

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Does anyone remember this T-Shirt from the seventies?