Thursday, February 16, 2012

Foods Worse than Table Sugar? You Don't Want to Know

You don't need a nutritionist to tell you that sugar isn't good for you.   Sugar raises blood sugar, reduces HDL cholesterol, skyrockets triglycerides, triggers abnormal insulin surges, makes us hungry. It also converts the less-harmful large LDL particles to the much more harmful small LDL pa...
9/24/08 1:49pm

Thanks Doctor - what an eye opener (for me anyway)!

 

Readers may want to checkout these links for various Heart Healthy Diet materials:

 

Are You Veggie Smart?

Six Basic Steps to a Healthier Heart

Low Cholesterol Diets

Fiber and Cholesterol

 

All the best, sue

Anonymous
ellie
9/24/08 4:52pm

I noticed a big fat ad for Ensure off to the side of this article...read the label on it sometime...and they give this to people who are not well.  You probably should add it to your list!

Anonymous
Beth Senac
9/25/08 12:12pm

I try to select the cereals with the lowest sugar content.  So far these have been Rice Crispies, Corn Flakes and Shredded Wheat.  Now it looks as though these are not good, either.  What do you recommend for breakfast foods for children or anyone for that matter?  I live with an autistic grandson who was taken of wheat and was told that Rice Crispies were okay to eat. 

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