Hey there! Great to see you zinging through cyberspace, doing a spiralling arabesque and landing on the red carpet right in front of the coffeepot - all with your coffee mug at the ready. Well don't just stand there...fill it up already! Grab yourself a virtual doughnut or muffin while you're there. Say...you like eggs, don't'cha? Of course - but for years now, doctors have been warning us off them because they contribute to cholesterol. Well hold on just a cotton-picking minute...
The latest info says that you can eat eggs, lots of them. Keep the egg in
that Egg McMuffin, but you might want to get rid of the sausage
– or at least cut it in half.
US government food experts now tell us to forget those cholesterol warnings we have heard for decades.
US government food experts now tell us to forget those cholesterol warnings we have heard for decades.
The available evidence indicates there is no
"appreciable relationship" between the cholesterol we get from the
foods we eat and the serum (bad) cholesterol in our blood.
Bad cholesterol, experts say, is mainly a matter of genetics and the real food villain: the saturated fats we get from animal sources, especially meat and dairy products.
The new dietary guidelines for Americans will be published later this year and will likely drop reference to cholesterol. Instead it will recommend cutting consumption of saturated fats found in meats like pork, fatty beef, lamb, poultry with skin, butter, cheese and other dairy products made from whole or reduced-fat (2 percent) milk.
What about eggs? Eggs are low in saturated fat, so you would need to eat a dozen or so to reach your daily fat limit.
One thing hasn't changed: experts recommend that you eat lots of fruits and vegetables.
Bad cholesterol, experts say, is mainly a matter of genetics and the real food villain: the saturated fats we get from animal sources, especially meat and dairy products.
The new dietary guidelines for Americans will be published later this year and will likely drop reference to cholesterol. Instead it will recommend cutting consumption of saturated fats found in meats like pork, fatty beef, lamb, poultry with skin, butter, cheese and other dairy products made from whole or reduced-fat (2 percent) milk.
What about eggs? Eggs are low in saturated fat, so you would need to eat a dozen or so to reach your daily fat limit.
One thing hasn't changed: experts recommend that you eat lots of fruits and vegetables.
Yee haw! I knew it! Which came first....the chicken or cholesterol? The chicken, dagnabit... and the eggs over easy!
I'm going to go have me a couple eggs to celebrate...but I'll have a turkey sausage with them! Maybe another mug of coffee, too!
See ya, eh!
Bob
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