Lowering Cholesterol with "Good" Fats?

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Teri16 Veteran Member Date Joined Dec 2003 Total Posts : 5230	Posted 7/14/2005 8:14 PM (GMT -6)
	It's sometimes very confusing when you are at the grocery store and you're looking at the butter/margarines/No, or Low fat spreads, or now even the ones that have ingredients that are supposed to lower Cholesterol. *How do you know what to choose?* All of us have our own ideas about this by trial and error over the years - I personally have used Olive Oil, even before it seemed to be a popular oil, as my Grandmother used this in her cooking for years. Recently though, a study was done and they found that by "replacing saturated fats in the diet with a "balance" of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats" that it helped to lower blood cholesterol. Sunflower oil supplied both types of fat! Please see the following link... http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_25749.html What do you use? "Because he is he and I am I."......E. V. Lucas "I Hope You Dance".............LeeAnn Womack Please allow HealingWell to continue helping others by donating: http://www.healingwell.com/donate/ Back to Top

heartangel Veteran Member Date Joined Mar 2004 Total Posts : 638	Posted 7/15/2005 7:02 PM (GMT -6)
	I usually buy Smart Balance and usally canola or olive oil but the extra virgin olive oil I have read in various magazines that Extra Virgin is better for you. But I am eating ok and still had to put on a satin so it is in my genes. But That si what I use smart Balance and it is good tasteing and I also cook with it too when I make my homemade breads etc.. Heidi Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, But by the moments that take our breath away. Faith does not lie in trusting God to stop the storm, But in trusting Him to enable us to walk through the storm. Heidi Back to Top

Teri16 Veteran Member Date Joined Dec 2003 Total Posts : 5230	Posted 7/15/2005 8:08 PM (GMT -6)
	I even like the taste better of the extra virgin olive oil! Hugs, Teri :) "Because he is he and I am I."......E. V. Lucas "I Hope You Dance".............LeeAnn Womack Please allow HealingWell to continue helping others by donating: http://www.healingwell.com/donate/ Back to Top

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