Attn: Atkins Naysayers: Cholesterol Results After 5 Years On Atkins

[ttdriver]

Re: Attn: Atkins Naysayers: Cholesterol Results After 5 Years On Atkins

That's exactly right, Checkers. Nothing silences the skeptics like success. You need not say a word, just be a living TESTIMONY!!!


Betty

[dreamof145]

Re: Attn: Atkins Naysayers: Cholesterol Results After 5 Years On Atkins

Great results, Betty. Congratulations and here's to a long delicious Atkins life-style!

[Back2Back]

Re: Attn: Atkins Naysayers: Cholesterol Results After 5 Years On Atkins

Wow! Congradulations! I am very impressed with this! Can someone explain to me the 'scientific' reason behind this? I always thought that in order to raise your healthy cholesterol that you needed to digest plenty of fiber?

Thanks!

[Atkid]

Re: Attn: Atkins Naysayers: Cholesterol Results After 5 Years On Atkins

Excellent results Betty! Hope we all following the WOE can see such good numbers!

[kacey1]

Re: Attn: Atkins Naysayers: Cholesterol Results After 5 Years On Atkins

Hi Back2Back - Here is a great article about the science behind fat consumption and heart disease (also has some very SCARY information about trans fats too).

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/oiling.html

Its a little long - but well worth the read.

Here is an excerpt:

Benefits of Animal Fats

Foods containing trans fat sell because the American public is afraid of the alternative—saturated fats found in tallow, lard, butter, palm and coconut oil, fats traditionally used for frying and baking. Yet the scientific literature delineates a number of vital roles for dietary saturated fats—they enhance the immune system,54 are necessary for healthy bones,55 provide energy and structural integrity to the cells,56 protect the liver57 and enhance the body's use of essential fatty acids.58 Stearic acid, found in beef tallow and butter, has cholesterol lowering properties and is a preferred food for the heart.59 As saturated fats are stable, they do not become rancid easily, do not call upon the body's reserves of antioxidants, do not initiate cancer, do not irritate the artery walls.

Animal foods containing saturated fat and cholesterol provide vital nutrients necessary for growth, energy and protection from degenerative disease. Like sex, animal fats are necessary for reproduction. Humans are drawn to both by powerful instincts. Suppression of natural appetites leads to weird nocturnal habits, fantasies, fetishes, bingeing and splurging.

Animal fats are nutritious, satisfying and they taste good. "Whatever is the cause of heart disease," said the eminent biochemist Michael Gurr in a recent article, "it is not primarily the consumption of saturated fats."63 And yet the high priests of the lipid hypothesis continue to lay their curse on the fairest of culinary pleasures—butter and Bernaise, whipped cream, souffles and omelets, full-bodied cheeses, juicy steaks and pork sausage.

[ttdriver]

Re: Attn: Atkins Naysayers: Cholesterol Results After 5 Years On Atkins

Wow, Kacey, thank you .. THAT ROCKS!!!


Betty

[teri f]

Re: Attn: Atkins Naysayers: Cholesterol Results After 5 Years On Atkins

Hi Betty!! I found my way to this site. Decided it was time to look for a new neighborhood---if you know what i mean. So glad you hang out here too!!

[ttdriver]

Re: Attn: Atkins Naysayers: Cholesterol Results After 5 Years On Atkins

Teri!!!!! SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE!!!! ADBB ROCKS!


Betty