You are what you eat

I've been reading lately about the changes in food that we have seen in the last 40 years. Fast food has really gotten into our lives. The sugary and fatty drinks and food have taken their toll on our cholesterol levels.

I often think of what early man ate. It sure wasn't fast food in today's sense. At that time our digestive systems were created. Our systems are used to eating more natural foods. I bet early man had no problem with cholesterol.

Also early man got a lot of exercise running after game and running from carnivores and large angry herbivores.

It all comes down to - we are what we eat. If we live off of fast food and junk food and sit before a TV set for hours on end - well we have all the requirements for high cholesterol and obesity.

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Does the spice Turmeric lower cholesterol?

Yet another spice is claiming to be able to lower cholesterol. Apparently a study done on rabbits has shown very favorable results on lowering cholesterol.

Wow! Are spices such natural cures? It seems that the ancients knew how to treat so many ailments and we're just starting to learn or relearn what they were so wise at. Incredible...

Is Cayenne highly underrated?

I'm still looking at Cayenne as a way of helping people with heart problems. It has been used by herbalists for generations to cure various ailments, but not much formal (medical) research has been done on it. There are some studies on rats.
I wonder if the pharmaceuticals are squelching any research. Am I paranoid or what?
Sometimes I wonder though because there is so much (big) money in medications - especially heart medication since heart disease is the number on killer.

Does Cayenne Pepper really lower cholesterol?

I've been reading about Cayenne. It's just amazing how many natural things can lower cholesterol.
I can't find any scientific evidence that Cayenne does? Although it has been used for centuries to help with hear ailments.
Sometimes I think that the pharmaceuticals kind of fight the use of natural cures because there's no money in it for them.

Smoking - Oh My God!

Eating saturated fats like you find in meats can cause heart disease. That's pretty much an established fact and is well known. But smoking cigarettes not only do they mess up your lungs, but they really cause problems with your arteries. When I read about all the variety of toxins that are introduced into the blood from smoking - wow it scares me.

I was one of the fortunate ones in that I went in the woods with the other boys and tried a cigarette. Actually it was a little Italian cigar. I don't know I was a simpleton, but it made me so sick that I lay on the couch and thought I was going to die. I was sick for at least an hour. I mean I prayed to God - if he let me past this one I would never smoke again and I never did. I guess in a way that was a blessing.

If you smoke - read about what it puts in your blood. It will scare you smokeless!

Smoking also lowers your HDL good cholesterol so it promotes heart disease. In most cases, you want to eat or do things(like exercise) that will raise your HDL levels not lower them.

Tim
www.waystoloweryourcholesterol.com

Obesity Epidemic?

Wow, today I was reading an article about obesity. Do you know that one out of three Americans are obese? Incredible! Even children are now getting larger. It's scary...

Guess where cholesterol levels must be?? About as high as they can get?

Some say that obesity is pandemic - all the developing countries have problems with it. And this impacts the society on the whole. So many days of sick leave - more money for pharmaceuticals - more money for treatment of heart disease and diabetes. It's a mess...

Are we eating ourselves into an early grave and costing everyone - not only ourselves - but everyone a lot of money and inconvenience?