Please be advised that your dogma is barking and disturbing the neighbors. Kindly muzzle and leash your pet theories.
Real men eat meat. If you want to lower your male hormones to that of a woman, then go ahead and eat vegan. I believe cholesterol is used to make testosterone. REAL MEN EAT MEAT
From what I read, this is not because less people have less heart disease. Rather, its because fewer die of heart attacks (due to better emergency care) and medical care's improved ability to keep people alive with chronic heart disease. Living with heart disease is better than dying of it but its not something trivial.
Heart disease remains the #1 killer in US..and worldwide http://www.cdc.gov/DHDSP/announcements/american_heart_month.htm Every population or culture that eschews their traditional low fat plant diet for 'Western' high sat fat/cholesterol animal diet begins to die prematurely too. Cancer too is closely tied to a diet high in animal products :eek:
No one knows for sure exactly what causes 'inflammation' or even what it is exactly, but whatever it is PLANTS don't cause it. ANIMAL products such as MEAT, processed meats, high trans and sat fat consumption always test higher for this inflammation. do you want to roll the dice with odds in your favor or crap out! :eek:
What science finds today is this. Inflammation is normal part of the body. Inflammation happens so to fight infection and injury, and then it should (turn off) when the infection or injury is healed. When inflammation happens the body release prostaglandins These prostaglandins can turn on, or turn off inflammation response. Omega 6 fatty acids (TURN ON) Inflammation Omega 3 fatty acids (TURN OFF) Inflammation People need both of these fatty acids in (good balance)..remember body has to turn on inflammation to fight infection, but has to turn off too. Now science think that heart disease is inflammation related, just like arthritis. And science think that what is happening to some people is inflammation is never shut off, but always running on low. And these infection fighting inflammation start to attack the body cells in a bad way when they never shut off. Why? Why does inflammation not shut off? Science think the balance of (omega 6 -turn on inflammation) to (omega 3 turn off inflammation) is changed from the food we eat. Trans fat interfere with the processing of omega 3...so now omega 6 is working, but omega 3 is not. Now we have inflammation running all the time, and that is not good. Saturated fat (DOES NOT) interfere with omega 3. Fast food, processed food,packaged food has a ratio of 15-1 with omega 6 -15 and omega 3- 1. Not balanced, so inflammation stays on. Avoid trans fat, processed foods and high sugar intake. Eat vegetables, fruit, nuts, whole grains, fish and meat. This is what science knows today. Like buylow/sellhi say, science has errors, but right now this is what looks to be the problem in heart disease, and not cholesterol so much as before.