A new US study provides the first conclusive evidence that shifting from saturated to polyunsaturated fat is likely to lower the risk of developing coronary heart disease by nearly 20 per cent. # Coronary heart disease risk went down by 10 per cent for for every 5 per cent increase (measured as total energy) in polyunsaturated fat consumption. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/183129.php ROFL
I'm making a home made pizza tonight and will drizzle a generous portion of olive oil on before it goes into the over. Thank you MAYO CLINIC!
http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/637255.html "The specific replacement nutrient for saturated fat may be very important. Our findings suggest that polyunsaturated fats would be a preferred replacement for saturated fats for better heart health," study lead author Dariush Mozaffarian, an assistant professor in the epidemiology department at the Harvard School of Public Health and in the department of medicine at Harvard Medical School, said in a news release. now that's what talkin about MAYO .. not good for you
From the Northwestern University Website: Protein from animal sources (meat, fish, dairy products, egg white) is considered high biological value protein or a "complete" protein because all nine essential amino acids are present in these proteins. An exception to this rule is collagen-derived gelatin which is lacking in tryptophan. Plant sources of protein (grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds) generally do not contain sufficient amounts of one or more of the essential amino acids. Thus protein synthesis can occur only to the extent that the limiting amino acids are available. These proteins are considered to have intermediate biological value or to be partially complete because, although consumed alone they do not meet the requirements for essential amino acids, they can be combined to provide amounts and proportions of essential amino acids equivalent to high biological proteins from animal sources. Plants that are entirely lacking in essential amino acids are considered incomplete proteins or sources of low biological value protein. These sources include most fruits and vegetables. A low biological value means that it is difficult or impossible to compensate for insufficient amounts of essential amino acids by combining different sources as with partially complete proteins. Now comes the fun part. If you have an essential amino acid deficiency your body your body needs to get the essentials aminos from somewhere - your body begins to cannabilise itself. This leads to a condition known as Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM) ***PEM has the following clinical features: weight loss, diarrhea, loss of lean body mass, muscle weakness, depigmented hair and skin, pressure sores, and depressed immune function.*** And to those vegetarians that have watched their foods and mixed correctly and added things like yoghurt, eggs and fish because they knew what they were doing then congratulations! "You made you decision, OK, I have made mine. I do not try to shove a 500g juicy BBQ T-Bone steak down your throat. I don't want your "vegetarianism"
Let me just say, whole wheat dough, fresh (vine ripened) sliced tomatoes, fresh basil and fresh mozzarella make an EXCELLENT pizza (no sauce needed).....and a generous portion of EVOO drizzled all over makes my heart so much stronger and I can FEEL my LDL dropping. Thank you Olive Oil and MAYO CLINIC!!