This time however, the culprit is not fat but nucleic acids from, for instance, muscle tissue (MEAT). The uric acid formed in the digestion process then crystallizes. These crystals can unleash a powerful inflammatory reaction. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100428142300.htm CHOLESTEROL KILLS! BEEF is full of cholesterol GIVE BEEF DA BOOT!
I had very high cholesterol and triglycerides and my doctor said that eating meat had nothing to do with it. She put me on a diet of meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds. Absolutley NO sugar, grains, processed foods or dairy, except for a small amount of yoghurt. My meat consumption went up and my cholesterol fell 150 points in less than a year (ratio of good to bad cholesterol improved proportionally). She said that I can eat all the meat I want as long as it's not fried. I'm not a nutrition expert so I can't argue the science, I'm just giving you my experience.
There are no studies that show that cholesterol falls in any significant way when you simply stop eating meat. That's why people change their diet and still have to be put on statin drugs anyway to reduce their cholesterol. The reason is that 85% of the cholesterol in your system is manufactured by your own liver, intestines and adrenal glands. Statin drugs (e.g., Lipitor) work by forcing your liver to produce less cholesterol. Just eliminating meat consumption will not work. C-reactive protein (inflammatory response) falls only slightly when people stop eating meat. However, for 70% of the population, if they stop eating refined sugar, processed foods and grains, both cholesterol and c-reactive protien fall significantly even if they continue to consume meat. The reason is that cholesterol is produced by the body as part of a hormone (insulin) response to the consumption of sugars/grains. For most people, eliminating sugar and grains reduces both cholesterol and c-reactive protiens. My cholesterol fell to half of what it was and my c-reactive protein fell like a rock without any drugs simply by eliminating all refined sugar, processed foods and grains from my diet. But I still eat lots of meat.
Once I stopped eating sugars, grains and processed foods I started to feel better. I wasn't really sick, but I was getting all the middle-aged symptoms (weight gain, fatigue, rising cholesterol, etc.) even though I was working out regularly. I changed my diet and now I feel twenty years younger.
i guess your wrong afterall J Am Coll Nutr. 1995 Oct;14(5):491-6.Links Rapid reduction of serum cholesterol and blood pressure by a twelve-day, very low fat, strictly vegetarian diet.McDougall J, Litzau K, Haver E, Saunders V, Spiller GA. St. Helena Hospital, Deer Park, California 94576, USA. OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of a strictly vegetarian, very low-fat diet on cardiac risk factor modification. METHODS: Five hundred men and women, participants in an intensive 12-day live-in program, were studied. The program focused on dietary modification, moderate exercise, and stress management at a hospital-based health-center. RESULTS: During this short time period, cardiac risk factors improved: there was an average reduction of total serum cholesterol of 11% (p < 0.001), of blood pressure of 6% (p < 0.001) and a weight loss of 2.5 kg for men and 1 kg for women. Serum triglycerides did not increase except for two subgroups: females age > or = 65 years with serum cholesterol < 6.5 mmol/L and for females 50 to 64 years with baseline serum cholesterol between 5.2-6.5 mmol/L. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol measured on 66 subjects decreased by 19%. CONCLUSION: A strict, very low-fat vegetarian diet free from all animal products combined with lifestyle changes that include exercise and weight loss is an effective way to lower serum cholesterol and blood pressure.