Posted on 01/06/2015 1:34:56 PM PST by BenLurkin
I used to love to put bananas on cereal. Then one day about twenty years ago, I gagged on a piece of banana. I’ve not been able to eat a banana since. Just the smell of one can make me nauseous.
I’ve known the “eggs are bad for your cholesterol” advice was a myth.
My husband has eaten 2-3 eggs every morning for as long as I’ve been married to him (34 years) and he did so when he was single.
His doctors always rave about his cholesterol numbers being consistently the best they’ve seen. So I concluded years ago that eggs were not the enemy.
Yup.....she eats more junk food than I do:)
Hope the maple and brown sugar don’t spoil the positive effects...
It’ll certainly make your life seem longer, dreadfully boringly longer.
It would be an interesting question to ask.
There is very weak association between total cholesterol and heart disease. The total number is not what matters. The best association is not even with high LDL levels. It’s with LOW HDL, and then with high triglycerides.
Guess what kind of diet tends to lower HDL and raise triglycerides.
Wow....that’s old. Most likely one of the older persons ever recorded.
This was actually established long ago. It's been known for decades. But it confuses the mythology about what a healthy diet is supposed to be so it's ignored.
Can you imagine, 11 servings of breads, etc., and 4 servings of fruit every day?
She was the oldest person in the US when she died. She would have been the oldest person in the world but there was an old French woman who claimed to be 122. You know how those French frogs lie. :)
I hear ya about the total. Technically, my total is good, but I have high triglycerides.
Are these guidelines per day or week? I mean I can’t imagine eating 6-11 servings of bread, cereal, pasta each day.
No raisins!!!! and plenty of brown sugar ....
As long as the oatmeal does not contain GMOs.
Is that 7 #2’s a day?
Servings are a lot smaller than you think. Your average bagel shop bagel (not the little ones you get pre-packaged from the grocery store, but the good ones) are like 3 or 4 “servings” by the pyramid. Which was one of the big problems with the food pyramid, it all revolved around a vague word, nobody can look at a bagel and think 4 servings, so folks trying to run the pyramid tended to heavily overeat.
I was told that the old fashion Oatmeal that needs a longer time to cook is easier for diabetics. Not the INSTANT Oatmeal, not good for diabetics. I notice my sugar spikes a lot when I eat the instant one.
Turns out it is not hard to cook a small amount of steel cut oats. Get a pint Thermos bottle. Measure out the appropriate amount of oats. Bring the kettle to a boil. Pour a cup or so into the Thermos, cap and shake to preheat. Dump the water, pour in the oats and the appropriate amount of boiling water (a little less than the recipe on the box as no water will be evaporated, just adsorbed). Cap it, shake it and wait at least 30 minutes. Enjoy.
It will still be hot several hours later, so you can fix it as you get ready in the am and eat it any time into the afternoon. The cooked oats microwave very well. Adjust amounts to suit your needs. Works from one small serving to several. Use a quart Thermos to serve 6 to 8.
Easy peasy, no need to stir the cook pot for 30 minutes so the oats won’t burn.
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