My labs just came back and I'm fit as a fiddle. HDL is high and LDL is low. Betwixt this and the fish oil my heart beats happily.
Posted on 06/25/2009 12:28:54 PM PDT by lewisglad
Peanut butter sandwiches, favoured by cartoon character Charlie Brown, could be the secret to beating heart disease, according to new research.
A study in the US reveals snacking on peanuts or peanut butter at least five days a week can nearly halve the risk of a heart attack.
A team of experts at Harvard Medical School in Boston came up with the findings after studying the eating habits of thousands of women with type two diabetes.
The condition dramatically increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Poor diet and lifestyle has led to a surge in the numbers affected by type two diabetes in the UK, up from 1.5 million five years ago to 2.25 million.
The latest findings, published in the Journal of Nutrition, support earlier studies on the cardiovascular benefits of peanuts and peanut products.
But it is believed to be the first study showing major clinical benefits in such a high-risk group.
In a report the researchers said: 'Peanuts are low in saturated fat and high in mono and polyunsaturated fats, which have been shown to lower LDL cholesterol.'
LDL cholesterol is the 'bad' form of blood fat known to increase the dangers to the heart.
But the researchers said peanuts and peanut butter could also be helping by reducing inflammation in the body, or boosting the health of blood vessels around the heart.
The team analysed the diets of more than 6,000 women who took part in the Nurses Health Study, a long-running investigation into female health trends which began back in 1976.
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Peanut oil for cooking is awesome.. it’s now my favorite oil to fry in.
I primarily use peanut butter (chunky/crunchy) in baking. The PB and pecan cookies with dark chocolate chunks vanished so quickly the other day i’m thinking up doubling the batch next time LOL.
<peanut butter and frito sandwiches
Haven’t had PB & fritos, but I do love a PB & J & BBQ potato chip sandwich.
You can get it online as well. I’ve never bought coconut oil in a store. Try vitacost.com or any of the other online vitamin dealers.
My labs just came back and I'm fit as a fiddle. HDL is high and LDL is low. Betwixt this and the fish oil my heart beats happily.
I eat right out of the jar.
Hell, on behalf of a drug company, they've classified Vitamin B-6, or a form of it, a drug as well. A freakin Vitamin!!
The world is going insane.
If you want to avoid trans fats then eliminate the use of processed foods with partially hydrogenated oils listed in the ingredients.
yefragetuwrabrumuy linked a BBC story in comment# 42. Here's a link to the original study by Thornally and two others by him.
The potential role of thiamine (vitamin B1) in diabetic complications.
Benfotiamine is a fat-soluble analog of Thiamine, and I know from blood tests that one capsule a day raised my level from marginally deficient to high-normal. Three capsules raised it to more than twice normal, which my Neurologist did not like.
My problem is peripheral neuropathy, likely a result of now-controlled type II diabetes. I have been on a low-carb, low-glycemic diet since 2005, but only managed to lose about 10 pounds in the first few months, down to about 235. Then last August 1 my wife and I joined the Jewish Community Center. I discovered that although I could not safely either run or “power walk” outdoors with my numb feet, I COULD walk on a treadmill because I could keep my balance by holding the frame.
I started slow, but gradually walked faster, longer, and at a progressively greater incline, until today I walk 2.7 miles daily in 35 minutes, at an incline of 12. And since May, I do this after 30 minutes on an “Arc Trainer”. Combined with a little weight training, I work off almost 1000 calories daily, according to the machines. My weight is down to 175, and I have had to drop one hypertension drug and reduce another, and switch to a gentler diuretic.
My A1c is normal, and my glucose averages under 100, morning and night. I do depend on Zocor to keep cholesterol under control, and I still take 150 mg of benfotiamine daily, just in case it helps. I THINK that I am regaining some feeling in my feet and lower legs, but my toes are still numb. I will find out in a few months, when I next see my neurologist.
I have discovered that most, if not all, “diabetic” shoes are a ripoff. To qualify, they need only a large enough toe box and a padded, but easily damaged or worn out lining. They do NOT offer either the support or the shock absorption that I badly needed for my activities, although I do still need the "accommodative inserts" that are custom fitted. I just put the inserts into high-quality running shoes (Nike Structure II) that have never caused a blister.
Thanks for sharing your story.
THanks...it’s supposed to be the best for popcorn...
Or with syrup and lots of bacon.
Yep, like Whole Paycheck.
Thanks for the tip.
LOL....ain’t that the truth.
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Mmmmmmmm.
Here’s my breakfast, 100% wholewheat english muffin, peanut butter and sprinkle of walnuts, 5 times a week. Must be keeping me healthy.
Here is information that probably will not be believed by about 90% of the population, but the science is sound. People have been led down the wrong paths in so many cases by conventional wisdom, so-called experts and health nannies, and just plain prejudice.
Weight Gain as One Ages is Healthy
http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/06/paradoxes-compel-us-to-think-part-two.html
Thanks for the link.
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