Cholesterol: Friend or Foe?
When people think eggs, they often think cholesterol; then they think heart disease. But cholesterol is a necessary component of every cell in your body. Let’s get to the bottom of it.
When people think eggs, they often think cholesterol; then they think heart disease. But cholesterol is a necessary component of every cell in your body. Let’s get to the bottom of it.
Butter. The thought of this delicacy might make some folks gasp in horror, as conventional nutritional advice has browbeaten many into believing that butter (and other naturally occurring fats) will make us fat and clog our arteries. Butter lovers can rejoice, as this is simply not true.
What’s on your whole foods hit list? Let’s talk about the food myths that have become mainstream “knowledge” and have catapulted the sale of some dubious health and diet books, many of which have thankfully faded into near oblivion.
Saturated fats and cholesterol have been vilified for 30 years, but the truth is, they’re essential for good health and a necessary component of every cell in your body.
Recent estimates claim that 44 million people are threatened with osteoporosis. Ten million are estimated to already have the disease, 80% of them women. If our recent ancestors had sturdy, healthy bones that carried them upright for a lifetime, then we have to ask ourselves, what are we currently doing wrong?