Day 15 of the 5 day juice challenge, blood sugar has remained low and weight is slowly declining, I have decided to add a little bit of exercise, this week to see if it helps amp up the weight loss? not that I believe exercise helps to lose weight on its own, but I know it is heart healthy and all the juice guru's are always banging on about getting physical, so I thought just to add some interest to week 3, I would plug in the dormant treadmill and give it a work out (or it will give me one either way).
So last week I tried to put some interest into the juices, so they wouldn't become boring and tried some sweet potato with garlic and chili, some of the normal greens (spinach, celery, kale, cucumber and ginger) and it was different! all you needed to add was some beef strips and you would be drinking a Asian stir fry, I know that sounds gross, but it really wasn't, but the garlic and chili (cayenne chili that we grew ourselves) was a bit upsetting on the stomach, so I thought I would give it a rest for a while and go back to basics with the "mean green" my all time favourite juice. This time around doing the fast has been a piece easy as, I have at times felt a little hungry but as the Juicing gurus say "just have another juice" so that is what I did, but I have dropped from having 4 juices a day to having 3, so I did expect to feel a little hungry at times, especially when we went through that cold snap a while back, I was craving something warm, but didn't want to break the fast. I would say the hardest part of this fast so far has been, smelling the bacon cooking in the kitchen, something about bacon cooking makes you immediately hungry, and luckily for me, my daughter only cooks what she is going to eat so I don't go looking for leftovers ha ha. Quiet often I share articles that are of great interest to me and I think friends and family could benefit from knowing as well, but people do get a little lazy in the reading articles on Facebook, they just want to scroll, scroll, scroll only stopping to read a joke or look at a amusing picture, so I thought I would add this article here, as I think I have all your attention and it is the most asked question or the most worrying question! " Is Cholesterol Bad?" Cholesterol is a healing agent in the body. Cholesterol levels rise during stress and when it is needed to aid a healing process. The body sends cholesterol from the liver to damaged tissue for repair. When the cholesterol is no longer required for tissue repair, it returns to the liver. Cholesterol travels to the artery to repair inflamed tissue, but it does not block the artery. If the inflammation is not addressed, then polyunsaturated fats and plaque form an arterial block. Inflammation, not cholesterol, causes heart disease. Overwhelming research shows that consuming cholesterol-rich saturated fats does not cause heart disease. Interestingly, low cholesterol levels are:
Because [LDL] cholesterol travels from the liver to the wound in the form of LDL, our “science,” in its wisdom calls LDL “bad” cholesterol. When the wound heals and the cholesterol is removed, it travels back to the liver in the form of HDL cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein cholesterol). Because this cholesterol travels away from the artery back to the liver, our misguided “science” calls it “good” cholesterol. This is like calling an ambulance traveling from the hospital to the patient a “bad ambulance,” and the one traveling from the patient back to the hospital a “good ambulance.” LDL cholesterol is not created equal. Dense, small, heavy LDL particles are correlated to an increased risk of heart disease. Large fluffy LDL particles are not. Consuming cholesterol-rich foods like eggs and butter raises the ratio of benign fluffy LDL particles to dense LDL. For about 2/3 of the population, cholesterol-rich eggs are shown to have no effect on blood cholesterol levels. For the other 1/3, it raises cholesterol levels – by raising the benign HDL and the particle size of LDL. Some foods like canola oil, touted by the American Heart Association as cholesterol-reducing, actually worsen the cholesterol profile. These foods reduce the beneficial fluffy LDL and the healthful HDL cholesterol. Vegetable oils also create dangerous oxidized LDL, which can build up in the arteries . Cholesterol-rich saturated fats are nutrient-dense and a foundational component of a healthy diet. Saturated fat raises HDL cholesterol, which is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease. Saturated fat is correlated to a mild increase in the benign, fluffy LDL . Research shows that saturated fat intake from old-fashioned fats like butter are beneficial, not dangerous, to heart health. There is no correlation between dietary saturated fat intake and heart disease . Cholesterol is a nutrient required for health. Unprocessed, whole-food sources of cholesterol, including butter, egg yolks, and seafood are time-honored foods that have nourished humanity for millennia. Do you believe old-fashioned fats and cholesterol are essential for healthy? I know I do, you can share your comments on this matter if you wish, I am all for healthy saturated fats , butter, animal fat, eggs and especially Coconut oil which is a saturated fat but has no Cholesterol so it is a win win for even those who avoid Cholesterol. That article was worth the read don't you think? also if you want to know next time you have your Cholesterol readings done, if you have big fluffy LDL or small dense LDL, look at the Triglycerides reading if it is in the good range even though "your doctor" says your LDL is high then you know that the LDL is fluffy! The bottom line is... Our body needs Cholesterol and when we are stressed or ill our Cholesterol will be higher as it sets to work to heal us, so high Cholesterol is not a bad thing!
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Wendy MeersI am a mother of two grown daughters, 3 beautiful grand-babies. Retired freelance Web Designer and a Sugar Free - Juicing Crusader& Keto supporter Archives
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