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Posted 8/5/2005 9:40 PM (GMT 0)
Diets and heart disease is a good thread but lets remember this

 

1. Talk to your doctor about you wanting to lose weight.

 

2. Remember not all diets are good.

 

3.Each one of us have diferent  health problems and one diet might be good for one person and be bad for another person.

 

4. Eat healthy foods

 

5. Learn to read food labels

 

6. Eat Healthy Foods

 

7. Get some type of exercise daily even if it is just house work.

 

me for example I have lost from 188 to 145 and need to weigh 130-135 but I am on a low fat,lowcholesterol low sodium diet no pork products at all, nothing white, I stay away from trans fats, Make my own bread in a bread maker and also make my own chicken,beef,veggie broths.I tend to get some exercise.

 

But lets all give our tips and remember  to check with the doctor before starting any type of diet or changes in our eating plan. I will also bring back up the recipie thread so libby can post her recipies and  anyone else who wants to do  post.

Heidi

Posted 8/6/2005 1:17 AM (GMT 0)
okay, everyone. what heidi said is exactly right of course - what works for one doesn't always work for the other. but i'll start my contribution to this thread by talking about oat BRAN, not oat meal.

i lowered my cholesterol ONE HUNDRED points in one month SOLEY eating an oat bran muffin every single day. and they're tasty. so even though we can all be on statins, if you'd like an additional help to the ole ticker to keep things flowing more nicely, i have 2-3 recipes of oatbran that you all can try. one is for banana nut muffins, the other is oat meal cookies! i love them. darren hates them. he says he hates the grit of oat bran, but honestly, i don't even truly notice that. let me know if you'd like me to post them here. and the nice thing is, they can both be made in about 10 -20 minutes.

libby
Posted 8/6/2005 1:48 AM (GMT 0)

Libby go to heart healthy recipies and put up your oatbran recipies it is so good I also use wheat germ on my ceral adn some people eat kashi every day to. i also use smart balance and olive oil extr vurgin. so libby please post on heart healthy recipies that i heva brought  up with yuor oat bran muffins they sound so ummy.

Hedii

Posted 8/6/2005 3:39 AM (GMT 0)
Libby - that is fantastic about the oat bran muffins taking 100 points off your cholesterol - please do post the recipe. Heidi, those were all good points that you made, but - I would say that foods that even have labels to read (which would be processed foods) are not the best foods for us to eat. nono I really can't eat anything that comes in a box, can or jar. Those things are loaded with salt and preservatives and who knows what else, so I stay completely out of the center aisles at the store and just buy fresh meats (fish & chicken) and fresh fruits and veg's. and dairy (alot of yogurt).
I make fantastic coffee tongue but I'm a terrible cook, and I would love to have some recipes and some other ways of flavoring food without salt.
Posted 8/6/2005 3:04 PM (GMT 0)

Famulus

GO to heart healthy foods I brought it back up it hqas great recipies too. I also love to shop on outside isles too. I blow up like a man of war when I eat a dab of too much salt or something that is just to salty man  My shoes get tight by the time I come home. but yes go to heart healthy foods and yuo will find all the recipies their ok.

Heidi

Posted 8/6/2005 3:25 PM (GMT 0)
Different typres of sodium to watch in your diet.

 

Disodium Phosphate found in quick cooking cerals and process cheeses

 

Sodium Alginate

used in many choclate milks and ice creams to make a smooth mixture

 

Sodium Benzoate used as a presertative in many condiments relishes,sauces and the big one salad dressings

 

Sodium Hydroxide used in food processing to soften or loosen skins of ripe olives ad certain fruits and vegtables.

Sodium Nitrate used to cure meats and sausage

 

Sodium Propionate used in pasturized cheese aand some breads and cakes to inhibit growth of mold

 

Soodium sulfate to bleach certain fruits and maraaschino cherries and glazed or crystallized fruits that are to be artifically colored alsomused asa preservative in some dried fruits  such as prunes.

 

also watch out for  Sodium choloride regular salt we cook with

MSG a seasoning that most fast food places and restraunts use in cooking and also in canned and frozen foods

 

Sodium Bicarbonate used in cakes,bread,pasteries and also used for makeing certain types  of vegtables as an alka;izer eier for digestion

 

Bakeing powder used to leven breads and cakes.

 

 

 

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