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Healthy
Eating Lesson 4
Healthy
Eating Myths Destroyed
Some
of the things you think you know that just aint so (these myths
are not true):
- Eating
Cholesterol does not increase your cholesterol levels
-
Salt does NOT cause High Blood Pressure
- Eating
Fat does NOT make you fat
- All
refined carbohydrates are hazardous to you
- Artificial
sweeteners of all kinds are not good for you
- All
vitamins and supplements are NOT created equal
To
Review eating healthy is as simple as eating Fresh and Pure. And
the next couple lessons will help you be clear on what is fresh
and pure, from what isn't.
First,
Eating Cholesterol does not increase your cholesterol levels
The
Medical professions current way of thinking around cholesterol.
They look and see lots of cholesterol in the blood. So they scratch
their head and say, well, don't eat so much cholesterol then.
If you eat less cholesterol, you will not have as much in your
blood. Now, on the surface, it sounds good. But there are two
major flaws with their theory. The first one. It doesn't work.
I dare you to try and find someone whose cholesterol significantly
went down by eating less cholesterol. You will be hard pressed
to find someone. Even with medication.
That
brings in my favorite definition of insanity. Doing the same thing
over and over, and expecting a different result. This is what
the medical profession has been doing for Years. Telling people
to do the same thing, with out really getting results, expecting
to get different results. It just doesn't work that way.
The
Second flaw in their theory is this. The cholesterol in your blood
is not the same cholesterol in the food you eat. Your body actually
has to break down the cholesterol in the food you eat, and then
absorb the pieces of the cholesterol. Then your body, if it wants
to, has to reassemble the pieces back into cholesterol you find
in your blood. And your body does not make cholesterol, unless
you need it.
The
question is then why would you need cholesterol in your blood?
Cholesterol's
primary job is to carry glucose (sugar) around the blood stream.
You need an equal number of cholesterol units as you have sugar
molecules in your blood. So if you have 3000 sugar molecules in
your blood, you need 3,000 cholesterol molecules to carry them.
The actual numbers are much, much higher than this, but you get
the point.
The
more glucose or sugar molecules you have in your blood, the more
cholesterol you need to carry them.
So
what affects your blood sugar levels? Mostly what you eat. Refined
Carbohydrates. When you eat refined carbohydrates, the get digested
and absorbed into the blood stream very quickly. Your body then
very quickly converts the refined carbohydrates into glucose.
This causes a spike in your blood glucose levels. And if you have
a high amount of glucose in the blood, what do you need again?
That is right; you need lots of cholesterol to carry those glucose
guys around.
Your
body is smart. It learns from the past. If you are constantly
having high amounts of glucose because of the food you eat. Your
body prepares for the next time that you eat refined carbohydrates.
It prepares by having lots of cholesterol on reserves to deal
with the certain increase in glucose levels that are inevitably
going to happen.
So
if you eat refined carbohydrates often (daily) your body prepares
by keeping lost of cholesterol on reserve to deal with this. This
is one of the biggest reasons why so many people have high cholesterol
levels. Your body is smart, and it is preparing for the inevitable
of your blood glucose levels going way up from eating refined
carbohydrates.
Like
I said, your body is smart. It is a very quick learner. If you
quit eating food that makes your blood sugar levels high, your
body will get rid of the excess of cholesterol levels in your
blood. That is why, often with in weeks, your cholesterol levels
drop significantly, often 50 or 100 or more points, when you quit
eating refined carbohydrates.
Now,
the trick comes with, what is "refined carbohydrates". Refined
carbohydrates are things that are mostly calories from carbohydrates
that have been refined from how they are found in nature including
most sugars. Great, what does that mean? Things like breads, crackers,
pastas, sugar (in most forms), and grains are refined carbohydrates.
To
safely, significantly lower your cholesterol level with in weeks,
quit eating refined carbohydrates. It is that simple. And again,
don't take my word for it. Do it yourself, and measure your cholesterol
levels before and after, and you will see for yourself. If you
cut refined carbohydrates out completely, you will often notice
the 50-100 point drops with in weeks. If you still eat refined
carbohydrates, you will notice a decrease, but not as quickly.
And the amount your cholesterol drops will be in direct proportion
to how much refined carbohydrates you quit eating. The less you
eat, the more it will drop. It really is that simple.
The
Next Lesson will Share with you
how salt does not cause high Blood pressure.
To
Eating Healthy and Your Freedom
Authentically,
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