FAT, dietary holdovers and life

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In a message dated 5/22/2004 1:59:56 AM Pacific Standard Time,

duncancrow@... writes:

>

> >Fat, good for you? A high fat diet contributes to things like

> >hardening of the arteries, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke,

> >etc. That can hardly be good for you.

>

> When you read the research though instead of the glossy brochures as

> I did you see that " fat " is several different things. Each kind is

> greatly different from the others; they have greatly different

> properties and lumping them together is quite incorrect.

>

> Some fats harden the arteries, true, the unsaturated,

> polyunsaturated and hydrogenated fats do that very well. This is

> because they oxidize readily.

>

> Some fats do not do the damage, they are the saturated fats. This is

> because they do not oxidize readily.

> >>>Hi, just had to jump in here ;-) I know the ada is not saying enough

about this, or often enough (to suit me at least) I nearly lost my Mother a

short

while ago, with a stroke. Since then we have decided it was a TIA and she

has nearly recovered. While growing up, we had roast beef or steak 95% of the

time. Much margarine was used, Only white breads and rolls. I was the only

fruit eater in the house. My mom's idea of salad dressing was full fat mayo.

(only kind available then, but it would have been this anyway) While we were

okay weight wise, our little arteries were plugging up at a rate that we should

have all been in the morgue. No one knew a thing about these things then, so

we never gave this a thought. When at 18, I married and moved out. Because

Don was from Hawaii, we ate a much more varied diet. I learned a great deal

from my M-I-L. She was a very good cook. After Don broke his back in 1985, we

became sedentary. It hurt him to move, we quit moving. Our doctor always

called us the bobsey twins, because we were and are inseperable. He (dr) used

to

laugh because our blood pressures were always 80/60 the same, until he broke

his back and then they both went up! We gained weight, even though we used low

fat, nonfat products. I managed to gain until I was told " Diabetes. " I then

lost 60 pounds by moving while someone sat with Don. I am living proof of

what everyone says about fats, carbs and sedentary lifestyle. Yes, I have done

a great deal to change it, but after 9-11 happy me even became depressed and

began eating more of the stuff I ate while losing weight. Healthy, just too

much. I never even had a sip of coke, which before diabetes had been my drink

(or drug) of choice, neglecting BG testing (I had never had a high reading

(over 165) and just went into denial, as my A1c's were always under 6.5, I was

not

worried. Last year my arthritis went into high mode and my knee needed

surgery. The dr gave me a shot of steroids into my knee, it helped the pain,

but

sent my BG's to 310. I was released from the pre op room, with the doctor

yelling at me " I thought you controlled this diabetes with diet! " I had, until

that shot. I then did homework and learned he should never have used steroids

on a diabetic, unless they were in the hospital, monitored, insulin ready.

I guess my point is, we can do the damage to our bodies innocently in our

child hoods (Plaque etc) but even though we change to a healthy way of living,

damage is hard to make up for. A long time of good, healthy foods, does not

seem to negate the " before " behavior. We can only learn and stumble through,

trying to create the best situation for ourselves. I have worked hard to

encourage my children and grandchildren to be very aware of these killers. I

make

them fabulous meals with low carbs, minimal fat, sugar free mostly. I use sf

puddings and jellos, because I have a mission to show my loved ones that it is

possible to live well, enjoy life and food, without putting yourself in harms

way. This is why I post recipes, I am on this mission for these lists, as they

are my loved ones, too. I work to keep meals below 45 carbs. I know I drive

Bruce nuts, but as Jo Lund tells me, If you try to remove all the things

you like from your diet, you will not succeed. Add a few nuts, chocolate

chips, marshmallows to your food occasionally, it will not be bad unless you

over

eat the servings. They need to be counted just as everything else we eat is. I

have whole shelves of books and binders of printed materials on diabetes and

recipes . I am convinced we need to enjoy life, shake ourselves out of the

doldrums! Set goals (yes, I am losing again! LOL) make love~ not fight(i mean

peace ;-) and help our fellow man. Sorry it was so long, I just needed to

have clarification, too! Hugs, Marilyn