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Much has been said about diet and heart disease. High blood pressure,
high blood cholesterol and weight all respond to dietary changes.
Recent research has clearly identified saturated fat as the main
influence on blood cholesterol, while all types of fat as well as
lack of exercise affect wieght. Reducing salt and losing excess
weight help lower the blood pressure. Dietary cholesterol, once thought to be a major cause of high blood cholesterol, is now known to be a less important issue. Let's look at diet a little more closely....... |
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Notice that the high fat and sugar foods are all at
the top of the pyramid and should be the least eaten foods
in your diet. Even the EAT MODERATELY foods in the middle
of the pyramid are important sources of fat. The key issue is reducing fat intake. Health authorities recommend that fat should be less than 30% of all the kilojoules in your diet. Click here to learn about cholesterol in food.
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