Statins and alchohol - Beyond Tiki

Z ZebraTiki Member Enchanted Bay Area, CA Joined: Aug 01, 2004 Posts: 530	Z ZebraTiki Posted posted on Mon, Jun 6, 2005 10:14 PM By all means, talk to your medical professional! That being said, here's the 'drunken yahoo' version: One of my coworkers has been told by her doctor to drastically reduce her cholesterol, and she's been on assorted cholesterol meds. The extent of her doctor's advice was, "avoid trans-fats". So we got some books from the library, and started reading about what trans fats really are, and how to detect them on food labels. When you realize trans fats are made from hydrogenated oil, bleach and nickel, and designed to not break down into anything a human (or animal) body can use, it gets really enlightening, and scary. Also, FDA laws allow a product to be labeled "no trans fats" even if it does have trans fats under 0.5% per serving. Anyway, after getting rid of the trans-fats, and high-fructose corn syrup, and mostly switching to organic snacks (Newman's cookies, as in Paul Newman), after 4 months, she had reduced her cholesterol enough to be off the statins. She has since switched doctors, as the original doctor recommended foods that had plenty of trans-fats in them (but under 0.5%) to keep her on meds indefinitely. Everything in moderation, even moderation. :)

By all means, talk to your medical professional!

That being said, here's the 'drunken yahoo' version:

One of my coworkers has been told by her doctor to drastically reduce her cholesterol, and she's been on assorted cholesterol meds. The extent of her doctor's advice was, "avoid trans-fats". So we got some books from the library, and started reading about what trans fats really are, and how to detect them on food labels.

When you realize trans fats are made from hydrogenated oil, bleach and nickel, and designed to not break down into anything a human (or animal) body can use, it gets really enlightening, and scary.

Also, FDA laws allow a product to be labeled "no trans fats" even if it does have trans fats under 0.5% per serving.

Anyway, after getting rid of the trans-fats, and high-fructose corn syrup, and mostly switching to organic snacks (Newman's cookies, as in Paul Newman), after 4 months, she had reduced her cholesterol enough to be off the statins. She has since switched doctors, as the original doctor recommended foods that had plenty of trans-fats in them (but under 0.5%) to keep her on meds indefinitely.

Everything in moderation, even moderation. :)

Post #164113 by ZebraTiki on Mon, Jun 6, 2005 10:14 PM