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Rosemary Judy

Joined: 08 Aug 2005
Posts: 1215
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 10 5:03 pm Post subject:
sugar should be no more than 10% of your energy intake..... ( Non milk extrinsic sugars to be exact ) sunflower oil is one of the good ones, but olive and rapeseed are possibly better.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 10 5:10 pm Post subject:
My GP told me off for using olive oil said it was too high in Cholesterol. Now I use rice bran oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_bran_oil

ros

Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 2469
Location: Beds

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 10 5:11 pm Post subject:
I didn't think dietry cholesterol translated into blood levels - rethink on eggs, prawns etc quite recently? RJ , is that wishful thinking?

Rosemary Judy

Joined: 08 Aug 2005
Posts: 1215
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 10 10:28 pm Post subject:

No Ros, you are right, cholesterol in food does not translate to cholesterol in the blood. That would be far too logical and sensible

The things that affect cholesterol are : ( no particular order )

overall fat and oil intake - < 35% energy intake
fibre and wholegrain intake - at least 3 portions a day
fruit and veg intake - 5 a day
the amount of exersise you do - at least 30 mins
your genes - hard to change these !
your weight - aim for a healthy weight BMI 20-25

Hope this helps....

and 12 bore - your GP needs shooting for such wrong advice

ros

Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 2469
Location: Beds

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 10 10:36 am Post subject:
excellent, am glad I wasn't imagining things

aussietail

Joined: 08 Dec 2009
Posts: 12
Location: Eastern End of the Roman Wall, UK

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 10 5:44 pm Post subject:
Sunflower oil..... hmm... looking through notes from course (re-Diabetes).... worst are lard, then butter, then sunflower oil, then olive oil, and rapeseed oil is best - with a couple of others (including walnut oil) being on a par with rapeseed.

dan1

Joined: 23 Jun 2010
Posts: 102
Location: Bristolish

Posted: Fri May 20, 11 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: The great olive oil fraud
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kirstyfern

Joined: 03 Jan 2010
Posts: 1574
Location: Great Dunmow, Essex

Posted: Sun May 22, 11 7:22 pm Post subject:

aussietail wrote:

Sunflower oil..... hmm... looking through notes from course (re-Diabetes).... worst are lard, then butter, then sunflower oil, then olive oil, and rapeseed oil is best - with a couple of others (including walnut oil) being on a par with rapeseed.

Oh good, I use Walnut oil

macco

Joined: 12 Aug 2014
Posts: 4

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 14 8:54 am Post subject:

Hello everyone,

Unfortunately, living in Italy, I say that every year comes to a fraud inherent the olive oil.
This year we thought the NYT. An article that has sparked much controversy here in Italy. But it must be said that the issue of fraud concerns not only the olive oil, but also pasta and canned tomatoes.
Also a problem for the tourists (who do not know the warnings that we use consumers) who are eating the food that of "Italian" has very little!

For the cholesterol problem I know that extra virgin oil has many beneficial qualities and consumed raw is good!
It is not good for frying though!

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