Chew On This: Hah! A new - and worse - cholesterol!
Just when you thought it was safe to check your cholesterol levels, along comes a new - and worse - cholesterol threat: Oxycholesterol!
According to findings presented by a Chinese study at this week’s 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, hamsters fed a diet high in oxycholesterol displayed blood cholesterol increases of up to 22 per cent more than hamsters eating non-oxidized cholesterol. And they took on more in the lining of their arteries and showed a tendency to develop larger cholesterol deposits called atherosclerotic plaques.
How do you ingest oxidized cholesterol? From fried and processed foods. Natch. So put down those potato chips.
“The amount of cholesterol consumed from diet is about 300-500 mg cholesterol per day per person while cholesterol oxidation products could reach up to 10 per cent total cholesterol in diet,” lead researcher Dr Zhen-Yu Chen, told Foodnavigator.com.
Apparently, researchers have been studying its effects on cell and DNA damage, and its biochemical contribution to atherosclerosis for some time, but this is one of the first studies on oxycholesterol's effects in raising blood cholesterol levels, compared to non-oxidized cholesterol. What you and I know as regular bad cholesterol.
It's summer. Just eat normal fresh foods and grill your meats and fish, okay? It's probably what you're doing anyway. Fall then winter will be with us soon and you won't get the chance then.
According to findings presented by a Chinese study at this week’s 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, hamsters fed a diet high in oxycholesterol displayed blood cholesterol increases of up to 22 per cent more than hamsters eating non-oxidized cholesterol. And they took on more in the lining of their arteries and showed a tendency to develop larger cholesterol deposits called atherosclerotic plaques.
How do you ingest oxidized cholesterol? From fried and processed foods. Natch. So put down those potato chips.
“The amount of cholesterol consumed from diet is about 300-500 mg cholesterol per day per person while cholesterol oxidation products could reach up to 10 per cent total cholesterol in diet,” lead researcher Dr Zhen-Yu Chen, told Foodnavigator.com.
Apparently, researchers have been studying its effects on cell and DNA damage, and its biochemical contribution to atherosclerosis for some time, but this is one of the first studies on oxycholesterol's effects in raising blood cholesterol levels, compared to non-oxidized cholesterol. What you and I know as regular bad cholesterol.
It's summer. Just eat normal fresh foods and grill your meats and fish, okay? It's probably what you're doing anyway. Fall then winter will be with us soon and you won't get the chance then.
Posted on Wednesday 26th August 2009 in
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