Thread: The bad stuff

nope.

If you're eating smart and clean...what's to worry about?

When I cut the first 2 times, I made sure to look at labels and see what is the food I get. I kept them down to a minimum if they were not working with my calories, but after I knew what had a lot of sat. fat from the first 2 runs at cutting when I logged all my shit, I didnt need to look anymore.

Originally Posted by AKIRA

When I cut the first 2 times, I made sure to look at labels and see what is the food I get. I kept them down to a minimum if they were not working with my calories, but after I knew what had a lot of sat. fat from the first 2 runs at cutting when I logged all my shit, I didnt need to look anymore.

after doing this for a while now i agree you just kind of know. i don't even see food andmore, i see carbs, protein and fat. unless i buy something new, i don't look either. but this process, for me, took years

No. I eat no man made trans fats and limit my fructose intake, but I track nothing else explicitly.

What sparked this was the cholesterol contained in eggs. The recommended daily allowance is around 300mg (as far as I know) and 1 egg has around 1000mg. So, lets say we eat 3 eggs a day, then we are consuming 1000% of the recommended per day. What do you guys think?

I think it really doesn't matter.

Unless you have some genetic disposition to cholesterol problems.

Originally Posted by rockhardly

What sparked this was the cholesterol contained in eggs. The recommended daily allowance is around 300mg (as far as I know) and 1 egg has around 1000mg. So, lets say we eat 3 eggs a day, then we are consuming 1000% of the recommended per day. What do you guys think?

October 16th, 2009 - Despite what your doctor and favorite fitness magazine tell you, dietary cholesterol is not the enemy. In fact, our own cells manufacture roughly 80% of the cholesterol in our body (1). Increase your dietary intake, and normally the body will compensate by producing less of its own. Decrease, and your body will make more.

So where do carbohydrates fit in to all of this?

When you ingest carbohydrates, they are broken down into glucose and released into the blood stream. This raises blood sugar levels, and the body releases insulin to deliver the sugar to the various cells in the body for use as fuel. Aside from storing nutrients in the body, insulin also stimulates the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, which determines the rate and amount of cholesterol produced by our cells. (2) The more cholesterol our cells produce, the less they remove from the LDL particles in the blood, and the more cholesterol remains in circulation.

Take home message - It’s the toast, not the eggs.

Carbohydrates Drive Up Cholesterol

I track fat, not cholesterol