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Your body makes all of the saturated fats you need. Also, certain fats are necessary to have in your diet (these are the so-called "essential fatty acids") and thus it is not suggested that you cut all fat out of your diet, only that you lower your intake of fat to a certain proportion of your daily caloric intake (around…
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Yes, I totally agree with you! But you know there are still going to be those people out there who would prefer to listen to the media's shocking new report that the scientists and doctors have been wrong all this time, and there is a worldwide medical conspiracy to misinform our patients just because we doctors and…
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Well...I agree and disagree. Cholesterol DOES get absorbed from food, but genetics have a lot to do with how your body handles its cholesterol. So I wouldn't go crazy eating high-cholesterol foods if high blood cholesterol ran in my family. One thing that is for sure is that vegans who don't eat any sources of cholesterol…
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I also have a hard time staying under their sugar goal. I think it is unrealistic, however, especially if you eat lots of fruit. I think the sugar should only be counted if it comes from sources of "added sugar," i.e., any food that has sugar added to it artificially (candy, processed foods, etc...). I would be interested…
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I have trouble getting enough iron as well. I drink a lot of fat-free milk so I'm usually ok with the calcium, though even so it is usually a little on the low side. I tried taking a multivitamin but my stomach can't handle it for some reason, and it always gives me stomach pain. You could try the multivitamin, although be…
