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Originally Posted by beanma
 Earth Balance is tasty though it does have some palm oil which is not great environmentally, but supposedly okay for your health.
To lower your cholesterol you'll do best to avoid too many carbs. Check out "Eat Drink and Be Healthy" by Walter Willet (head of Harvard's school of Public Health) for a moderate-radical approach to diet, as opposed to radical-radical like Weston A Price devotees or vegans or raw foodists. He still manages to turn the USDA Food Pyramid on it's head with tons of data from longitudinal studies without taking your diet somewhere you don't want to go. I do try to avoid heaps of saturated fat, but I definitely don't go low-fat. A low fat diet is not actually good for lowering cholesterol levels. Low thyroid can also cause high cholesterol so be sure his doctor checks that out. I'm sure you'll get lots of advice here! |
My husband has been exercising almost daily for the last 3 months, and has cut way back on the junk food, and still hasn't managed to lose much weight. He wants to lose about 20 lbs; he's definitely built up some muscle mass but can't get completely rid of his belly.
I told him that I'm a big believer in low-carb diets and "right" carb diets, but he's not convinced and says the low carb diet makes him feel terrible.
He already eats healthy carbs, like oatmeal, whole-grain breads, and fruit; however, he also on top of that indulges in some junky carbs a few times a week such as white bread and dessert. I just know that his issue is too many carbs and that's why his belly fat is remaining.
Anyway...from the reading you've done do you have a number to recommend that isn't crazy low like 20 grams?
Thanks!
