When your doctor tests your cholesterol, you probably hear talk about “good” and “bad” cholesterol. Most of the time, we focus on lowering the “bad” cholesterol and overlook increasing the “good” cholesterol. A quick review: cholesterol is a waxy fat substance which performs several vital functions in your body. These include forming the structure of…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/realworldpaleo/RWP04.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS Episode 004: We’re back with Episode 4 of the Real World Paleo Podcast. Christine and Stephanie talk in-depth about fats: what they are, why we need them, and the different types. We also get into why the American diet has a…
By now, you may have heard that eggs are good for you and not the cholesterol villains the medical community made them out to be. The research shows that saturated fat spikes cholesterol more than eggs do. Eggs have a lot of nutrients. One egg has only 75 calories but 7 grams of high-quality protein,…
We have all heard how unhealthy it is to be overweight (Body Mass Index between 25 and 30) and obese (BMI greater than 30) because it increases your risk of metabolic syndrome, which is a constellation of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, blood pressure and cholesterol. So, was I surprised to read this statement in…
