food

@bgerig (1258)
United States
March 15, 2007 10:14pm CST
Which food do you think contributes most to heart disease? And can it be cooked differently to prevent heart disease?
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@vanakam4 (15)
• United States
17 Mar 07
Red meat,fried and fatty foods are not good for heart.Fish is very good for heart.Eat lots of vegetables and pulses.
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@kiiizu (1901)
• Estonia
17 Mar 07
I'm afraid it's everything that contains a lot of salt and fat, fried food, potato chips of all kind... But some fats are good, like fish fat, and olive oil. To drink too much coffee isn't also good, I guess.
@bjone6 (348)
• United States
16 Mar 07
I believe refined sugar products such as high fructose corn syrup. These are the largest factors in people gaining weight and/or type-2 diabetes. Once these unhealthly sugars are in your body, I believe it's makes the red meats and cholesterols harder to digest. Usually people who eat large amounts of sugars are fat and can not work out to increase their metabolism to get rid of the cholesterol and their heart start to get weak.
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@amitksing (1323)
• India
16 Mar 07
People whose intake of food containing too much cholesterol are more prone to getting heart diseases. Once Cholesterol in the human body is over the actual amount that it should be in, it starts to accumulate in the blood vessels, arteries and veins from inside. This causes the narrowing of the blood carrying vessels, which later results in high blood pressure. Once this happens and cholesterol continues to deposit in body, it slowly chokes the vessels and ultimately blood circulation is disturbed causing heart failure and other such diseases. The best way to prevent such situation is to go for food that contains very less fat and cholesterol!
@maribea (2366)
• Italy
16 Mar 07
my dear, heart disease is a really multifactorial disease...so it is not a problem you can solve with avoidance of one food...of course if you want to avoid or reduce the risks of heart disease, you have to avoid smoke, fatty foods, take care with salts and oil and butter of course and eat fresh fruit, vegetables, use olive oil, have a good variety of food and do a little of exercise...that is ...if you want to do your best to keep healthy, you must live in a healthy way...it is the best you can do and it helps you keep fit and you are surely feeling well...
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@mummymo (23706)
16 Mar 07
Well I would say in scotland it is fried foods that cause the most problems as the fat clogs the arteries! Thinks like chips can be oven baked to cut down the fat but also cooking with a health grill (George Foremans lean mean grilling machine e.g.) can make a huge difference to the amount of fat consumed! While you cook sausages, steaks, burgers and even chicken you can see the fat running into the drip tray! puts you off eating foods cooked in fat for ever!
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
25 Jun 07
..beef fat! And it can be helped by grilling the meat rather than frying.. and by leaning toward the leaner cuts..
• United States
25 Jun 07
..and exercise is very important.. at least moderate exercise every day..
@gberlin (3836)
16 Mar 07
Any food that produces cholesterol which clogs the arteries. I would think foods high in fat. I don't think cooking it differently would help. But probably more fatal to heart disease is smoking, and being overweight.
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
16 Mar 07
Red meat. They have the highest concentration of HDLs which are the bad cholesterols. The best way to cook it is on the grill to let the fats drip off, but it doens't remove the HDLs. And it's not one food that contributes to hart disease. Part of it is your own genetics and if you are predisposed to this. Part of it is your entire eating habits and your exercise habits. If you cover your vegetables in butter, and eat red eat every day, and finish off every meal with a heavy dessert, you are going to be in more trouble than someone who eats a salad with their steak and goes running 3 miles every day. So you can't eliminate one food and think that you have removed the risk of heart disease.
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@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
23 Jun 07
As we know heart ailments are caused by many factors, one of which are the foods we take daily. Foods rich in saturated fat include butter fat in milk products, fat from red meat, and tropical oils such as coconut oil may contribute to having heart attacks. Also extra cholesterol from foods that come from animals (meats, eggs, and dairy products)also increase the risk of heart attacks. 'A study from Harvard Medical School shows that eating lots of refined carbohydrates can also cause heart attacks. High glycemic index foods include all those that have added sugar such as pastries, cakes, cookies and most soft drinks; those made from flour such as bakery products and pastas; fruit juices; root vegetables such as potatoes and beets; and fruits.' Source :http://www.drmirkin.com/heart/8471.html For meats, one way to reduce the fats and cholesterol contents is through grilling and boiling. Avoid fried foods as much as possible.
@youless (112496)
• Guangzhou, China
3 Feb 08
I have heard that oliver oil will be very helpful to avoid the heart disease. This is why the people who have it seldom have heart problem.
@kitty1234 (1476)
• United States
26 Jun 07
Oh my I have started eating healthy and God I miss Hamburgers and Fries!!! (just kidding) but the fat in these items can clog your arteries as if you stuffed them!
@alfira (27)
• Indonesia
2 Feb 08
The source of any diseases in this world most of them is from what food we eaten and how we behave on it. So if you wanna live healthy control your food consumption behave, better use natural product and eat just as you need.
@alfira (27)
• Indonesia
2 Feb 08
The source of any disease is from what food we eaten. So if you wanna live healthy control your food consumption behave, better use natural product and eat just as you need.
• United States
23 Mar 07
A lot of things contribute to heart disease. Food, genes, smoking, weight and ect. However, if we exercise and cut out fats from our diets, it will help us.
@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
21 Mar 07
Some of us no matter what is proned to have heart disease and some who should have it do not. I don't think it is all about food, I think our genes and life style may have as much impact as the foods we eat. The main foods today would be almost anything because of the way it is prepared before we purchase it. All meats, vegetables and fruits have some type of something to preserve them, these preservatives can cause heart disease. We need to exercise more and eat less.
@ESKARENA1 (18261)
21 Mar 07
i know its a truism, probably far too obvious, but as far as i know, the largest contribution to heart disease is fried food. Surely this could be reduced by boiling or grilling food? blessed be
@drakan291 (817)
• Ireland
21 Mar 07
think butter and cheese are probably the worst. And anything with full fat. It's always best to try to cook without butter, even if you are going to use oil instead.
@catbvq (364)
• Philippines
30 Apr 07
I think pork and beef contribute most to heart disease even if the meat is quite lean. But not all who eat pork and beef acquired heart disease, it's a matter of genetics and unhealthy lifestyle. So no matter how you cook them, extracting the fat or whatever, you are likely a candidate of heart disease if it runs in your family.
• China
23 Jun 07
Well,actually there should be something we can do to help prevent heart disease such as high blood pressure or coronary artery disease.Poor diet does contribute to heart disease.The role of fat intake in heart disease is now fairly clearly established.The following are some foods considered avoiding:deep-fried foods,red meats,sugar,salt(if you have high blood pressure),hydrogenated oils,ice-cream,and so forth.In food processing,we degrade proteins by frying and high heat.Taking relatively unprocessed foods is considered heart healthy.