Only OK Occasionally Foods -- part 3
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Today's post: Monday, 6-12-2006
Only OK Occasionally Foods -- part 3
( I'm including this section in my blog because eating health-enhancing foods as a permanent lifestyle is a lot easier & more fun if you have some variety in your food.
The key to eating them safely is to eat them very occasionally & NOT more often than that.
Some might be OK 3 times a month, others might be safer once or twice a year.)
Three other keys are:
1. Eat less of them on the days you do eat them than the people do who are clueless about the health effects of the foods they eat.
2. Eat them with Superfoods or foods that lessen or prevent their bad effects.
3. Some of these foods are OK for some of you but not others.
LIVER.
In some ways, liver is a Superfood & an Honor Roll food.
It’s high in bioavailable iron & other minerals. It’s high in good quality protein. It’s high in vitamin A & vitamin C in its natural form.
And, it’s an extremely rich source for the B complex vitamins.
So, why do I list it here; & NOT in the main Superfoods list?
Because it’s not safe to eat very often.
It’s not on the recommended list for people with LDL levels due to its high saturated fat & cholesterol levels.
And, it has more serious problems.
Pregnant women should NOT eat it if it can be avoided. (And, it can -- by eating other foods & taking vitamins & minerals that have those same nutrients.)
Younger children should probably not eat it. And, older kids & adults should probably eat Liver less than once a month – three or four times a year if that.
The reason, unfortunately, is that animals bio-concentrate the pollutants they ingest.
(That’s another reason to eat plant proteins mostly & some nonfat & lean animal proteins for variety with LOTS of low starch vegetables & some whole fruit as your normal eating style.)
LIVER is even worse in this regard. Since it is the animal’s toxin filter, liver bio-concentrates pollutants far more than you find in the animal's meat.
OUCH !!
Liver from organically fed cattle or chickens may be somewhat safer.
In it we post health commentary & reviews of books, eBooks, & other things that improve or protect your health or which enable you to live longer, to be more prosperous, & to be more effective.
Today's post: Monday, 6-12-2006
Only OK Occasionally Foods -- part 3
( I'm including this section in my blog because eating health-enhancing foods as a permanent lifestyle is a lot easier & more fun if you have some variety in your food.
The key to eating them safely is to eat them very occasionally & NOT more often than that.
Some might be OK 3 times a month, others might be safer once or twice a year.)
Three other keys are:
1. Eat less of them on the days you do eat them than the people do who are clueless about the health effects of the foods they eat.
2. Eat them with Superfoods or foods that lessen or prevent their bad effects.
3. Some of these foods are OK for some of you but not others.
LIVER.
In some ways, liver is a Superfood & an Honor Roll food.
It’s high in bioavailable iron & other minerals. It’s high in good quality protein. It’s high in vitamin A & vitamin C in its natural form.
And, it’s an extremely rich source for the B complex vitamins.
So, why do I list it here; & NOT in the main Superfoods list?
Because it’s not safe to eat very often.
It’s not on the recommended list for people with LDL levels due to its high saturated fat & cholesterol levels.
And, it has more serious problems.
Pregnant women should NOT eat it if it can be avoided. (And, it can -- by eating other foods & taking vitamins & minerals that have those same nutrients.)
Younger children should probably not eat it. And, older kids & adults should probably eat Liver less than once a month – three or four times a year if that.
The reason, unfortunately, is that animals bio-concentrate the pollutants they ingest.
(That’s another reason to eat plant proteins mostly & some nonfat & lean animal proteins for variety with LOTS of low starch vegetables & some whole fruit as your normal eating style.)
LIVER is even worse in this regard. Since it is the animal’s toxin filter, liver bio-concentrates pollutants far more than you find in the animal's meat.
OUCH !!
Liver from organically fed cattle or chickens may be somewhat safer.
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