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| 1339.1 | Lamb is OK | FSHQA1::CGIUNTA | | Mon Aug 22 1988 09:46 | 12 |
| I don't have all the facts, but my mother is on a strict diet to
reduce her cholesterol (sp?) as her cholesterol count is up in the
stratosphere, and I know that she can eat lamb. She can't have
beef, but she can eat fish, chicken, pork, veal and lamb. I know,
because the folks are coming up for dinner and I have to pass the
entire menu by her for approval to be sure she can eat everything.
And did you know that radishes are very high in cholesterol? And
apple juice is good for breaking it down. Any other cholesterol
trivia you'd like to know?
Cathy
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| 1339.3 | Bad Rap on Radishes | DPDMAI::LINDSEY | | Mon Aug 22 1988 10:25 | 2 |
| Cholesterol is only found in animal foods. Vegetables, even their
oils or "fats", do not contain any cholesterol.
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| 1339.4 | Puzzled | AKOV68::BROWN | Eight (cats) is enough | Mon Aug 22 1988 13:08 | 3 |
| Re: .2
Why is there a recipe for muffins in a Topic entitled "Lamb vs Beef"?
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| 1339.5 | no cholesterol | PARITY::DASILVA | | Mon Aug 22 1988 17:25 | 1 |
| I agree with 3 only animal products contain cholestrol.
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| 1339.6 | yes cholesterol, but not in amounts worth worrying about | PSW::WINALSKI | Paul S. Winalski | Mon Aug 22 1988 17:37 | 15 |
| RE: .5
Sorry, but that is not true. Cholesterol is a key element in both plant *and*
animal metabolism. Neither animals nor plants can live without it. Any
vegetable matter is going to contain some cholesterol from the metabolism
underway when the plant was harvested.
What *is* true is that most plants do not hoard cholesterol and cholesterol-
containing lipids in their fat stores, the way many animals do. Plant
cholesterol is generally present only in trace amounts. Also, plant fats
in general contain fewer of the saturated fats that are most readily converted
into cholesterol in the body, and more unsaturated fats (there are exceptions,
such as coconut oil).
--PSW
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| 1339.7 | Plants? Not from what I've read. | 16BITS::AITEL | Every little breeze.... | Tue Aug 23 1988 13:15 | 9 |
| Wait a minute - all the books I've read on nutrition say that there
is ZERO cholesterol in plants. And the book I have from the Dept
of Agriculture, called The Composition of Food, lists only animal
items in their list of foods that contain cholesterol. Even the
highly saturated vegetable fats are not cholesterol. They might
not be as good for you as the non-saturated fats, but they're not
as bad as, say, liver or shellfish.
???
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| 1339.8 | | PSW::WINALSKI | Paul S. Winalski | Fri Sep 09 1988 23:42 | 9 |
| RE: .7
From a nutritional standpoint, the amounts present in plant tissues are
nonexistent. However, plants must have cholesterol present in trace amounts.
Cholesterol is a metabolic intermediary in several biosynthetic pathways
essential to life, and therefore all cells will have a stray molecule or two
of it kicking around.
--PSW
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