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Southern diet may raise your risk of heart attack
AL.com ^ | 8/10/15 | American Heart Association

Posted on 08/15/2015 1:21:38 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

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To: Impala64ssa
I have a consistent two word answer to these"studies."

JIM FIXX

And besides, stepping in front of an oncoming bus is bad for your health, too. As is being at the wrong intersection when some punk who just stole a car blows through a stop sign. And no amount of healthy eating is going to help you, then.

41 posted on 08/15/2015 2:12:32 PM PDT by HusbandMan
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To: roamer_1; tflabo
If your fried chicken is 'greasy' then you are probably doing one or more things wrong.

1) You are not using enough oil in the pan. This causes the temperature of the oil to drop below the optimal frying temperature (350-375). Use a heavy, tall sided pot, lots of oil, and a thermometer.

2) You are probably trying to cook too much chicken at once. This is related to the first problem.

3) You are cooking the chicken too long. (related to problems 1 & 2 above) Take the chicken out BEFORE it stops bubbling. The hot oil is turning the moisture in the chicken into steam cooking the chicken and causing the bubbles. As long as there are bubbles, the steam pressure is keeping the oil out of the food.

Drain well on a rack and pat dry with a paper towel. Do NOT let the chicken rest on paper towels.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

42 posted on 08/15/2015 2:14:35 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: roamer_1

Over in the book of Mark, Jesus declared all foods clean. I’ve come to trust him over the years. So it seem you can consume whatever as long as it isn’t in a gluttonous manner and it doesn’t cause someone else to stumble. It’s probably a good idea to avoid the ‘all you can eat’ buffet whether its in the north or south.


43 posted on 08/15/2015 2:15:19 PM PDT by tbpiper
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To: Impala64ssa

That’s because we know how to live down here.


44 posted on 08/15/2015 2:17:43 PM PDT by onthegulf
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To: re_nortex

Not that I don’t sometimes make the more adventuresome choices. But at 65, with a slightly swelling aorta, my doc advises erring toward caution. ‘Feel great though. A lot of walking and swimming.


45 posted on 08/15/2015 2:18:24 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Impala64ssa

Well maybe, but it does lower your risk of having a tasteless boring meal.

Bon Appetit!


46 posted on 08/15/2015 2:19:24 PM PDT by dforest
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To: RegulatorCountry

I think that’s it exactly. Hard physical labor (not just workouts at the gym) will get your body to use just about any food as effectively as possible.


47 posted on 08/15/2015 2:20:22 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HusbandMan

Jim Fixx is a good punchline for jokes. But the facts of the case actually say exercise is good. Before he started jogging he was a 3 pack a day guy, and there was a family history of heart problems. He quit smoking, he dropped a bunch of weight, and even though he died young he was the longest lived male in his family for 3 generations.


48 posted on 08/15/2015 2:20:50 PM PDT by discostu (It always comes down to cortexiphan)
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To: Impala64ssa

Yeah, and eating Northern food can get you mugged!

I’ll take my fresh seafood, and fresh veggies from the south any day. Although I would miss that Maine Lobster.

“Bojangles Chicken isn’t just a food, It’s a way of life!”

Take that, food Nazis! :)


49 posted on 08/15/2015 2:20:55 PM PDT by rikkir (You can lead a horde to knowledge but you can't make them think. (TnkU ctdonath2))
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To: wally_bert
I’m not big on pork [...]

Boy, I sure was... Pork Loin roast, baby backs, and pulled pork sandwiches are still very hard to pass up... And pizza is tough without italian sausage... But I can make my own pizza (and other sausage based) using turkey or beef based comparable... Another thing is wild game - I used to eat a lot of whatever the woods would give me... Makes it pretty tough to live out there if restricted to game birds, deer, and fish...

[...] but like my fried flounder filet so I guess I could function under a loose version of kosher.

It was a good thing for me - It makes you really think about what you are putting in... You can't go wrong eating what YHWH says is good for you to eat... And it brings you back to preparing what you eat for yourself - That's really the only way you can know for sure what you are getting... No more hot pockets, no more fast foods... Or at least, a whole lot less.

I find the anticipation during the cooking time adds so much to the flavor - The first bite, it turns out, is with the nose : ) It makes eating so much more enjoyable. I know that sounds goofy, but it is true for me.

50 posted on 08/15/2015 2:27:01 PM PDT by roamer_1
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To: Impala64ssa

I need to know the proper way to eat grits.
Isn’t it more a matter of what with, or with what to put on them?
Up in Washington St we don’t really know what to do with them.
Like for instance,if you serve biscuits with bacon gravy would you eat grits with it?


51 posted on 08/15/2015 2:37:38 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: HusbandMan

As for Jim Fixx, genetics was stacked against him. Even though he died at a young age, he still outlived his siblings by a considerable margin.


52 posted on 08/15/2015 2:38:27 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: LonePalm; tflabo
If your fried chicken is 'greasy' then you are probably doing one or more things wrong.

Thank you for the info, but you misunderstand me - It wasn't that the chicken was too greasy, but rather something in the grease made me ill, regardless of how greasy... Even baked chicken would make me yak. Didn't have chicken at all unless it was soaked in wine over night to remove the grease...

But then I had dinner at a friend's house, and ate my fill of wonderful fried chicken... The primary difference being that his chickens are range fed, without much for supplements. Since then, I have been buying my chickens from him (He's a Hutterite) and I eat a lot of it... Store-bought chicken still makes me sick.... so go figger.

53 posted on 08/15/2015 2:38:41 PM PDT by roamer_1
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To: Impala64ssa

Correction: Soul Food diet may raise your risk of heart attack


54 posted on 08/15/2015 2:39:34 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: Impala64ssa

BFL


55 posted on 08/15/2015 2:42:16 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: right way right

Make them with milk instead of water and cook them for a good, long time. Very smooth and creamy. You can’t go wrong with basic butter, salt and pepper. Gravy on grits is fine, cheese on grits is fine. Crumbling bacon into grits is fine. Even shrimp, shrimp and grits is a traditional southern low country dish. Some want to treat them like oatmeal, putting sugar on them. That, I’ve never understood. It helps some people, from the northeast primarily, to view grits as a coarse ground variety of polenta. That opens up a lot of possibilities.


56 posted on 08/15/2015 2:44:33 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: tbpiper
Over in the book of Mark, Jesus declared all foods clean.

I would differ with your interpretation of that passage... If Yeshua changed Torah (added to or taken away) then he would necessarily be a false prophet (having committed sin too). Understanding the dichotomy that presents will change the interpretation of the entire New Testament, to include Paul.

As it is, such a declaration does not change the unhealthy nature of predator, scavenger, or filter-feeder meat - And it costs me little to stick to what YHWH says is good for me to eat.

But I don't want to steal the thread... would be happy to debate it elsewhere (Freepmail or RF)...

57 posted on 08/15/2015 2:51:51 PM PDT by roamer_1
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To: Impala64ssa

Ask me if I care.

58 posted on 08/15/2015 3:08:19 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Impala64ssa
"If your dinner plate often includes fried chicken, gravy-smothered liver, buttered rolls and sweet tea — your heart may not find it so tasty..."

"In a large-scale study that explored the relationship between dietary patterns and heart disease risk, researchers found that people who regularly ate traditional Southern fare — which they characterized as fried foods, fatty foods, eggs, processed meats, such as bacon and ham, organ meats like liver, and sugary drinks — were at a higher risk for suffering a heart attack or heart-related death during the next 5.8 years. Previous research also links the Southern diet with increased stroke risk."

Or was it the gravy and rolls instead of the chicken and butter?

This has been one of the problems with these kinds of studies. They don't really single out anything and are used to confirm the biases of the authors.

59 posted on 08/15/2015 3:13:48 PM PDT by mlo
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To: re_nortex
"That's why I made the point a few posts back that Southern food choices are actually quite good."

Except that the southern diet also includes a lot of bread and sugar.

60 posted on 08/15/2015 3:16:05 PM PDT by mlo
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