Southern diet may raise your risk of heart attack

AL.com ^ | 8/10/15 | American Heart Association

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “Or was it the gravy and rolls instead of the chicken and butter?” <<

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Without question!

Grocery store chicken is bad news, not because of fats, but because of the drugs that it is saturated with.
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[re_nortex]

I’d rather die 10 years earlier than eat like a Californian.

It's clear that California cooking has had deleterious effects on Governor Moonbeam, both physically and -- most of all -- mentally. He looks and acts very feebly.

[catnipman]

The biggest problem with the southern diet is that they got talked into using Crisco (and similar partially hydrogenated oils) for all their frying needs and using margarine (yellow-colored partially hydrogenated oils) instead of the animal fats they had traditionally used for a couple of hundred years prior to that.

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “God was surely in favor of grains.” <<

Barley to make bread is the only grain supported in the Bible.

[CatherineofAragon]

I must be the only Southerner who doesn’t like sweet tea.

But pinto beans, blackeyed peas, cornbread, country ham...yes, ma’am.

Actually I like to watch my carbs, so the cornbread is an occasional thing, dang it.

[editor-surveyor]

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LOL!

[CatherineofAragon]

LOL

[CatherineofAragon]

Crisco is non-hydrogenated now.

[editor-surveyor]

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Whole grains are generally a no-no.

The reason is that they are loaded with enzyme inhibitors that prevent your food, particularly the very necessary saturated fats, from being digested and metabolized.

[re_nortex]

I must be the only Southerner who doesn’t like sweet tea.

That makes two of us. The only additive for me is lemon in my ice tea.

[editor-surveyor]

What do you think a californian eats?

[editor-surveyor]

Crisco is 100% non-food.

Butter, coconut oil, or lard are safe to use, but not much else.

[editor-surveyor]

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Moonbeam eats tofu and toe jam.
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[CatherineofAragon]

Yes, all of those are much better to use.

I don’t mind using Crisco once in a while, though. We’re going to die anyway.

[re_nortex]

Whole grains are generally a no-no.

The WBTS threads (or more recently the Trump threads) here on FR are mild compared to the paleo/vegan all-out war waged by the advocates of both, many of whom are MDs and can back their views with mounds of numbers.

[editor-surveyor]

Margarine is a petroleum product.

[CatherineofAragon]

Yep, a little lemon is how I like it if I’m going to drink it.

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “The only additive for me is lemon in my ice tea.” <<

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Ditto!

[Leep]

“may raise your risk of heart attack”

Yeah, but it may not,too!

[TMI talker]

In my travels through the South, I was always amused to find fast food joints with "Now Frying" signs.



During one of my business trips to Nawlins, I was getting overwhelmed by the rich foods. So for a lunch, I decided to order a salad garnished with chicken breast. Should be nice and lean, right? The salad came, but right on top was the biggest piece of fried chicken I had ever seen. Yowza!