Posted on 06/04/2019 1:46:55 PM PDT by Red Badger
Researchers report in a new study that eating white meat poultry can raise cholesterol levels similarly to red meat. File Photo by RitaE/Pixabay
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June 4 (UPI) -- Eating a chicken could raise a person's "bad cholesterol" to similar levels as eating a steak, contradicting long-thought ideas about health differences between the meats, new research suggests.
Researchers found eating white meat poultry may raise low-density lipoprotein levels in the same way as red meat, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition. That elevation in bad cholesterol after eating chicken can occur with or without consuming any saturated fat.
"When we planned this study, we expected red meat to have a more adverse effect on blood cholesterol levels than white meat, but we were surprised that this was not the case -- their effects on cholesterol are identical when saturated fat levels are equivalent," Ronald Krauss, director of atherosclerosis research at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute and study senior author, said in a news release.
The Animal and Plant Protein and Cardiovascular Health trial showed eating a heavy diet of red meat or white meat led to higher blood cholesterol levels for the consumer than eating the same amount of plant proteins.
The new findings contradict guidelines from health groups that eating poultry is better for heart health than red meat, suggesting there is less health difference between the two proteins than previously thought. In its dietary guidelines, the federal government promotes eating less red meat and poultry, suggesting people increase the amount of vegetables and other underconsumed food groups they eat.
The researchers say eating proteins from dairy, legumes and vegetables provide the best cholesterol benefit.
"Our results indicate that current advice to restrict red meat and not white meat should not be based only on their effects on blood cholesterol," Krauss said. "Indeed, other effects of red meat consumption could contribute to heart disease, and these effects should be explored in more detail in an effort to improve health."
my doc just put me on meds, but i had pretty bad muscle pain. I stopped taking them! I think it is my genetics b/c i really do watch what i eat and exercise.
Gotta have that Lipitor.
Gotta stick to fish ... oops that has mercury.
Gotta stick to soy ... oops then they'll grow breasts.
I like the dark meat anyway......
Same here. And I especially like goose, which is all dark meat.
I haven't drank anything but Coffee and Diet Coke for over 20 years and am sneaking up on 81 so I expect your observation to be proved soon.
Diet
Little Red Rooster--Margie Day (With the Griffin Bros. Orchestra)
Chicken Shack Boogie--Amos Milburn
Greasy Chicken--Andre Williams & the Don Juans
I agree but there are more than a few carbs in it. Try G. Hughes sugar free BBQ sauce available on Amazon or Wal-Mart 2 carbs per tablespoon, not Masterpiece but not bad either comes in three flavors but only hickory for me.
Doesn't everyone? Iceberg lettuce has more water content than a bottle of Evian.
The flavor went away when chickens became as big as young turkeys. Ducks used to be all dark meat when you had to shoot them to get them, oh well all things change.
I give up, dammit. I gave up my dinners of red meat to join the chicken lunch bunch to save my heart and lose weight and now they tell me it was all for nothing.
I personally knew, and know people who have lived well into their nineties and a couple who lived over a hundred years.
They had two things in common.
They never worried about what they ate.
They never jogged a block in their life. - Tom
Cook it long and slow in pasta sauce, for example.
Democrats make me sick
Ate chicken twicet today...lunch and dinner.
I used to eat healthy but since I learned the Earth only has 12 years left, I now only eat pizza.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find a salad dressing WITHOUT soybean oil.
I found one. Olive oil.
That's all I ever put on my salads for dressing. Just plain old extra virgin olive oil.
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