Re: Re: A Couple of Newbie Questions

[Guest guest]

I don't know of any " long term " studies on the plant sterols but there

is the work of that has been posted here a few times.

However, as they are now available in several forms, I would not rank

the margarine as the " best " choice due to the calories and types of fat.

You can get plant sterols in capsules with very little calories from two

companies, one is Benecol and they are sold at walmarts and at their

website and the other is called Cholest-Off which is distributed by

nature made and can be purchased at most retail drugstores/pharmacies.

The doseasge is 2 gel caps, 2x a day. I would rank the Orange Juice by

Minute Maid which is called Heart Smart (I think) as the second choice.

I would rank the margarines as the last choice.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----

From: Rodney [mailto:perspect1111@...]

Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:49 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: A Couple of Newbie Questions

Hi folks:

Is anyone here aware of any empirical studies showing the longer term

effects of these plant sterol products?

How do we know they are not just a repeat of the 'margarine is healthier

than butter' advice of thirty years ago? (Of course we now know that

that advice could hardly have been more wrong).

Why does anyone have to use ANY greasy spread of uncertain merit on

anything? IMO it is merely a matter of habit, and habits can be

changed. (Or in the case of children, never formed in the first place).

fwiw

Rodney.

> > Hi,

> >

> > I'm a newish subscriber and have been lurking for a while. **This

> is a great list**. I'm not quite CRONing yet, but am experimenting,

> and managing about four 1200Kcal days each week. (And with " excessive "

> eating on the other 3 days only reaching around 2000 or less.) I'm

> 5'4 " and 130lbs.

> >

> > A couple of questions...

> > * What would you recommend as the best alternative for my picky 5

> year old as a sandwich spread? She's been brought up on margarine, and

> now refuses to be switched to butter on taste grounds. (I

myself

> can do entirely without fat spreads quite easily.)

> > * I assume you are interested in longevity from all angles, not

> just purely dietary ones...What is the best option in hair dye? Yes I

> know that it's NONE, but failing that...? I'm afraid I'm stubbornly

> addicted to remaining cosmetically youthful at least for while yet.

> Darest I say that from some of the CRON gathering photos I've seen, it

> appears likely that at least some of the CRON

veterans

> resort to some form of hair colouring and have probably researched the

> matter in their usual thorough manner! Please do share.

> >

> > AMR

[Guest guest]

I always thought that our ideas about Omega 3's came from recent scientific

info, not from what we surmise about our ancestors . What our ancestors ate

isn't a scientific way to go about planning a modern diet and doesn't always

jibe with the healthiest way to eat from what we now know.

on 8/29/2004 10:44 PM, citpeks at citpeks@... wrote:

> Trish,

>

> The idea that we are not getting the right ratios of omega6 to omega3

> fatty acids comes from speculations about what our ancestors might

> have eaten thousands of years ago when corn-fed cattle did not exist.

> But these are SPECULATIONS.