Dr Pete's Health Secrets

      Lets examine what role cholesterol plays in your blood circulation. From our teens plaque gradually gets deposited in the walls of our arteries. Plaque that accumulates on the inner walls and clogs your arteries is made from various substances that circulate in your blood. The major component of plaque is Cholesterol. Others include calcium, fat, cellular waste, and fibrin. Clogged arteries greatly increase the likelihood of a heart attack, stroke and even death. There are different kinds of cholesterol. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) or 'Bad cholesterol'. LDL harms your health and their levels should always be maintained low. Bad cholesterol can bring adverse effects to the body. High density lipoprotein (HDL) or 'Good cholesterol ' is beneficial to our body and their levels should always be high.  HDL is believed to remove some of the bad cholesterol from plaque in clogged arteries and transport it back to the liver, ...

         The US government has finally accepted that Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern thereby doing a U-turn on their warnings to us since the 70s to stay away from high-cholesterol foods, to avoid heart disease and clogged arteries. In this aricle I will examine why Cholesterol is finally officially removed from the bad food list. What this means is that eggs, butter, full-fat dairy products, nuts, coconut oil and meat have now been classified as safe and have been officially removed from the nutrients of concern list. However, these fat rich foods must be taken in moderation because of their high calorie content. The US Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for updating the guidelines every five years, stated in its findings for 2015. "Previously, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended that cholesterol intake be limited to no more than 300 mg/day. "The 2015 DGAC will not bring forward this recommendation because ...