CALORIES--FAT CONTENT

                                                              CALORIES
     All fats and oils are equally high in calories. They should be used only in moderation. An ounce of fat contains about 255 calories, compared with about 113 calories for an ounce of lean meat.

                                                          FAT CONTENT

     In choosing fats and oils that are high in polyunsaturated fats, keep the following list handy for ready reference. It shows the percentage of polyunsaturated fat and saturated fat in various substances. Since these substances contain other ingredients in addition to fat, the percentages do not add up to 100.

TYPE OF OIL OR FAT                 POLYUNSATURATED FAT           SATURATED FAT
Safflower oil                                                74%                                               9%
                                                                                                                         10%
Sunflower oil                                               64%                                               13%
Corn oil                                                      58%
Average vegetable                                                                                             13%      
     oil                                                          40%                                               19%
Peanut oil                                                    30%                                               29%
Chicken fat                                                 26%                                               14%
Olive oil                                                       9%                                                32%
Average vegetable                                      20%                                                  
shortening                                                                                                          40%
Lard                                                           12%                                                48%
Beef fat                                                        4%                                                61%
Butter                                                           4%                                                81%    
Palm oil                                                         2%                                               86%
Coconut oil                                                   2%                                                86%
You can undo the errors of years of faulty eating by merely changing a few simple diet habits, look younger, improve your health. You'll be on your way to a longer happier life. </1454947> Linda G..

Heart Health for You

You can undo the erros of
years of faulty eating by
merely changing a few simple
diet habits. You'll shed
excess pounds, look younger,
improve your health. You'll be on
your way to a longer happier life. Linda G..


The phony bugger compensates the activating follower.

Shake the Salt Habit

     Most Americans of all ages consume far more salt than they need. This is frequently the cause -- or a contributing factor -- in high blood pressure, also called hypertension.
     Hypertension is a silent killer. It is an illiness without symptoms. It threatens the livers and health of most Americans than cancer. And the experts estimate that at least half the people suffering from high blood pressure don't even know it.
     Hypertension is a factor in hundreds of thousands of deaths each year from heart desease, strokes and kidney failure. It can be detected only by a medical examination. And blood pressure can vary from one day to the next, so those with high blood pressure should have it checked frequently.
     Only your doctor can tell you whether your blood pressure is in the normal range. A general rule of thumb is that a reading of 120/80 is normal for most people. A reading of 140/90 is generally considered borderline hypertension. Readings over 220/140 are considered severe and dangerous.
     People with hypertension are four times more likely to have heart attacks than those with normal blood pressure. And when they do have heart attacks, the attacks are more likely to be fatal.
     The hypertensive individual is five times as likely to suffer a stroke as the person with normal blood pressure.

You Can Protect Your Heart.

                                                  How To Protect Yourself
     A major step in protecting yourself against coronary disease is to reduce your consumption of fats. To do this, you must make some important and easy changes in your eating habits.
You will have to make substitutations in your selection of foods. You must eat more of some things and less of others.
     Follow these guidelines:
     * Beware of saturated fats. Saturated fats raise your blood cholesterol. They are found in beef, pork, ham, lamb, butter, cream, ice cream, whole milk and in cheese made from cream and whole milk. These killer fats are also in many solid and hydrogenated vegetable shortenings, coconut oil and palm oil, which is often used in commercial baked goods, pie fillings and non-dairy milk and cream substitutes. Cut down or eliminate these sources of saturated fats.
     * Boost your intake of polyunsaturated fats. These fats will actually lower your blood cholesterol levels. Prime sources are liquid vegetable oils, including safflower, corn, soybean and cottonseed oils. Use them in cooking and on salads.
     * Reduce your consumption of the prime sources of cholesterol. They include eggs yolks and such organ meats as liver, brains and kidneys. Eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads, cereals and nuts. They are free of cholesterol. Linda G..

A Healthier Heart

     Heart disease is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths every year in the United States. Many of them could be prevented by simple changes in eating habits over the years.
     A government funded survey by the National Institute of Health got the views of  193 leading heart specialists on how to live longer. Nine out of 10 of these physicians said the average person could live many years longer with a healthier heart. And they said certain diet changes could mean a healthier heart.
     The doctors found that there is a close relationship between diet and coronary heart disease. They called for three keys changes in the eating habits of the average person.
              * Eat fewer calories
              * Eat less total fat
              * Eat less saturated fat (animal)
     Dr. Robert  I. Levy,   Director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, blames the building of fat in the cardiovascular system for an alarming increase in premature deaths. He declares:
"Arteriocierosis is responsible for 84% of all cardiovascular disease, for over 850,000 deaths a year. One quarter of these deaths--over 200,000 of them-- occur before age 65."
     Artherscierosis is defined as abnormal thickening of the arterial walls. Artherscierosis is a type of arteriousciousis characterized by deposits of fatty substances on the inner layer of the arteries. Dr. Levy blames arterscierosis for a large portion of  arterscierosis deaths. Says the doctor.
"It affects primarily the larger arteries of the body. In this condition, the inner wall of the artery becomes thickened and irregular with deposits of fatty substances. Two-thirds of a coronary artery may fill with fatty deposits without symptoms. Only when more occurs do we see signs of the occlusion."
     With proper eating habits, according to Dr. Levy, many, arteriocierosis deaths could be avoided.
     The American Heart Association has also warned in an official statement that fatty over-load is a life thereafter.
"Scientists have evidence." says the association, "that a diet high in cholesterol and saturated fats is a way of  reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke."
     The association estimates that up to 43 million people may have some form of heart or blood vessel disease. As many as 1.5 million people have a heart attack in a typical year, it says, and about 550,000 of them will die.
                                             FACTS ON HEART DISEASE
     Here are the key facts on heart disease:
      * It is the leading cause of death in the United States.
      * Overweight is related to heart disease.
Eating less fat is one way to reduce your intake of calories and lenghten your life.
      * A person with a low level of blood cholesterol runs less risk of heart disease than one with a high blood cholesterol level.
The heart, like any other muscle in your body, requires a good supply of blood from your arteries. When cholesterol and other fatty substances are deposited along the inner walls of the coronary arteries, there is danger of heart disease. The more cholesterol and fats you have in your blood, the greater their tendency to build up in the arteries.
     These deposits build up over a long period of time. Eventually one of the arteries may become completely blocked, either by the build-up deposits or by a blood clot forming in the narrowed passageway. The result is a heart attack.