Suzy Eats

As mentioned in a previous entry, Suzy Eats encourages everyone to increase their intake of monounsaturated fat (http://suzyeats.com/2011/03/are-you-eating-enough-monounsaturated-fats/). There is a lot of data to support that monounsaturated fats can help improve cholesterol levels.

Five foods that contain monounsaturated fats:

1. Avocados
2. Nuts
3. Olives
4. Olive Oil
5. ??? What do you think is another ??

Check out this article from Science Magazine. http://www.sciencemagnews.com/mediterranean-diet-improves-heart-risk-factors.html

More support that the Mediterranean Diet can help improve your health!

March is national nurition month, and Suzy Eats is asking all of our readers to try and eat more monounsaturated fats this month and less saturated fats!!! For more than 50 years, researchers have been trying to determine the role that fat plays in the development of heart disease. Did you know that the QUALITY of fat is the most important determinant??? Fats are NOT all the same.

Review of the “fats” data has shown us that consuming monounsaturated fat can actually help to reduce the risk of heart disease. In fact, national US guidelines may soon recommend increasing your intake of monounsaturated fat by replacing it for your saturated fat intake.

We know for sure that people who consume the Mediterranean Diet have lower risks of diabetes and heart disease. We also know that not all fats are the same. Consuming more monounsaturated fat can also help to improve cholesterol levels,blood pressure, insulin sensitivity and regulate your blood sugar.  Newer reserach actually suggests that monounsaturated fats can help diminsh the risk of obesity!!!!!!!!

So now the question is what are some foods that contain monounsaturated fats and low levels of saturated fats?????

What does Nutrition Month mean to you? Are you going to do anything different this month?

New evidence published in Public Health in January supports that the Mediterranean Diet may actually protect against cancers, heart disease and respitory illnesses caused by smoking and second hand smoke.  Since the Mediterranean Diet is rich in vitamins and antioxidants, the evidence states that the vitamins and antioxidants in the Mediterranean Diet can alter the negative outcomes of smoking.

Basically the Mediterranean Diet can overpower the negatives of smoking.

Further research is underway to gather more support. But for now I say….make the right choice of diet!!