Everyone probably already remembered: cholesterol is " But it turns out that there is another kind of this substance, especially dangerous for the heart, blood vessels and health in general.. This is the so-called oxidized cholesterol, or oxycholesterol..

It is used instead of butter and can be recognized by the "

Oxycholesterol resembles trans fats Doctors have been focusing on the problem of ordinary cholesterol for many years and have not been very actively studying its oxidized form, although there were suspicions of its particular danger before.. It is appropriate to recall the history of trans fats here.. These are liquid vegetable oils processed in a special way, which become solid. Most of them were in margarines and cooking vegetable fats, which the food industry added to bread, confectionery, semi-finished products, ice cream, and almost all products where fats were used..

You can find out about their presence in the product by the " For decades, their harm was ignored, and doctors even recommended margarines rich in them as healthy foods.. But when by 1997. a " Now in the West they are practically abandoned. In Russia, the situation is somewhat worse, but the scale of their use has somewhat decreased.. Oxycholesterol resembles trans fats for another reason: both are key ingredients in the food industry..

They give the products a beautiful look and a pleasant texture.. To refuse them means to suffer huge financial losses..

Amendment to the dairy regulations The story of oxycholesterol brings to mind the recent story with the ban on diluting powdered milk with water and selling it under the guise of real. When milk is dried into a powder, a lot of oxycholesterol is formed in it.. Unfortunately, milk powder was only partially squeezed out - all other dairy products can be made from it.. At the last moment, this amendment was nevertheless pushed into the dairy regulations..

Where and in what else?

Dry egg powder, unlike whole eggs, is also rich in oxidized cholesterol.. And it is also added to the mass of products.

For example, if you buy pancake flour, then there will only be egg powder..

Home cooking can also easily oxidize cholesterol. This happens with meat and poultry if they are cooked at a high temperature - fry, bake, grill or charcoal.. But the same meat and poultry, boiled, stewed, steamed, contain almost no oxycholesterol. By the way, the oxidation process can be slowed down if antioxidants are added during cooking - herbs, spices, sauces based on red wine and beer.. Flavor meat and poultry abundantly with them, prepare marinades based on them.

Vegetable side dishes are a guarantee of health Expelling oxycholesterol from the food industry will take a long time.

But no one is stopping you from expelling the danger from your kitchen right now..

And the sooner the better. There is every reason to believe that this substance has a systemic negative effect, disrupting the functioning of cell membranes, enzymes, and the genetic apparatus.. This means that it leads to a wide variety of diseases.. In addition, drugs used to lower cholesterol are most likely useless against oxycholesterol..

They affect enzymes in the liver, reducing the synthesis of ordinary, normal cholesterol, and this cholesterol is abnormal.. Antioxidant foods - vegetables, fruits, nuts, tea, red wine and foods that prevent cholesterol absorption in the intestines help to lower it.. The conclusion from this is simple - it is better to eat meat and poultry with vegetable side dishes and salads than with potatoes or pasta..

Vadim Kirillov.

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