The Rural Voice, 1991-01, Page 42.11
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RURAL LIVING
WINTER
HEALTH
WATCH
by Rhea Hamilton -Seeger
In the summer, it's easy to work
off calories with the extra activities
such as swimming, walking, bike
riding, and physical labour in field and
garden. Eating habits revolve around
fresh produce that is both easy to
come by and economical. If we lived
like that all year, what a fit bunch we
would be. However, we have long
winters to contend with and have to
make a greater effort to lose those
calories and keep an eye on the food
intake. Those steaming hot mugs of
cocoa, cakes, and plenty of muffins
slathered in butter take their toll on the
old waist line.
But when we look at cutting back
and dieting, there are some words that
creep into the subject that cause some
confusion. The first is fat. Contrary
to what many people believe, there is
room for fat in our diet and it should
make up about 30 per cent of our
calorie intake. Cholesterol is the other
culprit of which we have to be aware.
Cholesterol is a fatty substance found
only in animals and never in plants.
The animals include beef, pork, lamb,
chicken, turkey and poultry as well as
fish. Humans also produce their own
cholesterol; in fact the liver increases
production when the body is under
stress. Our own level of cholesterol is
called serum and what we consume is
called dietary cholesterol.
Sometimes this fatty cholesterol
sticks to the inside of our arteries and
in some people can narrow the artery
over time making it more difficult for
the blood to circulate as the opening
becomes smaller. If a blood clot
comes along and plugs it, a heart
attack or stroke may result.
Now, how does fat figure into the
cholesterol issue? Fats can raise your
cholesterol level too, but like every-
thing else there are some good fats and
some not -so -good fats. Fats are made
up of a chain of carbon atoms and