High Cholesterol

[clcaruthers]

Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have

[thumperchick]

@csl312

This is misleading at best, flat out untrue at worst. Atherosclerosis is a deposit of fat and cholesterol in the blood vesels (LDLs to be exact). Consuming high levels of LDL will ‘clog’ your arteries. If you want science to back this up check out a pathology text book or do a lit search about rats on high fat high cholesterol diets.

Eating lots of bacon all the time is bad for you. I also would not go so far as to say bacon is healthier than a bagel. Though oatmeal is a better option than both (the real kind not instant).

There are studies countering that entire idea. I’ll link a few articles. The idea that “fat is bad for you” was a flat out myth.

Questions raised over the role of HDL-cholesterol in cardiovascular disease -...

http://www.njmonline.nl/getpdf.php?t=a&id=10000756

For faster access to more accurate, non-gov’t sponsored/approved actual science:

LC Research/Media : Active Low-Carber Forums

Or for kicks on what the heck that bagel will do to you, read Wheat Belly.

[BabyBear]

Ok. Ok, let’s get this pun over with. “Unidentified frying object.”

Nothing will wake you up faster in the morning than screaming bacon… Hmmm, Maybe put a woot cape on him and some rubber/latex arms and we have a new woot-off product! Screaming Woot Bacon!*

*Featured on the next Woot’s Million Dollar Idea video Woot-cast.

[ThunderThighs]

Say, how about that shirt? Nice, huh? Bacon, spaceship, cups. Got all the cool stuff. Nicely designed. Good use of space.

[thumperchick]

@ThunderThighs

Say, how about that shirt? Nice, huh? Bacon, spaceship, cups. Got all the cool stuff. Nicely designed. Good use of space.

Well yeah… the shirt… on shirt.woot… that thing is cool looking - great pun on the name…

goes back to corner chagrined

[idiotwind13]

The fourth item from the left in the background “buildings” indicate that the consumer of these breakfast items may have been contemplating an “Irish breakfast” if you will…

[bluejester]

@ThunderThighs

Say, how about that shirt? Nice, huh? Bacon, spaceship, cups. Got all the cool stuff. Nicely designed. Good use of space.

I’d like to point out that Walmazan’s use of sunny-side up eggs as U.F.Os only reaffirms my personal belief that sunny-side up eggs are weird and alien in nature.

[dubbeu]

Great design with appropriate backdrop.

[izuro]

Ahhhh excellent graphic design with perfect placement and absolutely adorable to boot! This shirt is amazing!

[ryokumuji]

I did not know that bacon could be so cute. <3 I only knew that it was delicious.

[jasneko]

Ha! Congrats on the print walmazan!!

[Rudeboy2025]

If anybody needs any statins, hit me up!

Congrats Walmazan! Your shirts are always hilarious!

[Narfcake]

To elaborate on Wences’ food shirts … the following printed somewhere or another:

Salsa!

Holy Guacamole!
Fresh Cake
Calorie Burning
True Love
One Smart Cookie
A Rotten Prognosis

We Were Tomatoes
Salsacrafice!
Microwavolution

My Roots

[mossygreen]

@clcaruthers

Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have

Sir or madam, your avatar does not have a manly enough mustache to carry off the words of the divine Ron Swanson.

That being said, always good to see a Parks & Rec fan!

[walmazan]

Clap Your Hands If You Believe!

[fatboy15x]

BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!BACON STRIPS!!

[jonathonnunn]

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[missmelis]

Flying bacon?! I never sausage a thing!

[ryokumuji]

@jonathonnunn

Wow, where do I begin? What you say goes against years of scientific evidence for a low cholesterol diet in those who are at risk for myocardial infarction or stroke. You personally believe that its possible to stay healthy and eat unlimited amounts of cholesterol from sources like bacon? eggs? Your body is only able to process 1100mg of cholesterol per 24 hour period(note: your body makes 800mg daily) which is why the standard American diet is <300mg/day. Anything above that gets metabolized by the body to vLDL/IDL/LDL/HDL. I will provide a link to the synthesis of endogenous and exogenous cholesterol at the end of my post.

Cholesterol has many routes in the body. Ideally, we want the end result to be HDL(high density lipoprotein) because these transport the LDL(low density lipoprotein) back to the liver for excretion. The problem is, if our body creates too much LDL, its taken up by receptors on blood vessels known as apo-B receptors. Once taken up by apo-b receptors within the blood vessels, macrophages(remember those from bio 101?) engorge themselves with these LDL molecules. From here, “foam cells” are permanently created within the vessel wall. As these build up over time, the blood supply to myocardial tissue(or the brain in stroke) reduces leading to unwanted events.

This is just basic science. My advice to everyone reading this post. There is a reason your MD may recommend you take a statin(liptor/zocor/crestor/etc). Based on what the medical community calls “evidence based medicine”, these drugs prove to reduce the risk of mortality. Have a detailed conversation with your doctor or pharmacist about all your medications. Understand how they work and what interactions they have. Please do not listen to random people who claim they know what they are talking about without the credentials to back it up. I am a health professional within my community and its frustrating to talk with patients who think they know what’s best, even if this goes against years of clinical evidence.

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Did you read any of the links the other guy provided?

You could go watch the documentary “Fathead” on Netflix or go to Mr. Naughton’s website of the same name. He DOES use science to back up his claims. In fact in his documentary he goes into detail about what was WRONG with the original study that “proved” saturated fats were bad. He could explain things much better to you than I could.

If you really ARE a health professional, please, at least think about taking a look at these articles and what not that run contrary to the ideas you’ve learned about all this time. It’s possible that you could be wrong, we’re all human. But we can fix our mistakes by finding the truth behind our mistakes. Do it for your patients!

[kevlar51]

Congrats Walmazan!!!