Janmashtami is a festival to spread love and not eating butter, butter oils and trans fats said Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy National Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal President Heart Care Foundation of India and MTNL Perfect Health Mela. A 1% rise in total and or bad LDL cholesterol increase the chances of heart attack by 2%; also, a 1% reduction in the good HDL cholesterol increases the chances of heart attack by 3%.
Heart patients, diabetics and obese people should not eat butter this Janmashtami, a festival to spread love and happiness and not eating butter, said Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy National Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal President Heart Care Foundation of India and MTNL Perfect Health Mela.
One teaspoonful of butter contains 25 mg cholesterol. Butter and butter oil contain saturated fats which can be harmful to the heart.
Any fat of plant in origin has no cholesterol. Only foods that are of animal origin contain cholesterol. Butter and butter oil being animal in origin are high in cholesterol and saturated fats.
Fats that are solid at room temperature are saturated and those that are liquid at room temperature are unsaturated. It is the saturated and the trans saturated fats which increase the bad LDL cholesterol. A 1% increase in total and or bad LDL cholesterol increase the chances of heart attack by 2%.
Trans fat is just as bad. Hydrogenated oils available as vanaspati contain trans fats and are worse than butter. They increase the bad LDL cholesterol and reduce the good HDL cholesterol. A 1% reduction in good HDL cholesterol increases the chances of heart attack by 3%.
Chocolate is equally bad as it contains refined sugar and can increase insulin resistance and makes one more prone to develop diabetes and abdominal obesity.
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