What can you do when you want to grill? Grab a marinade and run with it. Research shows that marinating foods, regardless of the marinade ingredients or length of marinating time, greatly reduces the production of carcinogenic compounds in meats cooked at high temperatures. Here are some tips for safe grilling:
Nitrosamines are known to have carcinogenic activity. They are formed during the breakdown of nitrites and nitrates, which are the chemicals actually added by manufacturers to cure and preserve the meat. They give cured meats a pink look, and protect against potentially deadly botulism. In the 1970s, scientists detected nitrosamines in many popular foods (cooked bacon and sausage, cured pork and dried beef, etc.) Bacon had one of the highest levels of nitrosamines of them all.
But here’s the great news. If you happen to love bacon and hot dogs, there are a few different substances that actually help stop the formation of nitrosamines (from the nitrates and nitrites). For example, some meat-product companies have already been adding them to their products:
If your favorite turkey, bacon, and hot dogs don’t have one of the above in its list of ingredients, you can always eat them with a good dose of citrus fruits or green vegetables.
I just read that getting more omega-3 fatty acids (and less omega-6 fatty acids) could be important to the health of the colon. What’s a better sourcefor omega-3s flaxseed or fish?
In addition to omega-3s, fish gives you protein and the antioxidant selenium. Ground flaxseed gives you soluble fiber and some phytoestrogens. Eating fish a couple of times a week sounds reasonable to me (then again, I’m a fish lover).
Adding a couple of teaspoons of ground flaxseed to my oatmeal or smoothie a few times a week is just something extra I like to do. To me, they go together. I also use olive oil (which doesn’t contain omega-6 fatty acids) and canola oil (which contains some omega-3s and less omega-6s than similar neutral tasting oils) in cooking, instead of the omega-6 rich vegetable oils (corn, safflower, and sunflower).
I’m eating healthy and exercising, so why am I not losing weight?
If you are exercising regularly and strength training as well, you are probably adding muscle weight while decreasing some body fat. Remember, muscle weighs more than body fat. Your weight could very well stay the same even though you are building muscle and losing body fat. Keep in mind that you are healthier for it.
You could also consider portion sizes. It is possible, even if you are choosing healthful foods, that the portions may be too large for your caloric needs. If you keep this up, your won’t see any actual lost pounds. Or, if you eat out often, you may be eating more calories and grams of fat than you realize.
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