High carbohydrate diets and heart disease

This post includes a summary of a paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1997 Apr;65(4):1027-33 and a recipe for beef, pork or turkey breakfast sausage.

Study title and authors:

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Effects of low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets on risk factors for ischemic heart disease in postmenopausal women.

Jeppesen J, Schaaf P, Jones C, Zhou MY, Chen YD, Reaven GM.

Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA.

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9094889

The paper found that a high carbohydrate diet increased the risk factors for heart disease, e.g by raising blood sugar.

They conclude that low-fat, high carbohydrates diets should not be recommended, because of the risk they pose for heart disease.

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Recipe of the day

Beef, Pork or Turkey Breakfast Sausage



Ingredients:

Food Mall: Breakfast Sausage

1 pound ground turkey, beef, pork or a combination

1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped

1 teaspoon garlic powder or 2 cloves minced garlic

1/4 teaspoon each cumin, marjoram, pepper, nutmeg

 oregano, cayenne pepper and ginger

1/2 teaspoon each dried basil, thyme, sage

2 teaspoons sea salt

1 egg, lightly beaten

2 tablespoons butter or coconut oil

Preparation:

Mix all ingredients except the butter or coconut oil and chill well. Form into patties and sauté in butter or coconut oil. To store in the freezer, form into patties and store in an air tight plastic container, using parchment paper to line the container and separate the patties.