Friday, January 27, 2006

More vegi - less meat

It seems to me that people these days dine out more and more...

More meat and less vegi can eventually bring heart health problem;
Recalling the Vioxx (drug from Merck) lawsuits - Merck facing an avalanche of lawsuits since it pulled Vioxx off the market in September 2004.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/17/AR2006021700919.html

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"現代人的飲食型態日漸精緻化,對於肉類及脂肪的攝取也大幅增加,相對地,膳食纖維(dietary fiber)的攝取量呈現下降的趨勢。過多的肉類與動物性脂肪,不僅增加腎臟的負擔,同時也導致血脂肪過高,增加罹患慢性疾病的機率,而且一個健康的成年人每天都應該攝取適量膳食纖維(dietary fiber),不過因為現在家庭大多是雙薪家庭,外食人口比例很高,也造成不良的外食習慣和為了求方便而打亂正常營養攝取的健康生活型態,當然也讓腸胃病變成每個人都得過的「老毛病」。其實如果我們可以在生活中多攝取含豐富膳食纖維(dietary fiber)的食物,例如:蔬菜、水果、榖類和豆類,不但可以預防心血管疾病及大腸癌等慢性病的發生,還能增加腸胃的吸收能力,提高自己對外在病菌的抵抗力呢! "

URL: http://www.ytower.com.tw/prj/prj_228/p2.htm

yet another link, http://www.ytower.com.tw/prj/prj_228/p3.htm

Increase your fiber intake!

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