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Low Fat Cooking

By: VMT Singuillo

Most patients suffering from hypertensive problems and cardiovascular diseases have usually been prescribed by their physicians with certain medications. These antihypertensive medications come from different types such as your diuretics, beta-adrenergic blocking agents, centrally acting adrenergic antagonists, peripherally acting sympathetic nerve antagonists, alpha-adrenergic blocking agents, vasodilators, and the angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors.

However, doctors don't just prescribe these medications to all patients. In fact, they would also advice them regarding changing their lifestyle particularly on the dietary intake of food. Fats and oils have been one of the factors that affect high blood pressure. Too much fats and oils in the food can cause hypercholesterolemia as well as fatty deposits (plaques) along the walls of our blood vessels such as arteries and veins. In fact, a complete blockage of a myocardial artery supplying a wall of the heart can cause myocardial infarction which is known in layman's term as heart attack. Thus, hypertensive patients and those who have cardiovascular diseases may be advised by their respective physicians to have low fat diet. In fact, many people are now very conscious about their diet.

However, have we been careful enough about how we prepare our food? Recently, I have witnessed a cooking demonstration wherein the chef was able to degrease meat from his recipe. By degreasing the meat, a lot of the fats have been drained out and what remains is simply lean meat which makes it safe to eat for healthy conscious individuals. By the way, if you are a Southern California resident and if you would like them to give a FREE cooking demonstration at your home, you can visit them at their website at www.easy-healthy-cooking.com.

Low fat cooking is not just adviced for people who are already suffering from hypertensive diseases but also for the general public. If we can only cut down on fats and oils from our diet, perhaps cardiovascular diseases would no longer be the number one(1) killer of people among highly developed countries.