46. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 11:18 am PST

congratulations! i love this column, or should i say i am learning a lot. i am size10 and is working on my weight, some info's here really help me a lot! good job!

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47. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Mar 28, 2006, 12:05 am PST

Can i ask for help on man issue? Is there any effective way of helping a man of age 22 to get fatter? He has been very thin till no, tried many methods, but still cannot increase his weight..He is 1.70m, only 50kg...

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48. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Mar 29, 2006, 5:22 am PST

i totally understand kelly's problem because i face the very same....i mean ive tried everything from excercise to weight reducing tablets but i dont seem to lose any weight...in fact my weight dosent increase or decrease...its a bad situation alright..

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49. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Mar 31, 2006, 4:50 am PST

You do your self harm if you don't understand the good fat - bad fat concept. Trans fats are out. Period. Saturated fats: we can have up to 7% of our total calories eaten if we are at high risk of heart disease, you can have more if you aren't at high risk. Polyunsaturates are in up to 13% of calories eaten. Our body need fats. Remember Lorenzo's oil? That was partially made up from oleic acid which comes from olive oil, I guess in its purist form. Olive oil and sunflower oils were researched and it was found that people lowered their cholesterol by taking one or the other in daily. Same thing for nuts, the good fat again, lowers parts of cholesterol. Fish oil lowers the trigliceride level. So trying to keep the good fats at 20-30% of calories eaten each day is recommended. One chef was on TV saying that he ate his way through Italy for 2 weeks and lost weight because he took in 2 jiggers of olive oil daily on his trek. It's up to you to believe but only by giving it a real test. Try it. Bon appitite!

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50. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Mar 31, 2006, 5:23 am PST

I also wanted to add to my post, by taking in the good fats, and adding 30 grams of fiber to your diet each day, you will lower your cholesterol and blood pressure. We are all different, some may get great benefit and others not too much, but it will get lower to some degree for all.

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51. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, May 06, 2006, 7:27 pm PDT

I found there is a contradiction on Your article about walnut. For example on your description on Monounsatuated Fats, you described walnuts have no effect on HDL, but on Polyunsaturated Fats, you wrote walnuts have associated with lowering the level of HDL.

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