Benecol Brian and the new Flora+ has a plant constituent in it which stops cholesterol causing fats from being ingested in the gut so reducing your cholesterol count. They both have a quite acceptable taste but are a little expensive. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: Jim SHARPE <bigjim@britishlibrary.net>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] UGH! > What is this BENECOL you are all going on about? > > Brian > List Admin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim SHARPE" <bigjim@britishlibrary.net> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:07 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] UGH! > > > > Roz, I agree, I do and I eat home cooked food and abhor the rubbish in the > > supermarket freezer chests. BUT I also love freshly baked bread from the > > local baker ( I really miss my mother-in-law for her bread) and I was told > > nay advised that butter was doing my blood sugar count no good so I > changed > > to non animal fat spread and found that Benecol was tasty, also the new > > Flora + . > > my sugar count tonight is 6.3 compared with usually 11 or 12 before. > > Sometimes the instrument nearly had a coronary itself with 17 or 18. > > > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Roz <roz12345uk@yahoo.co.uk> > > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:19 PM > > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] UGH! > > > > > > > What's wrong with butter!!!! Fancy spreading something made from wood > on > > > your bread just cos some tv star says it is ok :-))) > > > > > > Seriously, I cannot understand the low fat message at all. To achieve > the > > > low fat rating they have to pump it full of chemicals and sugar...or > even > > > worse, sweeteners. I believe that the reason other countries have a far > > > higher survival rate than this country is because they eat proper food > > that > > > is closer to its original state. This county is so unhealthy because > they > > > don't know what proper food is!!!! Convenience food, bung it in the > > > microwave and eat it.......no way for me!!!! > > > > > > If you eat sensibly, meat and three veg per day, then I don't believe > you > > > will come to any harm. For goodness sake, you can cut the fat off a > pork > > > chop!!! You don't have to slap a knob of butter on your vegetables. > > > > > > There is no way on earth I will eat margarine, let alone that rubbish > they > > > call Benecol. Another big con that, in a few years time, someone will > > > expose as being designed to earn the company that produces it massive > > > profits. > > > Roz > > > > > > > Jim, I have got to say straight away that this message was directed at > > > > BRIAN! > > > > > > > > You know how it is that you call someone "Slim Jim" when you mean the > > > > opposite > > > > > > > > Must confess I am on Benecol myself and don't find it any worse than > the > > > > other butter SUBSTITUTES, and I have the Flora Active ready to try > next. > > > > Doing my best. > > > > > > > > Do you reckon you can lose weight by eating this stuff and stay on the > > > same > > > > diet? Or do you have to count calories as well? I am fairly sensible > > > now, > > > > but would like to think these pro-active things are like Sacraments, > > they > > > > "work by themselves"! > > > > > > > > Marj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Listen, Slim Jim. 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