{"id":104758,"date":"2023-08-29T13:35:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/cholesterol-oxidation-what-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T13:35:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:35:54","slug":"cholesterol-oxidation-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/cholesterol-oxidation-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Cholesterol Oxidation:  What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Cholesterol Oxidation:  What You Need to Know\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8LclDgcHBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oxidized Cholesterol&#8230; you&#8217;ve probably never heard of it.  Let me give you this important information.<br \/>\nWhy is oxidized cholesterol so much worse than raw cholesterol?<br \/>\nA significant body of evidence indicates that oxidized cholesterol, which produces something called oxysterols,  is one of the main triggers of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<br \/>\nBut that&#8217;s not all.<br \/>\nCholesterol Oxidation Products (COPS) are associated with the initiation and progression of a number of major chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and kidney failure.<br \/>\nOnce again, we&#8217;ll put this in the &#8220;Dr. Joe Was Right&#8221; column.  I gave this advice 40 years ago&#8230; give up animal products.  Studies come out every day, showing that I was right about that.<br \/>\nThese Cholesterol Oxidation Products are produced when animal products are heated.  When you heat something, you destroy enzymes, and enzymes are necessary for every function in your body.<br \/>\nAll forms of cooking can produce this since you&#8217;re getting maximum cholesterol oxidation at only 300 degrees Fahrenheit.<br \/>\nAre some types of cooking worse than others?  Yes.<br \/>\nMicrowaving chicken or beef appears to produce twice as much cholesterol oxidation as frying.  If you look at bacon, raw bacon doesn&#8217;t have doesn&#8217;t have any oxidized cholesterol.  DO NOT EAT RAW BACON.<br \/>\nLike all animal products, bacon has cholesterol, but it&#8217;s not oxidized until it is cooked.<br \/>\nAccording to these studies, grilling seems to be the safest way to cook animal products with regard to oxidized cholesterol, but grilling has other harmful effects.<br \/>\nAlso note:  If you put leftovers in the refrigerator, then reheat them, the oxidized cholesterol skyrockets.<br \/>\nMy general advice is to avoid eating animal products.  A plant based diet is healthy, nutritious, and eliminates the harmful effects of eating animal products.<br \/>\nYou can watch my lecture on the 7 Deadly Sins of Nutrition here:  https:\/\/drjoe.com\/the-7-deadly-sins-of-nutrition\/<\/p>\n<p>If this helps you, please follow me for more tips, subscribe to my channel, and please smash the &#8220;like&#8221; button.  You can find much more information, research, podcasts, and videos on my website, drjoe.com .  In addition, you can subscribe to my inner circle newsletter and make an appointment if you&#8217;d like to.  Links are below.  Be well!<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Joe Esposito, BS DC. DABCO. DAAPM. DCBCN, DCCN<br \/>\ndrjoe.com<br \/>\nI want to help you be well and stay well, naturally.<\/p>\n<p>For more tips, follow me on all social media at drjoeesposito <\/p>\n<p>For in person or virtual appointments, go to this link:  https:\/\/drjoe.com\/contact-health-plus-wellness-centers\/#contact<\/p>\n<p>I have my own line of premium supplements, and I hope you&#8217;ll check out my store on my website https:\/\/drjoe.com\/store-homepage\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to my inner circle newsletter.  It&#8217;s free and you&#8217;ll receive weekly insights, health hacks, and health information to help you be well and live your best life.  Subscribe through my website  drjoe.com https:\/\/drjoe.com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxidized Cholesterol&#8230; you&#8217;ve probably never heard of it.  Let me give you this important information.<br \/>\nWhy is oxidized cholesterol so much worse than raw cholesterol?<br \/>\nA significant body of evidence indicates that oxidized cholesterol, which produces something called oxysterols,  is one of the main triggers of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<br \/>\nBut that&#8217;s not all.<br \/>\nCholesterol Oxidation Products (COPS) are associated with the initiation and progression of a number of major chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and kidney failure.<br \/>\nOnce again, we&#8217;ll put this in the &#8220;Dr. Joe Was Right&#8221; column.  I gave this advice 40 years ago&#8230; give up animal products.  Studies come out every day, showing that I was right about that.<br \/>\nThese Cholesterol Oxidation Products are produced when animal products are heated.  When you heat something, you destroy enzymes, and enzymes are necessary for every function in your body.<br \/>\nAll forms of cooking can produce this since you&#8217;re getting maximum cholesterol oxidation at only 300 degrees Fahrenheit.<br \/>\nAre some types of cooking worse than others?  Yes.<br \/>\nMicrowaving chicken or beef appears to produce twice as much cholesterol oxidation as frying.  If you look at bacon, raw bacon doesn&#8217;t have doesn&#8217;t have any oxidized cholesterol.  DO NOT EAT RAW BACON.<br \/>\nLike all animal products, bacon has cholesterol, but it&#8217;s not oxidized until it is cooked.<br \/>\nAccording to these studies, grilling seems to be the safest way to cook animal products with regard to oxidized cholesterol, but grilling has other harmful effects.<br \/>\nAlso note:  If you put leftovers in the refrigerator, then reheat them, the oxidized cholesterol skyrockets.<br \/>\nMy general advice is to avoid eating animal products.  A plant based diet is healthy, nutritious, and eliminates the harmful effects of eating animal products.<br \/>\nYou can watch my lecture on the 7 Deadly Sins of Nutrition here:  https:\/\/drjoe.com\/the-7-deadly-sins-of-nutrition\/<\/p>\n<p>If this helps you, please follow me for more tips, subscribe to my channel, and please smash the &#8220;like&#8221; button.  You can find much more information, research, podcasts, and videos on my website, drjoe.com .  In addition, you can subscribe to my inner circle newsletter and make an appointment if you&#8217;d like to.  Links are below.  Be well!<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Joe Esposito, BS DC. DABCO. DAAPM. DCBCN, DCCN<br \/>\ndrjoe.com<br \/>\nI want to help you be well and stay well, naturally.<\/p>\n<p>For more tips, follow me on all social media at drjoeesposito <\/p>\n<p>For in person or virtual appointments, go to this link:  https:\/\/drjoe.com\/contact-health-plus-wellness-centers\/#contact<\/p>\n<p>I have my own line of premium supplements, and I hope you&#8217;ll check out my store on my website https:\/\/drjoe.com\/store-homepage\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to my inner circle newsletter.  It&#8217;s free and you&#8217;ll receive weekly insights, health hacks, and health information to help you be well and live your best life.  Subscribe through my website  drjoe.com https:\/\/drjoe.com<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4643,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-watch-dr-joe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}