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She suggests completely staying away from saturated fat, fried food, and bacon...
Elizabeth Klodas, a John Hopkins-trained cardiologist and founder of a company that makes cholesterol-lowering foods, told Insider that she likes to occasionally eat ice cream and french fries like the rest of us...
Unsaturated fats, however, like those that come from plant-based sources such as olive oil, oils from seeds and nuts, fish oil, and avocado oil, are considered anti-inflammatory from a heart disease perspective, Klodas said..
The researchers said that it is unclear why this is the case, but suggested several possible reasons: That frying increases the levels of fat in some foods, and that frying increases the concentration of cholesterol oxidation which is also linked to heart disease...
These foods contain a lot of nitrates which are used as a preservative in processed meats and can sometimes turn into nitrosamines, which are linked to an increased risk of cancer..
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