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...Sokolof, who was addicted to ice cream, hamburgers, hot dogs and "anything greasy," his doctor was one of the early believers in the association of fatty foods with high cholesterol and heart disease. He warned Sokolof that his cholesterol reading, at 300, was dangerously high and prescribed a low-fat diet. Within a few months, Sokolof's cholesterol level had dropped to 190 (it is now 150). During his recovery, he pestered his doctor with questions about cholesterol, plaque and other heart-related topics. "Phil," he recalls the doctor saying, "I can't make you a cardiologist." But Sokolof pressed...
...business, which he conducts largely by telephone out of his office at Phillips. These days his calls to food companies are immediately transferred to top executives, many of whom he knows by first name. Around 10 p.m., he drives home in his white Mercedes sports coupe, prepares his own low-fat dinner and labors over the work he has brought with him. Later he pedals furiously on his exercise bicycle while watching his favorite TV show, Jeopardy, taped earlier on his video recorder. Often he stays up until 2 or 3 a.m. "I find it hard to go to sleep...
When you're hungry, what could be better than a mixture of mushrooms, onions, oats, brown rice, low-fat cheese, egg whites, bulgur wheat, walnuts and seasonings pressed into a patty and baked? Almost anything, you say? Not according to assorted Hollywood celebrities and health-conscious residents of Portland, Ore. They're all fans of a meatless competitor to the hamburger, called the Gardenburger. Developed by Paul Wenner, president of Portland's Wholesome and Hearty Foods Inc., it packs half the calories and one-fifth the fat of ordinary hamburgers...
...sobriety, many ads tout their products as the smart things to buy in a recession. In its TV commercials, the South Korean automaker Hyundai claims, "The economic news may be bad, but the news from your Hyundai dealer is good." The Beef Industry Council espouses the healthfulness of low-fat meat in a print ad carrying the headline NATION PREPARES FOR LEANER TIMES. With unemployment rising and business slowing down dramatically, ads that emphasize frugality are likely to remain in vogue. Ads will focus less on image and more on rebates and special discounts...
...Women who eat lots of hamburgers, thick shakes and other fatty foods have higher overall levels of estrogen and especially large amounts of the "biologically active" form. Equally significant, endocrinologist David Rose of the Naylor Dana Institute in Valhalla, N.Y., has found that when women switch to a very low-fat diet (20% of total calories), their estrogen levels quickly drop by 20%. Advocates of the dietary-fat theory regard this observation as a crucial bit of supporting evidence. Given estrogen's established role in promoting breast cancer, the fact that fatty foods directly affect estrogen levels means that...