These Two Food Components Can Destroy Your Diet

  Imagine this: you lose 20 pounds. You are feeling good going to your doctor for a wellness checkup. How would you feel if she were to tell you that you are not healthy. "Mr. Jones," she advises, "your triglycerides and LDL cholesterol are too high, and your HDL cholesterol is too low. You need to go on a statin drug, because you could have a heart attack in five years."

  Unfortunately, weight loss is not as easy as merely cutting calories and exercising.

  This happened to me. I was at an ideal size and was exercising and eating lower calories, but was unhealthy. I didn't want to get on a statin drug because I knew I would have to take it for the rest of my life, so I began to eliminate the culprits that were raising my triglycerides and cholesterol.