Over the years, I've heard a number of things about "poly-unsaturated fats". Even that they mix with body chemistry to form carcinogenics. Well, here's something new. Many of you might want to read it.

The whole article can be found at:

?Bad cholesterol?: It?s not what you think - Heart health- msnbc.com

I've been drinking milk, eating butter, eggs, and cheese all my life. Doing all the things they say we should not do. And, no problem with my heart. Now, they're finding out that getting our cholesterol checked does nothing more than check out cholesterol. Doesn't say much about what's happening to the heart.

 

I try to eat 'healthy'. Fruits, vegetables.
I'm sure it doesn't help by firing up the grill on the weekends. Or eating my mom's chicken fried steak. Or her biscuits and gravy, sausage, eggs on Saturday mornings.

My folks grew up on that stuff. Fried foods, biscuits and gravy,...anything that's good eatin! They say we are not supposed to eat that today. Maybe that's why my dad (and many others his age) have diabetes. "Back then", they didn't know anything about cholesterol.

 

My heart is COLD! Cold as ice!

 

It seems that the starches and sugars, along with weight and inactivity are the things that lead to diabetes.

What I've been reading over the last couple of years is that the poly-unsaturated fats and margarine are worse for you than butter and eggs. To be honest, by the time they find out all about it, we'll be right back to eating everything just like Grandma and Grandpa used to eat.

A while ago, I read the results of a study that said women who eat (whole) eggs twice a week, have less than half the chance of heart problems than women that don't. I've spent a lifetime eating all the wrong foods, and my cholesterol and blood sugar are right where they should be. Then, have a doctor tell me that if I "ate all the right foods, how much better they might be". Hmmmm.... (got a bald spot from scratching my head on that one) If they're right where they should be, how do you make them better? Don't believe he thought about that one.

And, they're not saying that low salt diets are bad for you too. Will they make up their minds in my lifetime?????

 

My body is so screwed up it doesn't matter what I do anymore, the doc's are even confused by it. In high school I had a sugar low just 30 minutes after having lunch. I had a sandwich, chips, 2 chocolate bars and a soda but the doc said I had a sugar low. They tested me and said I was still on the low side but the sugar count was coming back up on it's on. They tested me again a week later and determined I was not diabetic.................

Had a problem with what was thought to be acid reflux or ulcers, my stomach felt like it was in one big knot and it hurt all the way up into my throat 24/7. I started drinking water like crazy like they told me to and took the meds, didn't help. Went on like that for about a year and a half, I was downing the Maalox and it was the only thing helping ease the pain. Doc was totally confused on why that was working but the other meds weren't helping at all. They had me go do a berrium test to check out what was going on in there and found nothing. One day it was all of sudden gone.............

Until a waffle with butter and syrup on it attempts to kill me I'm gonna keep on what I'm doing. Been doing it for a good 20+ years now and everytime I go to the doc for a check-up or the DOT check everything is perfectly fine. Blood pressure is fine, heart sounds good and strong..........

 

Read a doctor's column the other day that said acid reflux is not caused by too much acid in the stomach. Instead it's caused by too little. And, he said the cure is to drink cabbage juice. Put raw cabbage in a juicer or blender and drink it.

I've never had it, so I never had reason to try something like that.

 

What medical training I have, I'd say the cabbage juice would give you anal leakage... so which would be worse?

My heart is abnormally large. Whenever I expose it, the wimmin adoringly exclaim OMG!
Looks like an ugly Gargoyle hanging off the side of a big building to me.

 

According to the doctor, that's the way to take care of too little acid in your stomach. He's been telling quite a number of things and recently, new studies are saying he's been right on the mark. As doctors go, he's a bit... different, but he does make a lot of sense. I was taking a number of things with a grain of salt, but I'm reading about things on national news that now is backing him up.
For example:
Now, think about what you've been taught about fluoride in the water.

 

That could be balanced out with the right amount of physical exercise and overall daily activities introduced into your average routine.
When I was driving cross-country, or working a straight and consistent 8hrs/day, my weight and heart rate actually dropped down to low healthy levels due to just daily activities, riding my bicycle everywhere, and going to the gym every other night.

To me, one of the bigger causes for poor health is the supposed need for a motor to get everywhere.
Now, I'm not against owning or using cars/trucks, but using one to go only a 1/4 mile down to get a 2 liter, then turn-around and sit back at home, now that's a bit of overkill.

 

You know, I've had smelly tin ear for some time, (brain rot) and I've always been able to wolf down lots of ice cream, and never get brain freeze.

Allot of people who live in my area have a slackjaw, drool some, a wandering eye, and facial twitches... and not just the old folks.

We just assumed it was from breeding with the Canadians...eh?