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23198. thoughtful - 12/17/2007 3:33:14 PM Arky, that's good news on your cardiac issues.
Be careful about watching just total cholesterol as thyroid hormones can wreak havoc with them. Advice from the good calories, bad calories book is the 2 indicators to watch are HDL and triglycerides. There are many types of LDL cholesterol and some are good and some are bad but the blood work doesn't distinguish between them so watching LDL isn't helpful. However, keeping the HDL high seems to be a useful indicator and keeping triglycerides low (a measure of fat output by the liver generated by sugars such as fructose) also is a good indicator of the dense, sticky fats floating in the blood stream. Evidence presented in the book also suggest that fats in the diet are not the issue, but carbohydrates, which the body turns into fats, are. I'm reading more and more nutrition advice about cutting refined carbs and starches and eating whole grains, complex carbs, lowering carb intake and raising fat and protein intake, so I think the nutrition community is starting to catch on. As usual, however, it will take years for the medical community to pick up on it.
I was out shoveling yesterday when a neighbor stopped by to chat. Turns out her husband dropped dead suddenly of a heart attack while he was exercising. He was only 51 and in good shape. He had no signs or symptoms of any heart disease. He was in a hotel gym by himself and because no one found him in time (you have about 5 min for someone to restart your heart) he died. Left 3 daughters. So sad. Never too early to keep an eye on heart disease. 23199. judithathome - 12/17/2007 4:49:02 PM Ask if he'd had a recent nasty sinus infection..... 23200. judithathome - 12/17/2007 4:50:48 PM when I said that in Hill v. Huck, I'd be voting for the Man from Hope
Just make sure you're prepared to see another man from Hope congratulate his wife for winning on election night. 23201. jexster - 12/17/2007 7:59:46 PM With a clear conscience!
Put that Woman back in Hope 23202. jexster - 12/17/2007 10:05:05 PM Put the HO back in HOpe 23203. Magoseph - 12/18/2007 12:38:04 AM Santa Claus outraged by 'ho ho ho' ban
"Ho ho ho" turned to "ha ha ha" for PC reasons
Ho ho ho "could frighten kids, derogatory to women"
Santas rebel
HE is an unlikely revolutionary but this Christmas, Santa is a rebel with a claus.
He is having the last laugh on political correctness - and it's a great big fat belly laugh.
Santas across Sydney are rebelling against attempts to ban their traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" in favour of "ha, ha, ha"
Hahaha!
23204. arkymalarky - 12/18/2007 1:22:34 AM Thanks, and thanks for the info, Thoughtful. I feel really good about where I am and where I'm heading now. Stress relief is a huge part.
Judith, I remember that sinus infection/heart attack connection but not the details. I used to keep one much of the time, and still have recurrent problems (mostly for not being regular about my allergy shots). 23205. arkymalarky - 12/18/2007 1:27:47 AM BTW, a great snack I discovered is All-Bran bran buds stirred into low-fat vanilla cream flavored yogurt. 23206. jexster - 12/18/2007 1:41:15 AM Nasty 23207. jexster - 12/18/2007 1:41:58 AM
I'd rather be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother.
~ Charles Pierce 23208. arkymalarky - 12/18/2007 2:08:20 AM Don't knock it till you've tried it Boudin Man. 23209. jexster - 12/18/2007 4:10:04 AM Hi Arky!
 23210. jexster - 12/18/2007 4:16:47 AM Eat to UR heart's content there Arky!
I got me a hankerin for some 23211. arkymalarky - 12/18/2007 4:19:58 AM How pwecious!!!
The baby, not the boudin. 23212. jexster - 12/18/2007 4:26:44 AM That's my pal Sam...for some reason no one can fathom, I'm a total hit with the under 6 set
I can turn a terrible two year old's shrieks to smiles in a mall at 10 paces..guaranteed 23213. arkymalarky - 12/18/2007 4:29:46 AM Great minds and all....;-> 23214. Magoseph - 12/18/2007 10:20:56 AM Check this post from our dear David, please:
Message # 3687 in thread 164
"And Now a VERY Special Christmas Greeting."
23215. wonkers2 - 12/18/2007 6:50:58 PM Iraq? Inner city Detroit? Columbine? 23216. jexster - 12/18/2007 8:28:06 PM Look at all the fabulous people CLLR!
23217. arkymalarky - 12/19/2007 12:37:57 AM Thoughtful, how's your mom?
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