craigb
When in Rome...

My fathers wife had high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels.
 
Levels are back to normal thanks to yoga exercises, healthy food and avoiding stress.

Thanks everyone. They said that my heart is healthy and it is OK for me to push my body some in exercise. My multi colored lady and I are going to start a walking program. I need it, so does she. I was surprised he said absolutely nothing about my changing my meds... but then my BP is lower and I am actually changing my diet.
 
Multi Colored Lady...
 

"She" has a beard and sideburns??? 

hey Jbow-I went through similar and Crestor is well known,anecdotaly for causing muscle and joint pain-Lipitor seems to be less invasive.
I went from 1 organic egg a day to 2 and moved to full fat A2 milk and the results speak for themselves,cholesterol wise but a small dose (5mg) of Atorvachol daily is fairly innocuous and probably suitable for old fellas like us.
ps:my tryglycericides shot through the roof when I went on a low fat diet but are back to normal thanks to Becan n eggs.
 
edit:new studies are showing the health benefits of pig lard in metabolising proteins-some sort of prebiotic boost from what I remember.
cheers
tony   

craigb
"She" has a beard and sideburns??? 

Click the picture...

I don't know... Anyone who needs to be called "All man" might generate some doubt, ya? 

Glad things are looking up for you, all the best.
 
My gluten intake is probably through the roof, I'd say certainly higher than the average bear. I even make gluten steaks, which is mainly gluten flour with a few other things of course.
 
I was going blind, continual blurring vision, couldn't read road signs until I was right on them, if I would blink, it was like I had a thick film over my eyes when I opened them, try to read anything when I first got up, forget it. General aches and pains. Someone noticed how much Pepsi Max I drank, you know the sugar free stuff, probably about 6 cans a day, and more on weekends, go through 3 30 can cartons a fortnight, they pointed out a few articles about aspartame poisoning, something like that, the stuff they use in sugar free stuff, I checked it out, there were some horror stories, but I thought, ahh, it's rubbish. Then a few weeks latter I decided to give it a whirl, so I stopped drinking Pepsi Max, without a word of a lie, with in 2 days my eye sight was like wow, I couldn't believe how bright and clear everything was, I put up with it thinking my eyes are just fading, getting older, 51, when all I had to do was stop drinking this poison, general aches and pains have since gone.
 
If I hadn't experienced it myself I wouldn't have believed it, as I didn't when I was told about it. I'll never touch 'sugar free' drinks or products that use that type of sweetener again, to be safe I just bypass all 'sugar free' stuff.

jih64
Glad things are looking up for you, all the best.
 
My gluten intake is probably through the roof, I'd say certainly higher than the average bear. I even make gluten steaks, which is mainly gluten flour with a few other things of course.
 
I was going blind, continual blurring vision, couldn't read road signs until I was right on them, if I would blink, it was like I had a thick film over my eyes when I opened them, try to read anything when I first got up, forget it. General aches and pains. Someone noticed how much Pepsi Max I drank, you know the sugar free stuff, probably about 6 cans a day, and more on weekends, go through 3 30 can cartons a fortnight, they pointed out a few articles about aspartame poisoning, something like that, the stuff they use in sugar free stuff, I checked it out, there were some horror stories, but I thought, ahh, it's rubbish. Then a few weeks latter I decided to give it a whirl, so I stopped drinking Pepsi Max, without a word of a lie, with in 2 days my eye sight was like wow, I couldn't believe how bright and clear everything was, I put up with it thinking my eyes are just fading, getting older, 51, when all I had to do was stop drinking this poison, general aches and pains have since gone.
 
If I hadn't experienced it myself I wouldn't have believed it, as I didn't when I was told about it. I'll never touch 'sugar free' drinks or products that use that type of sweetener again, to be safe I just bypass all 'sugar free' stuff.

The same goes for "natural" sugar-free sweeteners like Stevia as well, according to what I've read (and since I'm not a medical expert, I can't ever be 100% confident in anything I read but the following does sound logical to me).....
 

Stevia is "sweet" on the palate, so the body assumes it is receiving sugar and primes itself to do so. Glucose is cleared from the bloodstream and blood sugars drop, but no real sugar/glucose is provided to the body to compensate. When this happens, adrenaline and cortisol surge to mobilize sugar from other sources (liver and muscle glycogen, or protein, or body tissue) to bring blood glucose back up.
http://www.nutritionbynat...via-quinoa-almond-milk

 
These non-sugar sweeteners are basically inducing a state of hypoglycemia which in turn causes a release of the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol. Frequent release of these hormones, which are designed to be released in fight or flight situations and not when you're eating a meal, can be damaging to your health. The negative effects include suppressed immune system, increased inflammation, and lower thyroid function.
 
Apparently this effects different people to different degrees, but what I got from it is that it's better to consume real sugar sparingly rather than wolf down large quantities of sugar-free sweeteners thinking that they're perfectly fine. 
 
 

sharke

jih64
Glad things are looking up for you, all the best.
 
My gluten intake is probably through the roof, I'd say certainly higher than the average bear. I even make gluten steaks, which is mainly gluten flour with a few other things of course.
 
I was going blind, continual blurring vision, couldn't read road signs until I was right on them, if I would blink, it was like I had a thick film over my eyes when I opened them, try to read anything when I first got up, forget it. General aches and pains. Someone noticed how much Pepsi Max I drank, you know the sugar free stuff, probably about 6 cans a day, and more on weekends, go through 3 30 can cartons a fortnight, they pointed out a few articles about aspartame poisoning, something like that, the stuff they use in sugar free stuff, I checked it out, there were some horror stories, but I thought, ahh, it's rubbish. Then a few weeks latter I decided to give it a whirl, so I stopped drinking Pepsi Max, without a word of a lie, with in 2 days my eye sight was like wow, I couldn't believe how bright and clear everything was, I put up with it thinking my eyes are just fading, getting older, 51, when all I had to do was stop drinking this poison, general aches and pains have since gone.
 
If I hadn't experienced it myself I wouldn't have believed it, as I didn't when I was told about it. I'll never touch 'sugar free' drinks or products that use that type of sweetener again, to be safe I just bypass all 'sugar free' stuff.

The same goes for "natural" sugar-free sweeteners like Stevia as well, according to what I've read (and since I'm not a medical expert, I can't ever be 100% confident in anything I read but the following does sound logical to me).....
 

Stevia is "sweet" on the palate, so the body assumes it is receiving sugar and primes itself to do so. Glucose is cleared from the bloodstream and blood sugars drop, but no real sugar/glucose is provided to the body to compensate. When this happens, adrenaline and cortisol surge to mobilize sugar from other sources (liver and muscle glycogen, or protein, or body tissue) to bring blood glucose back up.
http://www.nutritionbynat...via-quinoa-almond-milk

 
These non-sugar sweeteners are basically inducing a state of hypoglycemia which in turn causes a release of the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol. Frequent release of these hormones, which are designed to be released in fight or flight situations and not when you're eating a meal, can be damaging to your health. The negative effects include suppressed immune system, increased inflammation, and lower thyroid function.
 
Apparently this effects different people to different degrees, but what I got from it is that it's better to consume real sugar sparingly rather than wolf down large quantities of sugar-free sweeteners thinking that they're perfectly fine. 
 
 

I think you're right. I didn't completely cut out sugar, just back on it. I drink my coffee in a travel mug everywhere. I use (I'm guessing) a little under two teaspoons of sugar in it with three packs of Sweet Leaf stevia. So, I'm getting some sugar, just not as much. I may re-think the Cherry Coke 0s and Sprite 0s... I like them but not that much. Maybe I'll just cut back on sodas in general and when I do drink one, go with Pepsi Next or the Coke with sugar and stevia blend. I also drink La Croix flavored carbonated water, it isn't soda and has no kind of sweetener but is good!
We had grilled cobia, crab cakes, and a vegetable Tuesday evening. I had left over spaghetti and meat sauce. Yesterday evening we made a "pasta bake" used the leftover spaghetti noodles, meat sauce, cooked up a bunch of baby portabella mushrooms and garlic in butter, added that and ricotta cheese, parmesan and mozzarella cheese.. and olive oil. It was GOOD but not as good for me but like I said, I'm not trying to make this a job or a burden, just trying to do better. I don't know what we will eat tonight, maybe pork chops and vegetables. Tomorrow is my wife's birthday so we'll go out and get a good steak! I have 2# of collards, sweet potatoes, probably pork, and will cook a pot of beans for Sunday.
Thanks for the reminder on the artificial sweeteners. I had heard that but had forgotten it, I needed to hear it again.
J