While I realize that there are worse things in the world than not being able to eat dairy products, like say elephantitis, or a third (or fourth) nipple, or having a few dozen nails shot though your head, it is sincerely frustrating to have to turn down every treat that comes your way because someone,…
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Let’s get physical! PHYSICAL! I wanna get physical!
I just amused myself and Meg, made some of you want to hurl, and probably confused the younger generations. YOUR WELCOME. I went to the doctor this morning, for my yearly physical. I told him about the elimination diet, and how I’m still having problems with being stiff and sore at night and in the…
Staying Heart-Healthy Part 2: The Diet Wars, cont.
The longer I write this blog and read about nutrition, the more interested I become in the idea that diet is the way that we can stay healthy into old age. The key to longevity, as far as I can tell, is to avoid heart disease in cancer. Heart disease is the leading cause of…
Staying Heart-Healthy Part 1 – The Diet Wars
As long-time readers of this blog know, I’m fascinated by different diets. For a long time I believed that a totally plant-based vegan diet was the way to be truly healthy and long-lived, but I struggled desperately with getting enough vegetables. Recently I’d decided to add meat back in for awhile to replace what seemed…
Cholesterol and celiac tests are in
I got a call from my doctor’s office. The bloodwork came back, and the celiac test was negative. “So you can eat wheat with abandon!”, the nurse said. Hmmmmmm. Okay. I’m sure we’ll come back to this at some point, won’t we? My cholesterol is what really concerned me. Here’s the current test: Total: 188…
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