[TheForge] OT Arthritis/Diabetes et al

[Jerry Frost]

Sounds like you have the right idea. Keeping active and 
eating a decent diet is the best preventative you can 
practice for diabetes and many other conditions.

Frosty
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From: <xlch58 at swbell.net>


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> I had my blood workup about five years ago and was 
> fine, good cholesterol was a little lower than 
> desired, but everything else was great.  I have a 
> glucose meter and every once in a while I buy new 
> strips for it and test myself.   Last time I tested 
> my fasting blood sugar level it was under 70, so I 
> guess I am doing alright.  Mom and my brother both 
> have it, but I was adopted so no genetic material is 
> shared, but it still makes me worry.  Your bad diet 
> regime is pretty much the standard meal plan in 
> consulting, though for the last ten years or so I 
> have avoided eating heavy meal at night, though when 
> stress is high I used to succumb to ice cream late at 
> night.   In the last six months, I  have trimmed back 
> down and have gone from obese on the BMI scales to 
> just overweight and am on the way to normal, eating 
> right and walking four miles a night.    The BMI 
> scales are screwed up, but they are useful 
> indicators.  The top end of the BMI "normal" scale 
> for me is about where I was in college when my body 
> fat was really low -- I know, I had it tested.   This 
> last time I gained a lot of weight.  Initially my 
> consumption didn't go up, just my exercise (due to 
> work) went down, then I tore up my shoulder and it 
> went down even more.  They say the difference between 
> being fit and being overweight is one potato chip a 
> day.  It is true.  I am in my forties now and it is a 
> new world.  It  is harder to drop weight, Knees that 
> I screwed up on bikes in my twenties have gone from 
> being an occasional irritant to being real trouble 
> and ruling out running, I got back aches for the 
> first time in my life, I need reading glasses all of 
> a sudden,  my traditionally excellent blood pressure 
> started to climb (after years of 101/67 it started 
> clocking 127/78, now with diet, exercise and stress 
> management it is down to 115/70 and dropping).   Dr 
> says health overall is good, welcome to middle age. 
> When I was in my twenties I didn't plan on living 
> past thirty, in my thirties I started planning on 
> living for ever, now in my forties I realize that is 
> going to take more than planning, it is going to take 
> a lot of effort.
> Charles
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