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Skriven 2014-09-10 19:30:08 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 16812 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: odd food & eaters 926
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Hi Michael,

 RH> The water build up should have tipped you off that there was a
 RH> problem, long before you split out the shoes.

 ML> Considering I've been in some degree of heart failure (I
 ML> really doubt that my EF has been an acceptable 50 any time
 ML> in my lifetime) since the 1960s at least, and my shoe size
 ML> has fluctuated between 7.5 and 9 all my adulthood, I've
 ML> been aware of the issue, just not that it had to be treated.
 ML> The split shoes were 8C or so; maybe I should have paid more
 ML> attention to the width issue - for me the issue is
 ML> underhealthcare; somebody has to make up for people like my
 ML> brother, who use far too many of the medical resources in
 ML> proportion to their need.

So are you paying more attention to your health issues now? It may be
that a new pair of shoes is inexpensive compared to seeing a doctor
regularly but doing the latter saves major health "surprises" brought on
by not going. My brother is a prime example of that.

 RH> did have (uncontrolled) diabetes. Dad didn't have ice cream at every
 RH> meal but (almost) every meal had to be something he liked.
 ML> Was he an only child?
 RH> No, he had a (much) older sister and brother, gap of almost 10 years,
 RH> then him and a couple of years later, another brother. I understand
 RH> the younger brother got away with quite a bit that Dad didn't. When Dad
 RH> was in his teens, his mom was bedridden for some time and Dad had to do
 RH> most of the cooking for the family as his older sister and brother were
 RH> both married, with young children.

 ML> So it's a reactive thing, not an entitlement thing?

 ML> Sort of like my father (who felt deprived as a child) every
 ML> day wanting his ice cream because he had access to it rather
 ML> than because he wanted wanted it.

Something on that order. Or, like me getting cotton candy at fairs
because my parents never let us have any when we were younger. Of course
that's a moot point right now but for years, instead of going on dozens
of rides or playing dozens of games, I might go on one ride and buy a
thing of cotton candy.

 ML> The incidence of heart disease among the Inuit is said
 ML> to be very low.
 RH> They also probably get a lot more exercise than the average American,
 RH> burning off a lot of the fat they eat.

 ML> The protective effect of exercise has been called into
 ML> question lately. Among my friends, too, the level of
 ML> healthiness among the athletes and the antiathletes is
 ML> not substantially different.

Some form of exercise, even if it's just parking a bit further out and
walking to a store entrance, is better than none. But those folks that
park as close as they can, get all kinds of junk food and basically get
no exercise usually develop health issues at a much younger age.

 ML> Beef Enchiladas
 ML> categories: Texan, main, Tex-Mex
 ML> servings: 4 to 8

I've made similar, without the cilantro, and they are good. I've also
eaten them at a lot of Mexican places, anywhere from HI to TX, AZ, GA
and NC.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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