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     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: odd food & eaters 987
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Ruth Haffly on 09-22-14  23:24 <=-

 ML> During my high fat low carb year, this year, I've lost
 ML> an inch around the middle. Most of my pants require a

That's a rather healthful sign...

 ML> belt now, but I don't have a belt, so I've gone to
 ML> this ridiculous posture where I walk around holding my
 ML> trou up with my thumb around a belt loop. I think I
 ML> might ought to buy a belt.

I think you might oughta, too...  :)  Free up that other hand for when
you might need it in a hurry...  ;)

 ML> I was talking with Ian recently, and he has recently discovered
 ML> a steaming technique that preserves the flavor of the confit
 ML> while sparing the eater most of the effect of the salt. I had
 ML> in fact overconcentrated the flavor of the confit and the salt
 ML> both, which made it less than a stellar experience. Availability
 ML> of a large quantity of (say) potatoes would have helped.

Sounds like a good reason to re-do that experiment, then... :)

 RH>> I know someone who's been very sedentary all his life, basically a
 RH>> hermit since getting out on his own, and is now paying for it with
 RH>> major health issues.
 ML> My point was that I know people who have been sedentary all
 ML> their lives who have done fine. It's possible that their
 ML> "good genes" might have made them healthy into their 80s and
 ML> 90s rather than their 70s and 80s, but that is unclear.

Been watching this thread play out...  Mostly agreeing with you on
this...  I can see where she's coming from... and for some sedentary
people, that does only make things worse for them, probably... For other
people, though, it obviously wasn't much if any of a factor... And then
there are the exercise freaks that die of conditions brought on by their
exercise...  One probably can't win, unless one happens to...  (G)

 ML> My father, for example, made it to 89 and might well have
 ML> lived past 90 but for some medical misunderstanding, and
 ML> after his 30s he never got a full night's sleep or a lick
 ML> of exercise. Or, oddly, for some decades, much medical care,
 ML> despite it being free for him. Uncontrolled heart disease
 ML> and diabetes from 50 and no consequence until past 80.
 ML> I dread that kind of longevity.

Longevity without health can be a real downer, for sure...

 RH> Some do, some don't. But if you never see a doctor even semi
 RH> regularly, you're not being confronted with issues that may be
 RH> reversible---if you take action to do so.
 ML> I suppose those with health bugaboos in their family past
 ML> might well benefit from regular medical scrutiny.

I think that the more important part of seeing a doctor regularly is
that IF something pops up that requires attention, it's easier to get it
addressed it one is already in the system...  my doctor and I have this
sorta dance, where he worries a bit about something, and then I assure
him that it'll be ok without treatment probably... and he agrees that
throwing meds and stuff at me isn't a great idea...  :)   But when I do
actually need something, like maybe antibiotics for an acute case of
bronchitis, he's there to supply it..   I'd not want to have to make the
effort for myself that I had to do to get treatment for Richard when his
heart betrayed him...  ;)

 ML> Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Gratin
 ML> cat: main, low-carb, gluten-free, vegetarian

Doesn't look bad at all... although I wouldn't mind adding in meat,
etc... 

ttyl        neb

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