Posted on 07/14/2008 12:44:42 PM PDT by Oyarsa
You’re absolutely right. It’s hard and expensive feeding your family whole foods. Easy to say, “Oh, but it’s worth it” but when money is tight, it’s not always possible. It takes work. (But it really is worth it!)
Oh no! I was not suggesting that milk and skin cancer were related somehow. I just meant that people drank milk for a hundred years and were not getting obese. AND, people have lived under the sun for over a hundred years and did not get skin cancer. Although, they were not getting checked as they do now. Which is a good point. I doubt there were dermatologist years ago.
I seem to go on about such things, which annoys some people, I know. If you or anyone else knows about a study of tonsils and causes of death, please let me know. I am a big advocate of keeping “body parts” even though most people don’t seem to care about taking tonsils out.
I believe that everything in the body is there for a reason, and apparently we have not found out what tonsils are for. If autopsies mentioned if patients had them or not, we could see some kind of pattern of causes of death.
Just something that has bugged me for years. Sorry to go on and on.
LOL. Sorry! I misread your post. You have great points about both. And I can check with my husband on the tonsil thing. He has a group at the health care company he works for that does nothing but statistical research on diseases. I’ll ask about the tonsils and see what he knows. (no promises that he’ll know of anything, though.)
You are wonderful! You are the first person that did not scoff at me! I would love any info you or your husband can shed light on. I would love finding out any kind of statistics on such a thing. Thanks for any info you find out!
Awww, thanks. I think your tonsil theory is interesting.
The dr patiently took the time to go over her diet and located the problem. After she gave me some direction, my kid did just fine. She didn't loose weight, she just stopped gaining weight and grew into what she had.
She's now 16 years old and a smokin' hot, muscular size two. She doesn't have much of an appetite for breakfast, but she found that she feels the best when she has 8 oz of whole milk with 1/4 - 1/3 cup of whipping cream mixed in first thing in the morning.
She eats when she's hungry, stops when she's full and walks or runs two miles 5 days a week.
It's amazing how she *lost* weight when she started the fat-laden breakfast. She was never "fat", but she did drop from a size 10 to a 2 just from that one change over the last 7 months. (Dad does NOT like her bikini! lol!)
My son is a type one diabetic and there's not much anyone can do about that. I've fed him a natural, healthy, fatty diet and he's 14 and FINE. The school tested him and said he was overweight, then measured his body fat and found he was at 7%. They *then* were confused at how he could be so heavy with such a low BF. (muscle, duh.)
He's athletic, energetic and ripped, even with this terrible disease. I feed the kid red meat, whole milk, eggs, fresh fruit and plenty of veggies. One thing I *do* watch is the carbs. To me, 75g a day is excessive. He gets treats, but it's not the norm.
We have 8.66 acres in Central Texas for the kids to run on. I wouldn't have it any other way.
A mom after my own heart! Nice to hear. It sounds like you’re doing a great job with your son - he’s a lucky kid. Type 1 is a tough disease. Best of luck and health to you and your son.
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