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Posted on 08/05/2004 5:47:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
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The book is called The Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov.
OK, I got it.
Ok...here are my actual numbers...I went and got a printout of them...
CHOL: 264
HDL Test 75
TRIG 83
RCHOL/HDL: 3.52
Test LDL: 172
You really think I can just blow off this guy? Just tell him I am refusing treatment?
I'd love to, because it looks like doing low cholesterol Atkins would be a real hassle!
BTW, got yer CD today. Kewl!
Now you may return to your regularly scheduled freeping.
I've seen those at Staples, and I think they'd be the way to go, if we do this.
*sigh* Procrastinating even further, because music night got cancelled tonight. Jim's sick, and I'm starting to feel crappy, too, and we couldn't find Bilbo until the last second when we'd already cancelled. We're gonna have a make-up on Friday, but I'm still feeling guilty because I'm not really sick YET and we could have done it.
I'm good at guilt.
Excellent! Glad it made it!
Couple more people should get them in the next day or so...but I also need to burn more for a second round...
*Shrug* Why wait 'til you're full-blown sick? Maybe if you got some rest you can head it off at the pass.
You are not obligated to do anything. He works for you, remember? He's used to treating people like idiots- and you're not one. He gave you a rubber-stamp perscription because the HMOs/Medicare buracracy sez he's only obligated to spend 15 minutes with you and the pharmaceutical reps say "everyone should be on Lipitor". I guarantee he didn't study your family history, case histories similar to yours, or your whole big picture of health.
Don't you worry. You are healthy. You eat well. There's no rush to reduce a number. It's an arbritrary standard. It changes like the shifting sand. Just like the height/weight tables. Just like the blood pressure tables. Just like the four food groups food pyramid. These things are thought up by committees who are trying to make public policy out of a best-fit line.
You just start reading up and then make your down decision.
And truly- Don't worry. He'll try to get you on hypertension meds next. :P
Kinda accidental really good South Beach dish discovery...
First of all, I gotta say it's cool how my tastes have changed. I went grocery shopping quickly on the way home, which is pretty much always a mistake since I'm hungry and I impulse buy. Used to be, I'd come home with junk. I bought stuff I didn't go in for today, too, but my impulse buys were: one eggplant, a bunch of broccoli, nectarines, and plums. I went to the register feeling guilty 'cause I had two things on my list and them weren't it...but had to laugh at myself, too.
OK, discovery: I took an eggplant, sliced it in 1/2" slices, salted it and let it drain a bit. Then I rinsed the slices, dipped in beaten egg, and then in an almond meal / parmesan cheese mix, probably a little more almond than parmesan. Put that on a oiled cookie sheet and baked at 375 for a little over 20 minutes, turning them halfway through.
It was WONDERFUL! Really, really good. I'll be making it again, for sure. Had to remember that "eat until satisfied - not stuffed" rule. And this is in spite of a sore throat.
Sounds like a good excuse, anyway.
I'm gonna go to bed by nine or so. Couldn't have done that if'n I had a houseful.
Take it easy, Rosie. Don't get sick-er. Have the evening to yourself and don't you dare feel guilty. Watch some anime or something, that's an order.
37 was bizarre. But I really, really like Roy...
My dad has high cholesterol too...I don't know his numbers or ratio, but they put him on some medicine that ate away a bunch of his muscle mass! He's a really tall thin fellow.
They took him off the meds!
You know...it looks like my HDL (good cholesterol) is making up for my bad, I have "more" than normal (30-60 being normal!)...but that all the numbers except for the 264 total cholesterol are within normal limits!
That sounds good! Do you just use a meat mallet to pound the chicken? I don't have one of those, but...not like they're that hard to find.
Yeah I need to get to bed early tonight. Have to catch the early flight tomorrow.
I'll probably use the breading I used tonight on some other things, too. I was surprised at how good it was, considering it was so basic! Didn't even add any spices, though I can think of a few that might be good to try. Garlic, at least, in any case.
I found out the natural foods store here sells almond meal that they grind in the store, and the price isn't bad at all.
Where are you going? House related?
Nope. House is sold. *Sniff*
Going up to Massachusettes to visit relatives...I'll be down at The Cape this weekend. :)
Oh, btw...this is my anemia profile:
Iron: 77 (normal is 60-170...a little on the low side of normal)
TIBC 326 (normal is 240-450)
Saturation 24% (normal is 20-50%)
The iron and the saturation is on the low end and is likely just because I'm pre-menapausal. He put me on Feosol, which I like...it does make me feel better...
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