Posted on 02/19/2025 8:05:48 AM PST by Red Badger
Thanks. This was good information. Some of it I knew, but some, like the toothpaste, surprised me. My wife has type 2 diabetes and is a medical professional. She manages her blood sugar levels very well. She drinks “Mexican” Coke because it uses real sugar, not artificial sweeteners. The body can efficiently process real sugar, not artificial sweeteners. According to her, if her blood sugar is low, she can drink room-temperature Mexican Coke, which will quickly boost her blood sugar. Conversely, she immediately rinses with mouthwash after brushing her teeth. I will not tell her what you posted; some arguments ain’t worth it.😀
More health fact or fiction tips…
10. Injecting ground up butterfly in your leg will kill you.
True
11. Standing in ice water and adding salt will cause your toes to turn black.
True
12. Doing #11 will result in your mom pushing you around the house in a lawn chair.
True
Did Dr. Fauci ghost-write this?
Anyone seeking factual information should read Dr. Casey Mean’s book “Good Energy” and then discuss it with a biochemist or doctor with a good understanding of metabolism.
Overnutrition is a fact of the modern diet and yes, pumping your body full of sugar can lead to metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and diabetes in addition to increasing the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Fortunately RFKJ knows these things, and won’t be listening to this quack.
Some doctor:
“2. Eating too much sugar will give you diabetes.
Fiction. Sugar becomes glucose in your bloodstream. In response, your body makes insulin to regulate blood sugar. Type 2 diabetes is a problem with insulin regulation, not sugar intake. Excessive sugar can lead to overweight and obesity, which are risk factors for type 2 diabetes. That makes eating a well-balanced diet, without a lot of added sugar, important for your health.
It isn’t possible to determine with certainty what specific foods or nutrients are increasing your risk for Type 2 diabetes. Read more about sugar’s role in the disease.”
Bump for later
#5 is misleading. If you’re playing a couple of hours of squash a week and have an MI you’ll probably want to cut that out. You’ll also find a few of the guys you used to play with will try to avoid games with you. They don’t want to be pounding on your chest on the floor of the squash court.
Ice water for burns does the best.
Converting ice at 32F to water at 32F takes far more heat than simply raising the water or ice by themselves.
It will draw out more heat quicker.
Squash is for eating, not playing.....................
Fiction #3 comes from British WW2 wartime propaganda. They created the myth that eating carrots helped nighttime eyesight to explain the success of their night fighters were having against German nighttime bombing raids and to hide the fact that their night fighters were actually using radar to locate the German bombers.
I know this sounds crazy, but when I have a minor burn I immediately run hot water over it—as hot as I can stand. This was told to me by a restaurant employee. I found that the burn rarely blistered when I did this and we owned a restaurant for 40 years.
swallow toothpaste or mouthwash? Screw that
Fiction? Not in my world.
My husband is in his 70s. Goes regularly for eye exams. Also gets the every three month eye injections for macular degeneration.
In the last several years he's become hooked on this wonderful Bolthouse brand carrot juice and drank a couple bottles a week.
On his last eye exam he could see better on the vision charts than he has for decades.
How could an old guy's vision improve like this if not for the carrot juice?
Soda pop consumption is one of the biggest health problems today, glad I never became hooked on it.
That doesn’t make sense except that it would absolutely increase the blood flow to the area and probably draw the heat out faster.
Interesting.
Sorry it was removed. Another politician collapsing at the podium during legislative session.
Linky no worky...............
How could an old guy’s vision improve like this if not for the carrot juice?
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