Having raised all boys and a husband, I learned that very early on. It would be so much simpler if they installed a urinal and a toilet in home bathrooms. It would fit the needs of both sexes. Even when I get up in the middle of the night, I feel to see where the seat is. Being the only female, I was at a disadvantaged. My boys are adults now, but husband is 73, you can’t retrain at that age.
It is hard enough to get him to eat a better diet than take 2 cholesterol pills each day, which I am positive cause a lot of his muscle pain. They tried 5 on me, after I pitched a $200 bottle of WelChol after just 5 pills, I told the doc no more. I have lowered my tris by stopping nearly all sweets, including high sugar fruits, limiting carbs to veggies, 1 slice of whole wheat bread if I eat bread. Use pan sprays and bake, broil, grill most meat, limit portion to 4 oz. I have halved my cholesterol numbers with just food and cooking changes, it also has lowered his some. But his is genetic, where mine is not, and he is not a salad eater, meat and potatoes, bread and not in small portions. no sweet is safe if he finds a candy bowl.
I have the opposite take: Why can’t WOMEN learn to put the toilet seat UP??? I hate splashing on the seat when I pee late at night!
Using fenugreek as a supplement helps lower cholesterol and has benefit for pain. Not many potentially undesirable side-effects at all. One that may or may not be undesirable is that your sweat will smell vaguely like maple syrup if you supplement fairly heavily longterm, it’s a very sweet-smelling herb. It also has some benefit sexually in both genders. Prior to recent years, it was primarily known for and used with the intent to increase lactation in nursing mothers, but has gained a measure of notoriety as a subtle treatment for ED in males with a somewhat corresponding affect among females.
L-Arginine is another, it works by increasing nitric oxide, a vasodilator. It can lower blood pressure, and both of these can inhibit blood clotting somewhat. So, if you’re on any sort of medication to treat high blood pressure, blood thinners such as coumadin, etc. you’d want to speak with your doctor about it before beginning to use them. L-Arginine used alone can potentially lead to outbreaks of any latent viral infection if not paired with L-Lysine, so that’s another consideration. If you’re prone to cold sores or have warts, you might want to think twice even though it’s really pretty good for energy, recovery time from muscular activity, pain, I use both of these.
I’m thinking of a certain scene in “About Schmidt”. :-D