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Life Without Taste
Little surprises in our lives often prompt us to make new lifestyle decisions. When Danny Swatik found himself having angioplasty after suffering chest pains due to atherosclerosis he had to made some significant dietary changes. He blogs about it at his new site Life Without Taste. … Read entire article »
Happiness begets Happiness
Lately I’ve been a bit apprehensive about going to the doctors. Seems like every time I go there’s something new wrong with me that I have to deal with and this time I thought was no exception. As many of you know I have recently started a new relationship. As it turns out this girl loves to cook and I’ve been treated to spectacular dinners virtually every night. Now we’re talking well rounded, moderately portioned … Read entire article »
You Really Want This?
We’re always hearing stories about restaurants that serve extremely unhealthy foods in terms of nutrition. The stories are almost always boiler plate in nature with a break down of caloric and fat information along with mortality rate statistics. The fault however, does not fall upon the restaurant in my opinion. If people were lining up out the door to purchase these gastric monstrosities they wouldn’t sell it. Recently I went to a regional chain restaurant that I haven’t … Read entire article »
May Update
So far so good! Now that it’s been a few weeks after the diagnosis as expected I slipped a little. Fortunatly not quite as bad as I thought. What’s been really helping me was a piece of advice from one of my facebook friends, she said “If you bite it, write it!” By writing down everything I eat (along with the nutritional information about it) I’m continually aware of what’s going through my system. Yes, a few things are being consumed that shouldn’t be but now I’m going to think twice before I pick up many things on my next trip to the grocery store. While nobody agrees on the perfect diet everyone agrees it’s about a lifestyle change. This awareness will allow me to at least head in the general direction … Read entire article »
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Nutritional Focus Too!
I had just recently posted an article on my info blog about some recent medical discoveries found at my last physical exam. It was discovered that not only do I have a 70% blockage in my carotid arterie, but I also have “nodules” on my thyroid which were just scanned yesterday. (Results pending) So not wanting to experience a stroke anytime soon I’ve started readig up on heart friendly diets. What a sea of information and when … Read entire article »
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