Can things I've learned the hard way.. help people.. before they suffer more?

[ceagle]

Started to get a lot of heartburn a long time ago.
Had a lot of tests.
Told to cut out nearly all hydrogenated oils and lard (essentially the same thing).
Almost no heartburn anymore.

Cut back sodium (under 2200mg/day) and caffeine soda (about 1 can a week).
Almost no more headaches, and (with some regular exercise) lowered blood pressure, too.

And balanced meals. Plenty of water. Vitamin C and wash hands after doorknobs and money.

Those are the basics anyway. I'm still learning.

Best of wishes... ^v^

Comments

[androgynism.livejournal.com]

I get heartburns sometimes too. Usually goes away with a couple of acid-neutralizing pills.

Oh you should also avoid alcohol and coffee. They tend to cause heartburns

[hastka.livejournal.com]

So what DO you eat? :)

I've been working on my diet too (as I sit here eating a twix and drinking a pepsi at 9am), but I dunno, old habits are hard to break. At least when I eat FOOD-food, it's generally somewhat healthy. And I've been trying to get more water but that's always hard -- why does that stuff have to taste so like-nothing? ;)

Which I guess begs the question... is there a historic physiological reason that water tastes like nothing, versus how sugar tastes good or, for example, dental resin tastes bad.

[austin-dern.livejournal.com]

So what DO you eat?

Be nice, now ... he's still trying to live down people discovering how much scavenging eagles do.

I kind of like the taste of dental resin, but I encounter very little of it, and was always a really strange person.

[stoda.livejournal.com]

Yeah... it's interesting how many modern health problems are directly related to the crap that's in processed foods.

[hastka.livejournal.com]

I'm more concerned about the weird ones that nobody can really conclusively say came from something. Because you KNOW that substrate protein bars and Red Bull just can't be good for you.

[genecatlow.livejournal.com]

Hey, caffeine has been yelling threats at me and trying to
wrestle itself out of the (unyielding) grasp of my two pals,
Common Sense and Good Health, for years now. "I'll mess you
up, hairball! Turn me loose! Your mangy butt is MINE, you hear?
Leggo! Leggo, I'm gonna kill him! They can't hold me forever,
litterbox-breath! If not me then my people! I'm looking at a
dead cat here!" Sodium, of course, is more a subtle attacker,
he likes to sneak up on me quietly. But turn a watchful eye on
him and he slinks off, muttering resentful things under his
breath...

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Water, or at least tap water, didn't taste like nothing at first. I just got used to it and don't notice it any more.

Good points!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

As much as I think coffee is nice, I've noticed a direct connection with digestion, so if I have it alone, hours before or after food, it can be okay... but *with* food it just stops digestion, period. This can often cause heartburn later, yeah..

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

hehheh!!
Good Q!

Um... well... okay...
Breakfast is usually a few bowls of frosted shredded wheat, or maybe also a super sugar crisp wheat puffs... Those are the only two good fiber, good nutrients, low sodium cereals I've ever found (less than 40mg per bowl, + 150 for the milk).
My dentist said it's good for the gums to takee a multivitamin, so I take half of one of those too (the rest of your day should provide enough of the rest of the nutrients). Recently I've also started adding calcium, taken with the milk which has vitamin D for absorbtion.

Unless I am at a punch-clock type job which has a lunch hour, I often skip lunch and just have light snacks throughout the day, such as cashews, low salt Ritz, or a candy bar and some orange juice and/or a soda. Take brief breaks for water too, hopefully. They say 48 to around 64 oz of water through the day is a good goal. Many liquids can contribute to this, but if you have caffeinated drinks, they count less because they are diuretics.

Dinner... mmm, ahhhhh... :9
I try to go to buffets a lot, since I can balance the meal better than say, a standard coffee shop type meal. I usually dine out, since it works out pretty evenly when you subtract the time, energy and money one would've spent with shopping, cooking, and cleaning. If you like leftovers, you can certainly save money (a bit), but unless that's a factor the savings is generally nil.

So... I'll try to get a salad (fiber), a protein (usually chicken or turkey or fish, and a couple times a month perhaps some beef), some veggies (3 or 4 helpings), maybe some bread, a drink, and (sometimes) dessert.

I follow the simple balance method for daily variety intake: 4 vegetable/fruit, 4 bread/cereal, 3 dairy, 2 protein.
Breakfast covers 2 to 3 of the cereal and dairy, so if I have another bit of bread at dinner, those two groups are completed.
The veggie/fruit and protein sections I try to cover at lunch, snacks and dinner. *warble*
I still have a few sweets in there (not considered necessary food groups)... my favorite one being the almond M&Ms. :9
Then after dinner I try to keep it simple, by just sipping water or orange-ade, which is easier for digestion.

Ah hope that helps... any more Qs, feel free ta ask! :D

hyeh hyeh!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*looks up with big eyes, frozen in the act of rummaging through the pantry...*
Ya caught me!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

the taste does indeed seem to vary from place to place...
Luckily ours has about the best taste I've ever found, though other family members prefer Perrier, of which I'm not terribly fond.
Bottled waters are just tolerable for me, Sparkletts, Arrowhead... I'm sure they're good, but they are a bitty 'tinny' to my taste, so I just drink the tap most of the time... often with orange juice with about 1/3 water to make orange-ade. :9

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

awwww.... ah jus' keep onna tryin' when ah can.. :>
Thanks, woofster! *hugsya*

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Indeed.... ;P
...and at least they have tracked it in historical trends and dietary habits of in different cultures.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

I have *yet* to even try one Red Bull... 8|
Years ago I was trying a number of other energy drinks, what with the ginseng ginko biloba et. al. fads, and then one day when drinking some and experiencing bleeding from a small blood vessel burst (and subsequently cleared and okayed by a doctor), ....I stopped with all of those.

*nod nod nod*

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Anthropomorphically Apropos, Amigo!

From what I've seen, you're keeping them fairly well at bay! :D *wags*
And after discovering SotS, now you've got an even better edge in keeping ahead of the game these days.. ;> (tune into GeneCatlow.com for details!)

*feathers flap!*

[neocanis.livejournal.com]

Eat health, stay health *fluffyhuz*

In Japan, they even sell small portable device that a person can carry around in their pocket that helps them to disinfect money ;P

[hastka.livejournal.com]

Sounds good, thanks ;)

Don't lick the doorknobs :)

[jedd-marten.livejournal.com]

Lots of water is good. Mixing some citrus juice with the tap water hides it's "tappyness" nicely -- and there's more of that vitamin C in there as a bonus.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Diminutive Disinfectationings?.... A Capable Counteractive to Colds!
Thanks for the report, woof! *fluffyhuz backatcha*

[ekevoo.livejournal.com]

Circulation trouble is very common in my father's side. And all of them are diabetic, except for one of my cousins (and my 3-year-old half-brother). I'm very worried. :\

What sort of medical assistance (sp?) did the orientation? I want to be looking for one soon. My father found out that he's diabetic only a couple of weeks ago. :/

Glad you could get over the trouble. Congratulations. ;)

yipe...

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

:|
It might indeed be a good idea to be wary of dietary objectives, and plan carefully, with exercise too...

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by what sort of assistance and orientation.. *peeps, and wingfuzzles your ears*... It was just regular doctors and some specialist referrals... Like, for a skin ailment you would see a dermatologist and for a foot one you would see a podiatrist ... For other specialties they have specialists too. I hope you have a good regular doctor... *hugs and wishes well*