Chicometrics! Was that from my recommendation? :) I should start back with Dr. Chico.
On 10/18/07, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's fantastic everyone! Well done! > > Charles' doc wanted to put him on blood sugar meds last month, even though > his sugar tested only 10 points over the norm ... and we said no way jose. > We'll change his diet first. So that's when we cut out all the sugar and > refined flour foods. Whole grains only, brown rice, lean meats, chicken, > fish, shrimp. More veggies. Fresh or frozen. Pure proteins. Nothing canned > except for some Vienna Sausages as a treat since they have no sugar. Low > sodium of course. > > Not only have we both lost weight just from that, him 11lbs and me another > 6lbs, but his blood pressure is WAYYYY lower back in the normal range. Mine > was never high, but usually it was 120/70, now I'm 107/64. > > We use a lot of garlic (healthy heart stuff, probably accounts for the blood > pressure drop) in our foods, no butter, just Smart Balance, olive oils, > flaxseed oil, fresh ginger in marinades, etc. Learning a lot about spices > and how they are good for you and which ones do what. > > We do a lot of stretching and toning stuff before bedtime. Combo yoga/situps > and my favorite guy Chicometrics. :) Remember him ;) THAT has been helping > our golf swing and other things.... > > <soapbox type="tangent"> > I really hate pharmaceuticals that just treat symptoms and not the cause. > Doctors just want to make money and prescribe these drugs without taking > into account the affect some of them have. And I'm just talking about > cholesterol/sugar/blood pressure stuff. Not mental therapy or things like > synthroid. If we take care of our bodies better, a lot of this is > reversible. Obviously there's probably people that a change in diet wouldn't > help them, but damn if doctors don't even try! AND there's so many natural > alternatives that treat some of these symptoms BETTER without all the side > affects! You should read the side affects Glucophage alone has! Let alone > other things like prostate medicines! If any of ya ever have any problems > there, I can forward LOTS of inifo about that to take to your doctors. > > I read a great thing a couple of weeks ago. People expect their doctors to > know everything, but they don't. Especially general practitioners... some > are better than others, so no offense to anyone's relatives (Adam, yours are > the best!!!!), but the majority see you for 15 minutes and move on to the > next. It's very impersonal for the majority, especially with the way our > current insurance is structured. So only one person knows WHAT your body > does, HOW it reacts to things and WHEN you feel a certain way. YOU live in > your body every day, you are the expert on it. If a doctor prescribes you > one thing, and does test and those test say you're normal, but you still > feel bad or off, then guess what! The doc might of been wrong! But people > never take the time or care about second opinions, or trying to do research, > etc. > > If I never took my Thyroid coondition into my own hands, I would never of > finally got it straightened out, because the doctors kept running the wrong > tests. And mostly it's because of what they are taught as GENERAL > PRACTITIONERS in med school. Synthroid has been out for so many years, it's > like a standard along to go with the standard tests, but there's OTHER more > important tests that need to be done, other drugs to prescribe, and the > majority of doctors don't know it. And it's hard to get a referral to a > specialist when the doc says hey, there's nothing wrong! > > So ALWAYS ALWAYS double check the doc. It's your life in his hands. ;) > <soapbox> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:244646 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
