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Shortcuts to keeping healthy and fit

12,916 September 5, 2016 at 06:06 PM in Chat (6)
Source: BBC - Trust Me I'm a Doctor [bbc.co.uk]

Reduce sugar intake after a meal by 36% and reduce cholesterol by 13%.
Drink dilute apple cider vinegar before each meal.
MORE INFO [bbc.co.uk]

Decrease blood pressure by 16% in 4 weeks.
Squeeze a handgrip dynamometer [amazon.com] for 2 minutes at 30% of maximum strength, with 2 minutes rest in between each squeeze.
Do this 4 times in a row, 3 times each week.
MORE INFO [bbc.co.uk]

Increase fitness by 12% in 4 weeks.
Takes just 4 minutes of exercise 3 times per week.
VIDEO [bbc.co.uk]

Note this this comes from a TV series that shows on national TV in the UK. It may also be available on your local PBS station.
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09-07-2016 at 11:18 AM.
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09-07-2016 at 11:49 AM.
09-07-2016 at 11:49 AM.
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I missed you too! hug
I figured you'd just given up on the place (and I couldn't blame you, as much as things have slowed down)
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09-07-2016 at 11:57 AM.
09-07-2016 at 11:57 AM.
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I figured you'd just given up on the place (and I couldn't blame you, as much as things have slowed down)
I think we've all just given up on the place, we just still come back for some reason.
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09-07-2016 at 12:14 PM.
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I think we've all just given up on the place, we just still come back for some reason.
To see how big the hill is?
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09-07-2016 at 02:07 PM.
09-07-2016 at 02:07 PM.
Quote from Frogstar :
I figured you'd just given up on the place (and I couldn't blame you, as much as things have slowed down)
Yeah, pretty much. I'm by no means a regular again or anything. laugh out loud

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To see how big the hill is?
Lol2
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waitingfortonight
09-07-2016 at 08:24 PM.
09-07-2016 at 08:24 PM.
Well, if there is a shortcut to being healthy. Might be one hell of a back road.
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ManUpOrShutUp
09-07-2016 at 09:21 PM.
09-07-2016 at 09:21 PM.
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Didn't new studies show that your cholesterol levels are pretty much meaningless? I don't trust these Drs.
Not quite [nhs.uk]. However, what I think is fairly well accepted now is that dietary cholesterol intake has little to do with one's blood cholesterol levels. Let's simplify it: Sit on your ass all day every day and eat fast food regularly and you're either going to die prematurely or feel like it would be a better alternative to living. Eat well and exercise and you'll live longer than you would have otherwise and will feel better while you are alive.
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09-07-2016 at 09:52 PM.
09-07-2016 at 09:52 PM.
Liposuction and/or lotsa sex?
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09-08-2016 at 12:19 AM.
09-08-2016 at 12:19 AM.
since Mal is here, I feel healthier already! woot
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09-08-2016 at 04:53 AM.
09-08-2016 at 04:53 AM.
Quote from ManUpOrShutUp :
Not quite [nhs.uk]. However, what I think is fairly well accepted now is that dietary cholesterol intake has little to do with one's blood cholesterol levels. Let's simplify it: Sit on your ass all day every day and eat fast food regularly and you're either going to die prematurely or feel like it would be a better alternative to living. Eat well and exercise and you'll live longer than you would have otherwise and will feel better while you are alive.

Well it's also more about ratios now than just "good" or "bad" cholesterol, and there are MANY levels of cholesterol density. IOW it's just more complicated.

BTW has anyone tried the diluted apple vinegar route? Does it taste how I imagine it to taste?
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09-08-2016 at 06:14 AM.
09-08-2016 at 06:14 AM.
Quote from Dr. J :
Well it's also more about ratios now than just "good" or "bad" cholesterol, and there are MANY levels of cholesterol density. IOW it's just more complicated.

BTW has anyone tried the diluted apple vinegar route? Does it taste how I imagine it to taste?
I tried gargling with diluted apple cider vinegar once. I read it was a home remedy for sore throat. The vinegar kills the bacteria on your tonsils and throat that make it hurt. It definitely worked. Within 10 minutes my throat stopped hurting, and when it started hurting again within a few hours you just repeat. It was really nasty, had a bad after taste. And this was just gargling.
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09-08-2016 at 06:57 AM.
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Quote from Novakingwai :
I tried gargling with diluted apple cider vinegar once. I read it was a home remedy for sore throat. The vinegar kills the bacteria on your tonsils and throat that make it hurt. It definitely worked. Within 10 minutes my throat stopped hurting, and when it started hurting again within a few hours you just repeat. It was really nasty, had a bad after taste. And this was just gargling.
How dilute was that? The link specifies 5.5:1 (water:vinegar).

If it's so nasty it makes you want to hurl it's probably not a long-term solution.
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09-08-2016 at 10:02 AM.
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since Mal is here, I feel healthier already! woot
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09-08-2016 at 10:10 AM.
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Quote from Dr. J :
How dilute was that? The link specifies 5.5:1 (water:vinegar).

If it's so nasty it makes you want to hurl it's probably not a long-term solution.
It tastes about like it smells. So yeah. Thoroughly delightful!

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Liposuction and/or lotsa sex?
I can certainly get behind the second suggestion! Woot
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09-08-2016 at 03:26 PM.
09-08-2016 at 03:26 PM.
Quote from Novakingwai :
I tried gargling with diluted apple cider vinegar once. I read it was a home remedy for sore throat. The vinegar kills the bacteria on your tonsils and throat that make it hurt. It definitely worked. Within 10 minutes my throat stopped hurting, and when it started hurting again within a few hours you just repeat. It was really nasty, had a bad after taste. And this was just gargling.
Eh. I just use high abv bourbon for that. Tastes a lot better.
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