Keep on Moving, Skinny Children, Super Slow and Exercise Machines - The Exercise Opportunity While you are in the check-out line of a grocery store, watch any bored-to-death 3 year old child waiting to leave. He/she acts like a jumping bean constantly moving, walking, crouching, doing whatever he/she can to entertain him/herself, just enough not to be a spankable nuisance. Mom … [Read more...]
Salt (Sodium), High Blood Pressure, Less than 12% Rule, and "Walking on Clouds"
She was a very intelligent and straightforward 50-year old African-American legal secretary from California. At 5'7", 207 pounds, her blood pressure was 180/104 when first was seen. I made clear to her how her personal choices were affecting her blood pressure, risk of stroke/dialysis/sudden death/heart attack, etc. horrors. She agreed to change. She returned for follow-up … [Read more...]
Parklands
Parklands I mean to offend no one and so my apologies are first. Forgive me for everything I say. But, I have this memory/dream that in Europe the forests are wonderfully orderly. I don't recall what's true and what I am imagining about those forests. The image I have is that, over time, it is as if a gigantic comb was raked over/through these European forests such that downed … [Read more...]
Pills As Surgery
Pills As Surgery In a humorous sense, what I am about to say is obvious. The only way to live your life is to be well. However, there are conditions which arise that may call for you to: Change what you're doing to correct/prevent a problem. Take medication for a problem. Have surgery for a problem. For all of us, the ideal is to follow number 1: quit doing what we … [Read more...]
Schizophrenia and The First Mistake
Schizophrenia And The First Mistake You can't start off with a mistake and think you're going to end up in the right place, unless you are schizophrenic, not and wish to be viewed as sane, reasonable or logical. You certainly can do that if you're schizophrenic, which much of the American public, and even sometimes you and I, act like. I have a patient with Chronic Fatigue … [Read more...]