Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Rswyan, my definition of a good cardiologist is one who teaches you in such a way that changes your lifestyle so you never again will have a heart attack or heart procedure. I have several in Texas to choose from, too bad you have none to choose from, some are greedy and only want repeat customers.

Drew sorry to pop your bubble but My Cardiologist also taught me that after you eat a high cholesterol meal (even on statins) you blood cholesterol stays dangerously high for up to 4 hours. He showed me with charts and everything. Did you also know that statins only affect the cholesterol your body makes and not what you eat.

Drew this quote by Dr. Esstelstyn and his short 2 minute youtube explains nitric oxide better than I can.

"Hypertension, diabetes, and smoking must be controlled but food trumps all. I spend at least an hour defining the protective role of endothelial cells and nitric oxide functioning as the ultimate guardians of our blood vessels. They quickly understand that their lifetime of ingesting these harmful products has totally overwhelmed and destroyed their endothelium to an extent where it is unable to protect them. They fully grasp that they must forever eliminate ingesting foods that will further destroy their already compromised endothelium. They understand heart disease is a food borne illness."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jkRaxMRS_U

 

[MacLawn]

Aand now, back to our regularly scheduled program: still ho' here! As usual, even though I awake at a decent hour, whew, takes me some time to get going. Well, y'all boys have a good, heart healthy day!

 

[rswyan]

David,

Glad you achieved your goal.

Regarding smoking and smokers, my mother was a lifelong one ... unfiltered Pall Malls, then Winstons, then Winston Lights.

She eventually came down (or was diagnosed with) with lung cancer, just under two years before her passing. She had heart disease as well. Did the whole chemo/radiation thing ... from what I could gather from our conversations, I'll bet if she had it to do over again, she'd take a pass on the "treatment" ...

We cared for her here at home, because she didn't want to die in a hospital. She passed away in '98 and was 84 years old.

And yes, die hard smokers are probably hard to rationalize with ... just as die hard ________ (anything, you fill in the blank) are ...

 

[sodamo]

Yep, I'm a die hard meatatarian

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[txdon]

Regarding smoking …. my mother was a lifelong one . . .

I can rationalize die hard smokers - being noncompliant is a hereditary problem? You got the bad gene. - just kidding-

 

[sodamo]

I can rationalize die hard smokers - being noncompliant is a hereditary problem? You got the bad gene. - just kidding-

Interesting.

While my Dad was Lucky Strike man for most of his life, my Mom was a non smoker. I used to enjoy a pipe, even a cigar from time to time, I never could stand cigarettes, especially the second hand smoke or lingering after effects, but I have several siblings that as die hard as my Dad.

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[txdon]

Really Rswyan it's not your fault, you most likely inherited the variant CHRNA5 gene. Your brain will not let you do anything but rationalize it against all medical advice and studies. Blame Mom.

 

[deerseeker001]

61 now and the Rain is moving in so it looks like the Packers/Viking game is going to be a wet one

 

[daugen]

Really Rswyan it's not your fault, you most likely inherited the variant CHRNA5 gene. Your brain will not let you do anything but rationalize it against all medical advice and studies. Blame Mom.

Interesting. My mother was a brilliant lawyer, did most of the legal research for the top county judges at the time,
'and became an alcoholic. Which led to her demise at age 51, when I was 21. I was told then I had therefore some predisposition to addiction. I drink very little and have never smoked. Have always worried about getting addicted after seeing first hand what it can do, to people surely smart enough to know better. But I drink a pot of coffee a day. So I guess I am addicted to caffeine.
I can live with that...particularly since I have read that some caffeine seems to be good for us.

Since I moved to North Carolina I have seen a lot more people smoking. The sale of cigarettes at the corner deli is constant.
I have tradespeople smoking on my property, outside of course, and I have asked a few to clean up their butts. The one guy was a paver and I told him to throw it in the road and pave over it. He got a laugh out of that and said he would.
People smoke for the calming effect mostly, outside of the whole issue of addiction.
Should all those folk just take tranquilizers instead? And operate paving equipment....

It all gets down to risk factors. Smoking is a huge one, we all know it. But it truly is a personal choice. Like drinking alcohol. Or smoking pot. If RS had a beer can there, would the reaction have been the same? What about ten empties lying around?
Seems to be a matter of degree, not black or white.

I can smell cigarette smoke coming from the car ahead of me. Very sensitive nose. Have never liked the smell and the smell of most pot is even worse. Fresh air, like clean water, is always good for us. But each to his own.
I'd rather talk about grapples and grease guns anyway..

 

[txdon]

I'd rather talk about grapples and grease guns anyway..

That reminds me my 10 year old lincoln grease gun no longer wants to pump it always is loosing it's prime. The battery is at the end of it's life. What's new out there, battery powered? Or is there a part that needs replacing and buy a new battery?