Guest guest Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 Maddviking@... wrote: > Having no idea what Argyria is I surfed and found this website with photos. > > http://homepages.together.net/~rjstan/argyria_photos_intro.html > Thanks. It's so rare for someone with argyria to let themselves be seen much less photographed. The latin name for silver is Argentum, and that's the origin of the periodic table abbreviation Ag for silver. Argyria comes from that root too. The reason you don't see argyria as you ingest the silver, is that it does not go grey till after it reacts to form salts and it is the silver salts that are grey. When that happens is dependent on the " right " (or wrong) reaction taking place - usually in the sun in response to sunshine. Namaste, Irene Ps I changed the subject to Argyria - I am not fond of being considered a topic. -- Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom. P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703. http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 cherylhcmba wrote: > And yes my obesity should be considered a serious health issue, but > I'm not buying into that since my blood work and blood pressure are > ideal or better. There's more to health issues than blood pressure and " blood work " depending what blood work you mean. Obesity increases the stress hormone production for example (cortisol), and that causes a different metabolism from the norm, and which is damaging to every type of tissue in the body, brain included - independent of any blood pressure " health " . This is physiological, not psychological. > I think the psychological effect Irene mentions > with argyria is at play with obesity. Not similar at all. Obesity is normal - looking like a corpse is not. > The reactions we get from many > people probably cause psychological damage which feeds into the > stress response. If you let it, it can, but that would be unusual and additional. Health risks are caused directly by the metabolic changes in an obese person. Anything else is extra. " Happy " obese people are also at risk, in other words. Namaste, Irene -- Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom. P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703. http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 Yes I always read if you are obese you have high cortisol and you have high triglycerides. I do not have any of the markers of high cortisol, maybe because I don't let people stress me about obesity. I am working on it, just not with the urgency I might if there were other problems that went with it. Studies always present averages and don't necessarily apply to everyone. I don't think there's been a study that looked at psychological effects of obesity, but NHLBI recommends weight loss for obese individuals without standard risk factors for the psychological effects and in a very practical sense to overcome the discrimination against obese people. > > And yes my obesity should be considered a serious health issue, but > > I'm not buying into that since my blood work and blood pressure are > > ideal or better. > > There's more to health issues than blood pressure and " blood work " > depending what blood work you mean. > Obesity increases the stress hormone production for example > (cortisol), and that causes a different metabolism from the norm, and > which is damaging to every type of tissue in the body, brain included - > independent of any blood pressure " health " . > This is physiological, not psychological. > > > I think the psychological effect Irene mentions > > with argyria is at play with obesity. > > Not similar at all. Obesity is normal - looking like a corpse is not. > > > The reactions we get from many > > people probably cause psychological damage which feeds into the > > stress response. > > If you let it, it can, but that would be unusual and additional. > Health risks are caused directly by the metabolic changes in an obese > person. > > Anything else is extra. > " Happy " obese people are also at risk, in other words. > Namaste, > Irene > -- > Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom. > P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703. > http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html > Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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