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>From: FlexWriter@...

> " As healthy " measured by what standards? In other words, how do you

> >know?

We leave assessments of heath to the health professionals.

Joe Alden

Atlanta USA

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>Joe Alden wrote:

>

><<Simply put, there may not at all be a time for " regular exercise " which,

>

>imo, is the most important ingredient in long-term health care.>>

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Steve then wrote:

>Just curious -- Joe, would you rank exercise ahead of nutrition or even

>adequate sleep with regards to long-term health care?

And Greg says . . .

Sleep is a variable requirement from one person to the next although it is

undeniably critical to healthy function and has been correlated with long

lives in epidemiological studies. Quality of sleep is as important if not

more important than quantity of sleep.

Nutrition . . . I am not convinced on this one requiring a ton of

tinkering, there are just too many successful diet types reflected in the

cultures and geographies of the world based on many different types of food

to make this plausible as a serious factor. Beyond, of course, don't eat

too much compared to energy expenditures.

Which brings us to activity. I'm with Joe on this one. Virtually every

major disease of lifestyle is primarily effected by activity and lack of

physical activity is almost always the numero uno risk factor in

epidemiological studies.

I find that if you focus on engaging people in the activity, their eating

patterns tend to improve and one of the largest risk factors for poor sleep

is . . . lack of physical activity!

Greg Hart

Calgary, Alberta

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I've actually been pretty healthy most of my 43 years. Tonsils and

Adenoids removed around age 6, no other surgery, just your typical

childhood chicken pox and measles as a kid. My brother had the

mumps, although I never showed symptoms. Only unusual thing was

convulsions from a high fever at 1 year old - never found the cause.

Only other major thing would be a nasty case of viral pneumonia last

year, but the Achalasia symptoms had started before that.

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Advice for Healthy Living Grains: Then and NowWhile modern techniques for harvesting crops have made food production much more efficient, they have also decreased the nutritional value of our food. Older harvesting techniques helped preserve and enhance the nutritional value of grain, for example. After cutting mature grains in the field, farmers would gather the stalks and loosely bind them upright in sheaves and let them stand overnight before threshing them (removing the actual grain from the grass stalks). This allowed the grains

to germinate or sprout. Germination initiates a chemical transformation in the seed grains that naturally neutralizes the enzyme inhibitors the Creator put on the seeds' exterior. During this process, the seeds are activated and enriched, making all the nutrition within the seed available for digestion. These germinated seeds of wheat and barley and the bread made from them were extremely important in biblical times. This living "staff of life" supplied easily digestible, life-giving carbohydrates. However, the people of the Bible ate significantly less food than we do today, and they ate far fewer carbohydrates. For example, it was common for people in biblical times to eat only one meal a day, and the grains they did eat were healthy, sprouted, or germinated grains with small amounts of hard-to-digest disaccharides and phytates. All the health benefits of sprouted grains are available to you, if you know where to look. Check your local health food

store. Many carry sprouted-grain products.

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hi i have the same problim but i still havend found anything to help swimin

helps to to not put any more on but i still cant loss any

dreamzofx23 <dreamzofx23@...> wrote: Hey all,

So lately I've gained a lot of weight/fat in the past year or so and I

am trying to lose some of it. I was just wondering if any of you have

any pointers on what works best. I don't really care to lose weight

but more the fat I've gained all around the stomach area. I've been

increasing my water intake to about four glasses a day when I can.(I

normally don't really drink any water.) I've also stopped drinking

soda. Does anyone else have anything that works well overtime?

-Preet

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For me, I cut out soda's, any form of potato chips (except for baked

chips), sweets and fried foods. I started drinking V8, eating yogurt,

more fruits and more grilled/baked food. I'm loosing weight, but slowly.

>

> Hey all,

>

> So lately I've gained a lot of weight/fat in the past year or so and I

> am trying to lose some of it. I was just wondering if any of you have

> any pointers on what works best. I don't really care to lose weight

> but more the fat I've gained all around the stomach area. I've been

> increasing my water intake to about four glasses a day when I can.(I

> normally don't really drink any water.) I've also stopped drinking

> soda. Does anyone else have anything that works well overtime?

>

> -Preet

>

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> want to try and go back someday. We take care of my mother is lives

> with us and is ill.We took care of my father in law for eight years he

> passed away 8-19-07.

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Thanks , hope your day is going well. Hope everyone is doing well.

I do have a question whats does most people do about health care? I cant

get it because of prexisting conditons.

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WELCOME ;; BAKER TO THIS NEAT GROUP;; SORRY THAT YOU & YOUR WIFE ARE BOTH DISABLED; ALSO YOU ALL HAVE MY SYMPATHY FOR THE PASSING OF YOUR F-I-L; MAY GOD KEEP YOU ALL IN HIS CARE HUGS DORT;;FROM;MICH.baker1346 <baker1346@...> wrote: Hello I am new here my wife are both disabled I wish i could work and want to try and go back someday. We take care of my mother is lives with us and is ill.We took care of my father in law for eight years he passed away 8-19-07.If anyone

need to talk to me about anything I would be glad to help them.

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Thanks Dorothy, Really like this group it is very helpful and friendly. Hugs DennisDOROTHY PETERSON <peterson.dorothy@...> wrote: WELCOME ;; BAKER TO THIS NEAT GROUP;; SORRY THAT YOU & YOUR WIFE ARE BOTH DISABLED; ALSO YOU ALL HAVE MY SYMPATHY FOR THE PASSING OF YOUR F-I-L; MAY GOD KEEP YOU ALL IN HIS CARE HUGS DORT;;FROM;MICH.baker1346 <baker1346 > wrote: Hello I am new here my wife are both disabled I wish i could work and want to try and go back someday. We take care of my mother is lives with us and is ill.We took care of my father in law for eight years he passed away 8-19-07.If anyone need to talk to me about anything I would be glad to help them.

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>

> I recently took my RNA and CD4 tests and the results are

in......my

> doctor says I am fine and do not need any treatmant as of yet.

What

> does that mean? his exact words were " You are fine " . I am not

fine, I

> have HIV. I don't feel any better knowing that I do not need

treatment.

> What about my future? I don't have a doctor here, I do not have

> insurance,nor can I afford it at this time....I want to have a

baby but

> I am scared of passing it on, or worse, dying and leaving my child

> without a mother. Am I crazy for worrying so much?

>

My friend, I guess the doctor is saying you are fine in the sense

that you are at the asymptomatic stage, which they say the CD4 count

is normal, you can not start the ARV treatment as compared to the

symptomatic stage where the CD4 count is less than normal. I also

heard from a friend who was HIV+ and advised to have child and never

to breastfed to avoid passing the virus the the child. I dont know,

but if the doctor is saying your are fine, I just think your CD4

test is better off. So dont worry!

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Hello anyone and everyone that is reading!

I am new to this group and I hope that anyone will be able to offer me some

information

I am not very well and I strongly believe that it is my thyroid. Thyroid issues

run through my family and I seem to be crossing the boxes to the majority of

symptoms.

I have done the 'thyroid test' at the doctors which came back that I was

anaemic. This was years ago.

I would like to diagnosed properly and if this means going private, then so be

it. If it is confirmed that I have an under active thyroid I would like to take

the dessicated thyroid treatment route.

All the information that I have read, it seems really hard to get NHS GPs to

prescribe this. I live in the North West and wondered if anyone could tell me if

they knew of a doctor near here that would write that type of nonsynthetic

presciption?

I am prepared to travel, so if there aren't any really near then I would really

like to know of the doctors that you do know that would do this.

Thank you for your help

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We have found that the best way to go about trying to get a

proper diagnosis is to write a letter to your GP and send a copy to the head of

practice (keeping a copy yourself) and ask for your letter to be placed into

your medical notes.

In that letter, tell the doctor that you are now going to do

whatever is necessary to find the cause of all your symptoms and that you hope

he will work with you.

First, list all of your symptoms and signs (check these against

those in our web site www.tpa-uk.org.uk

under 'Hypothyroidism')

Next, take your basal temperature for 4 or 5 mornings before you

get out of bed in a morning and before you have anything to drink. If these are

97.8 degrees F (36.6 degrees C - or less) list these.

Next, list any members of y our family who have a thyroid or

autoimmune disease.

Next, list the full thyroid function tests you need which should

include TSH, free T4, free T3, TPO and Tg Antibodies.

Next, ask for the following specific minerals and vitamins to be

tested to see whether any of these are low in the reference range. Ferritin,

vitamin b~12, vitamin D3, magnesium, folate, copper and zinc. Tell your GP here

that you have studied this and found that if any of these are low, thyroid

hormone is unable to be properly utilised at the cellular level until whatever

is low has been supplemented. In case your doctor has not heard about these,

print off the attached document and enclose these references to the scientific

research and studies that have been done to show the connection between these

low levels and low thyroid. Ask your GP to make all these blood test results

available to you when they are returned, together with the reference range for

each test done. A doctor cannot withhold any of the information in your medical

notes under The Data Protection Act 1998.

Next, ask for a referral to an endocrinologist, preferably one

who has his specialty in thyroid disease rather than a specialty in diabetes.

Ask for your GP to give a response in writing so that you can

study this in your own time, and tell him that you find remembering what has

been said in a spoken consultation extremely difficult, because of the 'brain

fog' that you, and the majority of those suffering with hypothyroidism, suffer.

Good luck, and let us know how you get on.

I would, however, once you have got a diagnosis and found that

you need thyroid hormone replacement go along with the synthetic thyroxine

route, as this does appear to work for the majority of sufferers. This is free

on NHS prescription if you have been given a diagnosis. It is only if this

therapy is found not to work for you that you may then wish to consider getting

a trial of either synthetic or natural T3. I doubt you will find a doctor that

is willing to start you straight off on any form of T3. For many, T4-only

therapy has been used with great success, but you need to find out whether you

have any of the above associated conditions before even thinking of starting

any thyroid hormone replacement and sorting them out first.

Luv - Sheila

I am new to this group and I hope that anyone will be able to offer me some

information

I am not very well and I strongly believe that it is my thyroid. Thyroid issues

run through my family and I seem to be crossing the boxes to the majority of

symptoms.

I have done the 'thyroid test' at the doctors which came back that I was

anaemic. This was years ago.

I would like to diagnosed properly and if this means going private, then so be

it. If it is confirmed that I have an under active thyroid I would like to take

the dessicated thyroid treatment route.

All the information that I have read, it seems really hard to get NHS GPs to

prescribe this. I live in the North West and wondered if anyone could tell me

if they knew of a doctor near here that would write that type of nonsynthetic

presciption?

I am prepared to travel, so if there aren't any really near then I would really

like to know of the doctors that you do know that would do this.

Thank you for your help

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