fox guarding the hen house

FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE

that what i think when i hear about coke and pepsi
making ads and doing interviews and making press
releases about obesity

yep its the fox guarding the hen house for sure

now they are thinking about putting on their soda cans
how much exercise do you have to do to burn off the calories
in a can of coke

those 12 tsps of pure sugar is a lot
how do they get that stuff to go into solution
what if i drank 12 tsps of sugar in my large cup of coffe each
morning

you have to do a brisk not a leisurely 30 minute walk which
according to my calculations is about 1.5 miles to burn off
those calories
failure to do so could cause a 15 lb weight gain in a year

if it was me i woudnt let anyone know all this stuff and be
talking about it on tv
let us figure it out our self
heck what we dont know we wont know its hurting us

i drink rainwater every day
if i then walk 30 minutes at a brisk walk
to walk off the calories in 330 ml of rainwater
i will lose about 11 lbs of weight each year

so coke and pepsi to a lesser degree is spending thousands
of dollars to divert our attention to their other lower calorie
drinks which granted would help some
but is not doing much about the sugar content of its coke product

it does seem like to me this is somewhat like tobacco advertisers
advertising a lower nicotine cigarette

today the obesity health related issues are greater than tobacco
and alcohol and drugs

eg in the south the life expectancy of females are going down and its
felt to be due to diseases that result from obesity
diabetes cancer heart disease stroke high blood pressure and
possibly directly or indirectly alzheimers disease


so yes today ill fill my big gulp metal reusable container with
that refreshing country n rainwater and drink it today
and do my chores here at the county n or
since i wont gain weight drinking this aqua
i can just do nothing today

the organicgreen doctor

obese kids, for your heart

OBESE KIDS
in a county near here a recent study was done which
showed that close to half of the kids in the schools were
obese

surrounding the schools were a lot of fast food restaurants
in the kids neighborhoods there were no side walks
there were no parks or places for the kids to play
the school district has cut back or eliminated pe classes
because of budget cuts
some kids only get exercise at school if their regular
teachers stop and incorporate it into their day

if you fast forward those kids to my age
many will have died already from the diseases that
obesity can cause
diabetes
heart disease ie heart attacks
stroke

if we dont pay now society as a whole will pay later
incorporate good nutritious foods in the school
and please put back pe classes

FOR THE HEART
besides lack of exercise and eating properly
here are some things that are bad for the heart
some of them increase the risk for heart disease
as much as 50%

those who spend 4+ hours a day in front of a tv
xbox computer etc have a 48% increased risk of having a
a major heart related event
even if they still exercise
hummm thats interesting

keep  on smiling
turn the frown to a smile
have a good attitude
stay happy
laughter makes the heart healthier
happy people live longer
nuff said

dont snore
if you have obstructive sleep apnea your chances of a stroke
and heart attack increases
dont worry your spouse probably knows if you have this
correcting sleep apnea greatly improves your health

eat more fiber
yes people who have an increased intake of fiber
live longer
women over fifty who eat increased fiber may have a decrease
chance of death from stroke and heart disease by 60%

floss those teeth
dental disease can increase twice the chances of heart disease

then finally
dont smoke even just a few a day
the risk of heart attacks goes up 400% if you smoke a pack
a day

so
dont watch too much tv
stay happy
dont snore
eat more fiber
floss
dont smoke

the organicgreen doctor

new diet drug

NEW DIET DRUG
Qnexa is a new drug that is waiting approval by the fda for
weight loss
(sounds like lunesta doesnt it)
two years ago the fda denied its approval as a weight loss drug

wait
the two ingredients in the new proposed drug are already approved
by the fda
phentermine as a weight loss drug and
topiramate (topramax) as a seizure medicine and migraine medicine

weight loss specialists are already using the combo for weight loss
they both come generic and are fairly cheap to buy in the generic form
about $15 and $25 a month for the two

so why all the big fuss by the fda to approve this new combo
granted theyll probably charge $200+ a month for it
when most can just get the generic versions of the individual drugs
at a fourth of the cost of the new drug

guess all the marketing on tv and newspapers and online and
magazines will make people want to use the more expensive
versions though

if i was on the fda i would vote against the qnexa
because cheaper generic versions can be found and overtime
people will save a lot of money using the generic versions

when i was in practice i never would order the weight loss drugs
as i felt the correct way is for people to do exercise and
eat a proper diet

thats not working for people very well is it
just look around and you can see how well thats working

granted
those who use diet and exercise to loose weight are more
likely to keep the weight off

if i was in practice now i would order this combo of the two generics
why the change of heart

now im on the other side
as a patient

obesity is the number one health care issue in america
it is causing diabetes heart disease stroke cancer hypertension hyperlipidemia
chronic back and knee pain depression and ....

the side effects and long term problems from taking this combo of
drugs
is no where near the potential health problems from continued obesity

yes if i was in practice i would order this combo
both drugs have been around for a long time
and they both work to help people to loose weight
if you can get some one to add exercise and diet to their regimen
the effect is even greater

gosh im on aricept (donepezil) which has a lot of side effects that
ive learned to tolerate
these are much worse than the side effects of the combo of phentermine
and topiramate

if you are morbidly obese its like having cancer
it probably will be what kills you
so be aggressive in treating it like you would cancer

if the fda doesnt ok this new drug (well its not really a new drug since
the ingredients have been around for a long time and are available
as generics) then it doesnt matter really
peoplell just save money using the two separate drugs

its interesting how you think about medical things when you
are on the other side
makes you think differently

just saying

the organicgreen doctor

veggie tarian meal, fat burger, pedometer

VEGGIE TARIAN
no im not one of those
but i could be easily
(my rainwater brother is
he now has total control of his blood pressure and cholesterol
without medication)
i am almost a veggie tarian

eg our meal last night was roasted vegetables with cheese bread
sure was good
not bloated or full afterwards

i still like an occasional hamburger and steak and ham and chicken
and turkey and fish
i eat an egg every morning but
90% of what i eat is not meat



so for our new years eve meal we went to a restaurant in austin
called mothers cafe
its a vegetarian cafe
bet you could eat some of their food and not realize there was not
meat present

i ordered the chile relleno which i love to eat
this one had great flavor
it was better than the ones that i usually eat at the well known mexican
food restaurant here in austin
the difference is the flavor was much better and afterwards you dont
feel all bloated and full
so i had room for apple pie
great meal

interesting to note was that none of the employees were obese and
none of the many people who came there to eat were obese

the reason i brought all of this up was the new years resolutions i made
and probably all of you made to eat right
if you are not eating a lot of vegetable dishes you are not going to
make it on your resolution to lose weight

FAT BURGER


am sure many of you saw the film where the guy ate at a well known
hamburger restaurant 3 meals a day for 1 month
at the end he had gained a lot of weight
would have like to have seen what his cholesterol and fat levels were

my wife she and i walk a path on the highway and i will usually pick
up the trash along the way
this mile of road is kept clean by the country n crew

last week i picked up a box that had held a hamburger a quarter pound
one from the restaurant with the clown not named jack
i turned the box over and there was the nutritional info on the burger

i think the word nutritional was not the correct word
it should say warning consumption of this burger can cause diabetes,
high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and maybe alzheimers
disease

there was 26 grams of fat in it
thats more than i probably eat in a week
there was  almost 2000 mg of salt
no wonder i use to get thirsty after eating one of these
there is 90 mg cholesterol
there is 1.5 gms of that bad trans fat stuff

and this is only a quarterpounder
wonder what a big mac has in it
so if you add fries and a milkshake to that
whoa no wonder we have an obesity problem here in the us

PEDOMETER



one of the resolutions i have is to exercise regularly
remember i keep my resolutions as i pick the ones that i am
already doing
its the kiss keep it simply simple method of new years resolutions

i walk about 3 miles a day now
so i was wondering how much i really walked all day long
sometimes i will work outside all day and will walk a lot on
our ten acres here at the country n

so this morning i may have found the solution to the exercise resolution
not doing it problem
its the pedometer
in todays new york times health online section there is an
article on keeping resolutions that includes a section on pedometers

apparently if you attach a pedometer to your belt you will move more

those who wore the pedometer walked 2000 more steps or an extra
mile a day than those who wore a covered up pedometer
they also had lower blood pressure and lower body mass index

could it really be this simple
yes

consumer reports this month just had an evaluation of pedometers
they have them for the smartphones that work well
they do use a lot of power though

they also rated clip on ones
the best rated was the $30 mio trace acc-tek
the best buy was walmarts sportline at $5
the best app pedometer was the accupedo for android at $4


in summary
eat veggie tarian as much as possible
avoid the big burgers
cook your own
get a pedometer-$4 is cheaper than a gym membership
make the numbers move on it

is it really this easy
yes

the organicgreen doctor