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

thought, resolutions, those cowboys

THOUGHT
the thought of the week from the alzheimers weekly newsletter

if we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most
to us
we find it is those who have chose to share our pain and touch our
wounds with a warm and tender hand

thanks
to my wife she

RESOLUTIONS
you know you have to make resolutions every year
most people make ones then dont keep them
i took a different approach
i made resolutions this year
that i was already doing anyway
well most of them anyway

dont smoke-dont anyway stopped 35 years ago
dont drink too much-never do but do drink a glass of wine a day
dont overeat-dont usually but i did on thanksgiving and christmas

do exercise every day-may be part of the secret to longevity
do eat correctly-may be the other part of the secret to longevity

be happy-be happy and youll live longer
do make people laugh occasionally-think i do with this blog sometimes
do travel more-i could be on limited cognitive time so have to clear
my bucket list
do visit family and friends-my siblings and friends are aging and our time
is slowly dimming away-dont look back later and say i wish i had

do preach the gospel of alzheimers-do this some with this blog
answer questions a lot about it on face book, emails, phone calls,
and in private conversations
do give more talks on alzheimers this year-have some planned and
hope to do more-contact me if your group would like a talk on
alzheimers
do visit the caretakers and communicate with the caretakers
do stay mentally active as you get older-i do this blog every day,
read a lot and read the newspaper daily
do get restful sleep-damn donepezil (aricept) interferes with that
do give back-i start my first habitat for humanity house this month
and hope to continue to spread the word on organic green living
and alzheimers disease

do those things that make you peaceful with yourself

have a good year and keep those resolutions

THOSE COWBOYS
not the dallas ones they are done for for the year
damn them
jerry just sell them and get out of the way

but the oklahoma state cowboys
they may be the best team in the country
could they have been champs if that plane crash not happened

wouldnt it be a great game to see the osu cowboys play
the winner of the lsu-alababama game

we would get a final answer
although in oklahoma that question has already been answered

the organicgreen doctor