Vitamins

[Ocean breeze]

Hey there DD!!! This is for you:

http://www.bobsredmill.com/pressrel5.php

I bought a bag of the flaxseed meal at Trader Joe's but I bet you can get it at any health food store. You just throw a few tablespoons in everything and you get healthy.

Publix has it, near their organics section (by produce). Good stuff... Keeps you regular!

 

[Paula]

Hi DD:

I agree that all you need is a good multivitamin, and maybe the fish oil and flax seed. I'm not a doctor/pharmacist/etc., but I used to take some extra things like E and C but then read that they can actually back-fire (e.g., reduce life spans, though that could have been a quirk of the research). Mostly, I just read a lot in health magazines and yahoo home page and ask my doctor things. The multivitamin is good -- though I heard that name brands like Centrum are best because they are less likely to have lead in them (I believe I read that in Consumer Reports - what do you think Skunkape?).

As for smoking, remember that I have a nice present for you when you quit. SJ can do the scary technique and I'll do the reward technique. They both should work! Since quitting smoking is likely to increase your lifespan and quality of health/life, just think -- you'll get to spend many more of your sr. years partying and relaxing in SoWal.

 

[DD]

Hi DD:

I agree that all you need is a good multivitamin, and maybe the fish oil and flax seed. I'm not a doctor/pharmacist/etc., but I used to take some extra things like E and C but then read that they can actually back-fire (e.g., reduce life spans, though that could have been a quirk of the research). Mostly, I just read a lot in health magazines and yahoo home page and ask my doctor things. The multivitamin is good -- though I heard that name brands like Centrum are best because they are less likely to have lead in them (I believe I read that in Consumer Reports - what do you think Skunkape?).

As for smoking, remember that I have a nice present for you when you quit. SJ can do the scary technique and I'll do the reward technique. They both should work! Since quitting smoking is likely to increase your lifespan and quality of health/life, just think -- you'll get to spend many more of your sr. years partying and relaxing in SoWal.

Awwww....sweet Paula. I haven't given up. Will keep you advised.

 

[Mermaid]

Publix has it, near their organics section (by produce). Good stuff... Keeps you regular!

OL, I was thinking about the flaxseed meal since I recommended it. I use it in baking only as an oil/butter substitute, but then I realised that it might not exactly taste very good and here's DD thinking of sprinkling it on her food! So I tasted it and lo and behold it doesn't taste yukky at all. So go ahead, DD, and buy some and be all healthy! It is Mermaid-recommended. ;-)

BTW, I bought some quoinoa (spelling?) which is a grain on the order of couscous, because I read it was so good for you and it was absolutely disgusting. Nasty taste. So stay away from that. No one needs to be that healthy.

 

[Rita]

Hi DD:
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As for smoking, remember that I have a nice present for you when you quit. SJ can do the scary technique and I'll do the reward technique. They both should work! Since quitting smoking is likely to increase your lifespan and quality of health/life, just think -- you'll get to spend many more of your sr. years partying and relaxing in SoWal.

dd - quitting has to be easier than what my brother is going through now: One lung, round the clock care, $200 a day antibiotics to take care of the second round of pneumonia, not enough strength anymore to cough hard enough to get rid of fluid build up in his good lung, thus breathing treatments. (broke 3 ribs earlier in a coughing spell)

He's 60 yrs. old and I remember him saying "Something will get me anyway." This is not how he wants to live now.

Please do everything you can to try to quit 'cause it has to be easier than the potential outcome down the road.

We want you around for a long time with all your craziness!

Sorry for the heaviness of this post but it's been a rough summer w/illnesses. And his could have been prevented with a lot of work.

.

 

[DD]

OL, I was thinking about the flaxseed meal since I recommended it. I use it in baking only as an oil/butter substitute, but then I realised that it might not exactly taste very good and here's DD thinking of sprinkling it on her food! So I tasted it and lo and behold it doesn't taste yukky at all. So go ahead, DD, and buy some and be all healthy! It is Mermaid-recommended. ;-)

BTW, I bought some quoinoa (spelling?) which is a grain on the order of couscous, because I read it was so good for you and it was absolutely disgusting. Nasty taste. So stay away from that. No one needs to be that healthy.

Thanks, Mermy!! And thanks for the heads up on the quinoa.

dd - quitting has to be easier than what my brother is going through now: One lung, round the clock care, $200 a day antibiotics to take care of the second round of pneumonia, not enough strength anymore to cough hard enough to get rid of fluid build up in his good lung, thus breathing treatments. (broke 3 ribs earlier in a coughing spell)

He's 60 yrs. old and I remember him saying "Something will get me anyway." This is not how he wants to live now.

Please do everything you can to try to quit 'cause it has to be easier than the potential outcome down the road.

We want you around for a long time with all your craziness!

Sorry for the heaviness of this post but it's been a rough summer w/illnesses. And his could have been prevented with a lot of work.

.

Rita, Thanks for your concern and I'm so sorry that your brother's having such a difficult time. My prayers are with him and your family. I will do all I can to eventually stop and get mr. dd to also.