Re: Diary summary week ending 11th May 2025

[louisa maud]

That quiche looks delicious.  LM

[BushInn1746]

Trouble is, the Quiche takes all morning!

Making the pastry, rolling, lining and blanching the case.
Cutting and frying the chopped onion, in a little butter.
Making the 6oz grated cheddar cheese, 3 egg & 1/3rd pint milk mix.

Probably once a month treat, but ingredients have Tryptophan and some other essential Amino Acids.

Then have the veg & potatoes done.

I told my Consultant I was not accepting a spiralling decline after my 2020 illness, so he basically told me to continue everything made from fresh, because I want to try and hold, or reverse some of the decline caused by my 2020 illness.

I have not had a shop bought cake since 2021 and my apple pudding is sugar & sweetener free (except for the natural sugar in the apple).

Mark

[BumbleB]

Well done, keep going! 

[dobfarm]

That quiche looks Good! but my high cholesterol levels limits my enjoyment of tasty baked foods     

[BushInn1746]

Dave

Provided you do not have a reaction to Nuts ... have you tried eating some walnuts daily?

https://www.health.harvard.edu/cholesterol/walnuts-can-lower-cholesterol#:~:text=The%20researchers%20found%20that%20participants,when%20they%20were%20eating%20walnuts.

There is some talk that high cholesterol can be reversed.

Same as Diabetes 2 and its predecessor Prediabetes. I have seen the phrase putting diabetes into remission.

Doctors are saying that there is good and bad cholesterol too? I'll leave you to check the arguments and evidence for yourself.

Ldl Cholesterol is apparently the bad one.

I said to the young Receptionist at our G.P.,  Surgery 'Doctor wants me to watch my cholesterol'

So she said what is it, I told her and the Receptionist replied, that is lower than mine, so I said to the Receptionist with a smile  you know what to do then.

Mark

If you can eat nuts ok without a reaction. A few Walnuts are a healthy little snack as they contain nutrients and the oil is reputed to be beneficial for health too.

[Pheno]

There is some talk that high cholesterol can be reversed.

Same as Diabetes 2 and its predecessor Prediabetes. I have seen the phrase putting diabetes into remission.

Sorry but I have to take issue with this.  Type 2 diabetes can be either lifestyle induced or genetic.  You can change your lifestyle and possibly reverse your diabetes - you cannot change your genetics.  It is wrong to assume that all type 2 diabetes can be reversed by lifestyle.

Type 2 runs trough all 4 previous generations of my paternal family and possibly more than that but I do not have data.  Both of my siblings are also Type 2 diabetic - none of us are overweight!

Pheno

[BushInn1746]

There is some talk that high cholesterol can be reversed.

Same as Diabetes 2 and its predecessor Prediabetes. I have seen the phrase putting diabetes into remission.

Sorry but I have to take issue with this.  Type 2 diabetes can be either lifestyle induced or genetic.  You can change your lifestyle and possibly reverse your diabetes - you cannot change your genetics.  It is wrong to assume that all type 2 diabetes can be reversed by lifestyle.

Type 2 runs trough all 4 previous generations of my paternal family and possibly more than that but I do not have data.  Both of my siblings are also Type 2 diabetic - none of us are overweight!

Pheno

I'm not overweight either, but my NHS Doctor was most definite and adamant with me that I could improve my type 2 diabetes situation and ought to try.

If people have a belief they cannot change or improve their health, some might not even try to improve it.

https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes/type-2-reverse

Mark

[louisa maud]

My Dr or nurse have never said I am overweight, I am 5ft 8ins, ish, so I can get away with it but there comes a time, in my opinion , no matter what I do  my middle has grown a bit, I am sensible  in what I eat so I am not going to worry too much.

Well, my grandson  is due home  today from his travels around  New Zealand  and Australia,  has been gone 3 months,  he landsat about 1pm but we won't see him till tomorrow,   why do I feel emotional?, getting silly in my old age I reckon.

Today will be a good day for me and my family, hope it is  for everyone  else

LM

[Gillg]

Sunny and bright today again.  I feel the urge to do some washing, but have washed everything in sight over the past few sunny days, so will satisfy the urge by washing down some paintwork and cleaning the brass.  Don't have much, just the door knocker and a few ornaments.  Of course, there's always the silver....and the oven could do with a clean.  Not my favourite job, especially since it involves a lot of bending down, which I find difficult these days. It's a big range cooker which we inherited with the house. 2 large ovens, 2 grills and 6 hobs!  Or I could treat the woodburning stove with the modern equivalent of black lead.  Now the jobs are piling up!

Or I could sit outside in the sun with my book.