Ah..... food, cooking, and nutrition - my absolute favorite topic! Plant based oils are the healthier alternative for a healthy diet - depending upon which ones... EVOO is the best choice, and all those expensive oils - flax, pumpkin, walnut - are great, but really bad for cooking. Avocado is great for cooking!
Vegetable Oil (blends), Soybean Oil, and Corn Oil are highly processed and high in Omega 6 fatty acids - a necessary nutrient, but bad in high numbers. They are cheap and in processed foods, which is why people eat too much of them.
Lard is actually better than most margarines - minimally processed, less saturated fat than butter, high in monounsaturated fats, and no trans fats.
And another fun tidbit... trans fats have been banned from processed foods since 2018. However... if a product contains .5 grams per serving, it is rounded down to 0 grams trans fats. Don't ever buy anything that states partially hydrogenated oil.
I think I was about 10 when we did worm-brain's Uncle Jack's 50 mile walk. In 1960, Kennedy was worried that TV, movies, cars, etc., were affecting children's fitness! We traipsed all over San Francisco, walked across the Golden Gate Bridge, circled Lake Merced several times... Fortunately, San Francisco still allows 10 year old kids to be outside unsupervised!
And it wasn't until 1993 that the NIH mandated that women and minorities be included in all NIH-funded clinical research. (1993!!!) Since worm brain cannot change the law, it will be interesting to see how it plays out...
I KNOW this is your area!!! I was too young for the President's Council on Physical Fitness' 50-mile walk. HOWEVER - every morning we were "treated" to the 45 rpm "Go you Chicken Fat GO" record. And we had to do it. And it's stuck with me.
Every 12 weeks, I need to get my port cleared. Sometimes it is easy, and sometimes, I need heparin and I'm told to walk around the cancer infusion center, and swing my arms, and I do it to "Go you Chicken Fat GO".
I LOVE IT! I don't recall the nun's playing this, but they did have us doing different 'exercises' every day - more likely to the tune of "Hail Holy Queen" or some such song.
Any more good news? At least some of the killing in Lebanon, Gaza and Israel has ceased for now while Der Fuehrer Trompf's shock and awe continues apace.
The good news is that forewarned is forearmed. EVERY LAST ONE OF US will be impacted by the coming advertisements for foods, as well as impacts to necessary medications. We KNOW this is coming and we can in certain ways prepare ourselves.
Which reminds me of a story. When your mother was 90, she went to the doctor and found out that she had high blood pressure. She was told to cut back on salt. Her attitude (which I kinda sorta agreed with) was that the advice was for 30 year olds who want to be 90, not for 90 year olds. Albeit, she should have eaten less salt.
I took her to the diner up on Central Ave after the doctor's visit and she ordered (and I will NEVER forget this) veal parmigiana, salad with blue cheese dressing, rolls and butter, and because she couldn't decide, a piece of cheesecake AND a piece of chocolate cake. (I ordered black coffee since I can't stand that amount of food.) When thinking about what NOT to eat, use your mother as an example of what NOT to do. Just sayin' -- and yes, we can still get needed meds from other countries. Not technically legal, but also not difficult.
Aw shucks. Thanks! As doctors -- you both would be incredibly appalled at what's defined for the commission. We all try throughout our careers to educate our patients in ways large and small so they can best take care of themselves, and deal with their challenges. This will make it SOOOOO much more difficult.
And she only made it to 107; with less salt, it might have been much more, right?
She always wanted to be the oldest in New York - but boy oh boy she lived salt!
Ah..... food, cooking, and nutrition - my absolute favorite topic! Plant based oils are the healthier alternative for a healthy diet - depending upon which ones... EVOO is the best choice, and all those expensive oils - flax, pumpkin, walnut - are great, but really bad for cooking. Avocado is great for cooking!
Vegetable Oil (blends), Soybean Oil, and Corn Oil are highly processed and high in Omega 6 fatty acids - a necessary nutrient, but bad in high numbers. They are cheap and in processed foods, which is why people eat too much of them.
Lard is actually better than most margarines - minimally processed, less saturated fat than butter, high in monounsaturated fats, and no trans fats.
And another fun tidbit... trans fats have been banned from processed foods since 2018. However... if a product contains .5 grams per serving, it is rounded down to 0 grams trans fats. Don't ever buy anything that states partially hydrogenated oil.
I think I was about 10 when we did worm-brain's Uncle Jack's 50 mile walk. In 1960, Kennedy was worried that TV, movies, cars, etc., were affecting children's fitness! We traipsed all over San Francisco, walked across the Golden Gate Bridge, circled Lake Merced several times... Fortunately, San Francisco still allows 10 year old kids to be outside unsupervised!
And it wasn't until 1993 that the NIH mandated that women and minorities be included in all NIH-funded clinical research. (1993!!!) Since worm brain cannot change the law, it will be interesting to see how it plays out...
I KNOW this is your area!!! I was too young for the President's Council on Physical Fitness' 50-mile walk. HOWEVER - every morning we were "treated" to the 45 rpm "Go you Chicken Fat GO" record. And we had to do it. And it's stuck with me.
Every 12 weeks, I need to get my port cleared. Sometimes it is easy, and sometimes, I need heparin and I'm told to walk around the cancer infusion center, and swing my arms, and I do it to "Go you Chicken Fat GO".
https://youtu.be/2mcsVgIU1K0?si=unAHK7Mu0o4qsXEC
I LOVE IT! I don't recall the nun's playing this, but they did have us doing different 'exercises' every day - more likely to the tune of "Hail Holy Queen" or some such song.
Any more good news? At least some of the killing in Lebanon, Gaza and Israel has ceased for now while Der Fuehrer Trompf's shock and awe continues apace.
The good news is that forewarned is forearmed. EVERY LAST ONE OF US will be impacted by the coming advertisements for foods, as well as impacts to necessary medications. We KNOW this is coming and we can in certain ways prepare ourselves.
Which reminds me of a story. When your mother was 90, she went to the doctor and found out that she had high blood pressure. She was told to cut back on salt. Her attitude (which I kinda sorta agreed with) was that the advice was for 30 year olds who want to be 90, not for 90 year olds. Albeit, she should have eaten less salt.
I took her to the diner up on Central Ave after the doctor's visit and she ordered (and I will NEVER forget this) veal parmigiana, salad with blue cheese dressing, rolls and butter, and because she couldn't decide, a piece of cheesecake AND a piece of chocolate cake. (I ordered black coffee since I can't stand that amount of food.) When thinking about what NOT to eat, use your mother as an example of what NOT to do. Just sayin' -- and yes, we can still get needed meds from other countries. Not technically legal, but also not difficult.
As my husband just said, “you are amazing and so incredibly well informed!” Thank you.
Aw shucks. Thanks! As doctors -- you both would be incredibly appalled at what's defined for the commission. We all try throughout our careers to educate our patients in ways large and small so they can best take care of themselves, and deal with their challenges. This will make it SOOOOO much more difficult.