Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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Thank you for this information. There is so much government sanctioned medical misinformation, I just don't trust they have my family members well being at heart. I knew I could count on my frens here at GAW to help. Thank you for your input. I look forward to you research and will let my family members know this in the meantime.
Your welcome. FYI: natural medicine takes time because it heals the body. Unlike pharmaceuticals that only mask the symptoms. I try to use natural medicine however sometimes I do rely on RX, especially for pain. High BP could also be a symptom of another medication. Also stress and pain can cause high BP. I’ve had chronic pain over twenty years and at times it was very high when the pain got bad. I had high BP for many years and was on medication. Years ago I stopped the meds and just lived with high BP. Probably not smart! But eventually with diet and probably from one of many herbs it got normal.
I’ve lost weight and that’s helped. However many people who aren’t overweight still have high BP. If they eat processed foods that probably isn’t helping. Also so many foods are labeled “healthy” “heart smart” etc and it’s just marketing and lies. Seed oils are very bad, especially corn, canola, soy and palm. Then you got corn syrup, fructose and sugar (first two is sugar). Also artificial sweeteners and sweeteners from plants cause multiple health problems. It takes an education to understand ingredients. Basically if man makes it, it’s bad.