How much exercise do you do? Also, I was in the hospital 2 years ago with covid viral pneumonia, streptococal (bacterial) pneumonia, and sepsis (from bed sores) while on a ventilator. My numbers were really high because they had me on a regime of insulin to counteract the IV feed (mostly sugar). My body rejected the feed tube, so to keep me barely breathing I was given the IV mix. I was all out of whack. When I went in, I was healthy and everything in control. I still haven't fully recovered, but exercise with a good diet is getting me there. Resistance training has been the biggest factor.
Cane sugar or beet sugar is better (what my grandparents used). Any vegetable oil will break down into transfat when heat is applied. Avocado, Virgin Olive and Grapeseed oils are better for cooking, They have high heat indexes. Personally, I like to cook with bacon fat. Processed foods of any kind, IMHO, are bad for you. Pick up a power bar that says it is diabetic "friendly". One of the first ingredients is maltodextrose, which is a sugar and will increase your BGL. Low carb sweetners like Stevia are often packaged with maltodextrose, so, while they may be low carb, they are NOT diabetic friendly. That means they aren't very good for you. Raw stevia extract doesn't phase my blood sugar at all.
LDL alone is nothing. The key is the LDL to HDL ratio that matters. I have a closer to "high" LDL, but a higher HDL. The ratio is within the "limits".
My hospital stay 2 years ago would have cost me $795,000. However, with insurance, the total cost was around $350,000 with my part being $4700 out-of-pocket max
Our elders (well, mine anyway, I am old) lived shorter lives too. However, that was usually do to limited medical care and very hard work which broke the bodies down quickly.
One of the stigmas of type 2 diabetes is that being overweight causes it. Being fat is a symptom, not a cause. Type 2 is insulin resistance. When the body does not use the insulin to transport the sugar into the cells, it is converted to fat and stored in the body. Insulin is referred to as the Fat Hormone.
Also Berberine
The Inuit Eskimos subsist on mostly fish and seal, and whale.. Yet, their cholesterol levels are very low and heart disease not common. Two things from that: humans do not require plants to survive, and meat is good for you. We are, after all, primarily carnivorous.
Sugar companies worked hand in hand with the American diabetes association to skew the numbers. A few years back, my doctor told me that the ADA gave the go ahead for the Department of Transportation to up the max A1C in truckers to 9%! That is 212 mg/dL average blood glucose level. That is insane when you think about a driver with up to 80,000 pounds weight barreling down the highway. The system is just corrupt. The real studies have been done in Europe.
Sorry, I meant to say complex. Dense carbs you want to stay clear of. Complex carbs take longer to digest and, thus, reduce the spike...especially when eaten with meat. Another interesting phenomenon is honey. Honey has TWO types of sugar- glucose and fructose. I can eat small amounts of honey, and it does not affect my blood sugar. This is good because honey never goes bad (unless there are contaminants), so it has a very long shelf life
Many parts of the body needs cholesterol, It is a vital component to a healthy life
Exactly. One of the main jobs of cholesterol is repairing arteries. Why do we get clogged arteries? It is not from eating fat. It is not from eating food with cholesterol in it. The body will only absorb dietary cholesterol if it cannot produce enough serum cholesterol. What is sugar? It is a crystal structure. When you have have sugar coursing through your body, it damages the walls of the veins and arteries. Cholesterol is produced to repair these cuts and tears. Two things that people with Type 2 diabetes deal with are damage to the tiny veins and capillaries in the feet and eyes, and neuropathy of the hands and feet. Amputation of the feet and blindness are the main outcomes of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. I dropped my high cholesterol and HBA1C sugar level in 3 months to a normal range. My doctor could not believe it! How did I do it? Diet and exercise. Low carb (dense carbs only), high fat (animal) and protein. That's it. No great secret. Also, statins occur naturally in nature in the foods we eat. But the BIG offender here is SUGAR
Want to lower cholesterol? Stop eating sugar
DEI in all its splendid glory.
Enlistments are down. They are reaching critical shortages
Correct. Retirees can be subject to recall if there is a critical need. For the most part, it isn't combat related roles like infantry...unless they need instructors.
Unusual for sure. The only variants the US Military has is the KC-46 tanker. Officially that is. But since it was over Patrick Space Force Base, maybe they are testing out a new variant. They had some for the AST program back in the 80s, but those were supposedly scrapped out when the program ended. Who knows?
If it is a military 767, then it is most likely a KC-46 Pegasus tanker. The flight pattern is consistent with refueling ops. Probably student pilots.
A lot of it also has to do with lighting. A buddy of mine and I did a lot of photography at the range once. We used different lighting, different ammo, slow-speed, fast-speed. We were able to capture a lot of cool stuff. There was a lot of sparks emitted. With less light, they are more prominent. Digital photos and video capture stuff that the human eye doesn't necessarily see.
Yeah....bullshit
Yeah, just ask the descendants of the Indians at Wounded Knee.
Yup. Also, other techniques that work well at the range are: if you have a partner, have them randomly load the mags with snap caps. That way you don't know when they will pop up. It helps quite a bit to correct anticipation. Another one is use snap caps and dry fire with a dime resting on the barrel. This might help if you are having trouble with correct finger placement causing the gun to pull left or right.
I started out with a 1911 when I was 8 years old. The only handgun that I am deadly accurate with every time. I love the way it feels in my hand, and the way it shoots. However, a .45ACP does not have the power that a .357 does. It is a big, slow bullet. It works fantastic against the 2 legged animals, but not so great with the bigger, more dangerous kind, like the silvertip grizzly and the moose. Where I live, I carry a 9mm for the simple fact that I can have more extra ammo options when I go to the city. My 1911 is mainly for practice, and part of a bug out option because, like you stated, it is rugged and will stand up to most environments.
I wouldn't recommend the Alaskan for squirrels either... nothing left but the feet! :)
I was on a ventilator for 3 weeks. Once I was done, I was told I would never walk again without assistance, or breathe normally again without oxygen. So far, I have not used either. Also, out of 27 people on my covid ward, I am the only one that survived. AND, I was the ONLY one NOT vaccinated! Approximately 80% of people on ventilators do not survive. God was not ready for me to come home yet.