Have you ever roasted frozen vegetables? Me neither. But a quick referral to Dr. Google offers up recipes and instructions for this time and money saving technique. Maybe this method actually works (because everything you read on the internet is TRUTH). So a few weeks ago during a Pandemic Pantry shopping trip I picked up […]
Sunday 04.04.21 My self imposed beer ban has ended. And to avoid any feelings of guilt and shame I created a new list. My new list is Things You Can Have in the House but Only on Occasion. Last week the trip to the store started as any other trip to the store. I had […]
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I haven’t had a beer in three months. When I go to the grocery store I typically stand in front of the refrigerated beer case for several minutes surveying the choices. The cans are colorful, designed by those whose understand the science of attraction and they are successful in making me stop and browse. The […]
I wonder how the comorbidity plays out, if it is well-controlled. For instance I’m on medications for hypertension, so my blood pressure is nice and low. And I’m also on medication to prevent atrial fibrillation, so I am in sinus rhythm. And I am prediabetic and have normalized hemoglobin A-1 C through diet and exercise.
The data is mostly observational at this time. We just don’t know the answers to many of the questions. To your point, you can have comorbidities and be healthy or have the same diseases and be unhealthy.