Just 7% of U.S. teens get the recommended daily intake of fruit — and only 2% get the recommended intake of vegetables — according to an analysis of data from the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys. Fruit & Veggie Intake Among U.S. Teens Abysmally Low — https://www.jwatch.org/fw117440/2021/01/21/fruit-veggie-intake-among-us-teens-abysmally-low Link to the MMWR article: Lange SJ, Moore […]
1. Eat at least three servings per day of beans, tofu, tempeh, soy milk, veggie meats, peanuts or peanut butter. 2. Consume a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including leafy greens and dark orange vegetables plus good sources of vitamin C like peppers, citrus fruit, and strawberries. 3. Get most of your fat from […]
“The best solution is to change the way people eat, the way they live, the lifestyle, and diet,” Mackey says. “There’s no reason why people shouldn’t be healthy and have a longer health span. A bunch of drugs is not going to solve the problem.” Americans are not taking as good care of their own […]
The Digital Devil told me I had dipped below 173 and I’m resisting the urge to overthink this. I can’t explain this bizarre behavior. It’s just part of my makeup, a tiny piece of me that tends to repeat over and over and over again. If the number goes up I’ll try to figure out […]
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.