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A friend of mine died in California a few years ago of one of the superbug

pneumonias. They sealed her up, buried her really fast, and wouldn't let

anyone near her. She was well one day then felt ill but didn't go get

medical help and by the time she did it was too late. These drug resistant

variants are really scary and when people are afraid, then they do extreme

things.

 

Here the tendency is not to force medical care; I mean one is lucky to get

medical care at all in certain income brackets. I have noticed by reading

the obituaries since moving to Louisiana that the average age of death here

is nowhere near the age that people claim for the average life expectancy in

the US. It is more like 66 years old or younger. That is not scientific, but

just an overall impression. I got curious one day and averaged the ages of

all that day's obituaries. It seemed like a typical day. My impression is

that the care is fairly good, but access is not, and this lack of timely

access to medical care is a killer.

 

The major exceptions are as you noted, tb, and in the cases of children

whose parents have certain religious beliefs. Cancer and certain treatments

are also exceptions sometimes although I don't think that is always a good

thing since the treatments are often so extreme.

Darla

 

On 1/25/07, Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01 > wrote:

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Darla, you mentioned LOUISIANA HEALTH--Think of what people eat in

south Louisiana--fried food and hot sauce--this would certainly be a

killer for pitta types. Katy in Baton Rouge

 

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> I mean one is lucky to get medical care at all in certain income brackets. I have noticed by reading the obituaries since moving to Louisiana that the average age of death here is nowhere near the age that people claim for the average life expectancy in the US.

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Guilty as charged. I think our habit of eating carbs piled on top of carbs

is not really good either. Last year I did a project with a friend writing

about the local lunch houses and plate lunches. On average they serve 3

starches (counting the bread), a little veggie, and a lot of meat or fish

(fried or with gravy, of course). The portion sizes are a nightmare--one of

those can usually feed a large adult at least 2 meals. I can live without

fried foods but you would definitely have a fight if you took away my hot

sauce. I have a vata pitta constitution and I suspect that at certain times

of the year it becomes much more pitta. Anyway as I have gotten older I seen

to run hotter and have a little less tolerance for both fried food and

extreme versions of hot sauce.

 

However, I have been wondering... what is too much hot sauce for a person

who is raised eating lots of hot stuff? My grandmother was still liking her

tabasco at 80+. I just had a little kimchi and it was a perfect snack. I

think habaneros are a little too hot in medium amounts, but love lots of

serranos and other peppers. How much of this does upbringing account for? My

daughter thinks Indian food is too spicy and has too much of a variety of

spices and I find it very pleasant. Her major exposure was to some spinach

and paneer at a local restaurant. I am currently working on getting less

meat (another thing we eat too much of) and sweets in an effort to keep my

diabetes and heart disease under control. It is hard to do though when I

know I can eat nothing but meat and cheese and have perfect blood sugar and

if I eat too much of a "normal" whatever that is diet my sugar jumps

immediately. Definitely a fan of the low carb approach--I would like to do

it in a healthy way if I can.

Darla

 

On 1/26/07, katyhohmann <ELIMOM1313 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:

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> Darla, you mentioned LOUISIANA HEALTH--Think of what people eat in

> south Louisiana--fried food and hot sauce--this would certainly be a

> killer for pitta types. Katy in Baton Rouge

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I started eating hot stuff 40+ years ago and was always afraid I would get

to a point where I either could not or did not like it. I carry habaneros

in my shirt pocket for snacking and 90% of what I eat has high spice

content. At 58, I see no end of it and really have not backed off the heat

level. My wife also likes hot, but never as much as I have had. Her habits

have not changed either in the last 30 years. Both our sons also eat hot as

well. We make our own thai chili paste, usually about 6 - 8 quarts per year

as well as purchase several gallons of hot sauce (just liquid) throughout

the year.

 

Everyone has likes and dislikes based partly on exposure and partly on the

body tolerance for spices. My wife will not eat most curries because those

upset her stomach even though they are no where near as hot as other

peppers.

 

For general diet, I eat 90% vegetable, 10% protein. I was diagnosed 2 years

ago with terminal cancer and am still around in spite of the doctors. It is

controlled by diet at this point. Too much meat is bad for cancer, so I

watch very carefully what it injest.

 

As to fruits and vegetables with an eye to diebetes...get a copy of the

glycemic index and be sure what you eat comes from a rating of 40 and under

as far as vegetables go. That will keep the sugar spiking down. I would,

were it me, be concerned about a diet too heavy in meat as that will tend to

put your body on the acidic side which is not necessarily a good thing long

term for helping to fight diseases in general.

 

Regards,

 

Bruce Guilmette, PhD

Author: THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST LIVING, A Personal Story About

Cancer Survival

Survive Cancer Foundation, Inc.

http://survivecancerfoundation.org <http://survivecancerfoundation.org/>

 

 

ayurveda [ayurveda]

On Behalf Of Darla Wells

Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:31 PM

 

Guilty as charged. I think our habit of eating carbs piled on top of carbs

is not really good either. Last year I did a project with a friend writing

about the local lunch houses and plate lunches. On average they serve 3

starches (counting the bread), a little veggie, and a lot of meat or fish

(fried or with gravy, of course). The portion sizes are a nightmare--one of

those can usually feed a large adult at least 2 meals.