Subj : moving or not To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jan 01 2020 08:51:00 Hi Nancy! Happy New Year! :) BM>> agreement: sure, the scientists have to increase the intake to simulate BM>> a lifetime of eating, but then people pick out certain portions of the BM>> study and it becomes 'eating causes '. Again, I'm not BM>> saying they're wrong, just the condensed report can make things look a BM>> lot worse than they really are. NB>> I tend to take those studies with a grain of salt... but then add to NB>> them my empirical observations... For instance, the ones on saccherine NB>> causing cancer, maybe, maybe not, but it does indeed cause major NB>> problems for me (causes migraines), so I'll avoid it totally... BM> I'm with you: seems everything causes something. I'm not making light BM> of the studies, and I think we can eat, do and not do lifestyle BM> options, etc., to minimize the chances of getting sick/a disease. I BM> think some of the diseases are occurring just because humans are living BM> longer. NB> That last is quite possible... Of course, genetics plays into NB> both the living longer and how one's body reacts to the various NB> factors.... True: lots of 'little' factors all adding up - and in some instances subtracting. BM> OTOH there are changes because of lifestyle: my Mother pointed BM> out there are a lot of tall young people now - her generation and prior BM> were shorter, she surmises because of food not being as readily BM> available (due to the wars, harder to transport and store food, etc.). NB> There could be some of that... there's also the part where people NB> tend to shrink as they age, with the spine compressing... so the NB> younger tend to seem even taller in comparison... :) My Mother has shrunk, so yes, some people do tower over her. BM> As for staying away from saccherine because of migraines, yes, I would BM> too! I haven't pinpointed to the specifics but there are some foods BM> which give me slight faint 'odd' flavour and others shortly later a BM> generalized itch/tingling (again weakly). At this point not enough to BM> do anything to find the commonality and so the source. NB> When it happens with frequency and/or severity, one does tend to NB> figure out the source more easily... :) Though probably helped you didn't use an artificial sweetener in your morning coffee, an ingredient in your Tootie Frootie cereal, etc. NB>>> As we've become older, we just don't have the capacity we once NB>>> had.... ;) BM>> And combine with being more sedentary so one doesn't burn off calories BM>> as quickly as when was younger. NB>> There's a little of that, too... but not something that really plays NB>> into our thinking... mostly it's just that our eating habits have NB>> shifted.... :) BM> If it makes more sense why not? In my book there's nothing to prevent BM> one from having cereal for the evening meal and meatloaf for the one BM> first thing in the morning. All a matter of convenience and probably BM> more so appetite. NB> Exactly. :) And meatloaf sounds much better to me than sugar-infused Tootie Frooties. BM>> I intended to become more familiar with spices, or just cooking in BM>> general, as I got older: figured would have more time, etc. Now I do BM>> very little cooking as don't have the opportunity. NB>> If it's something you are interested in, sometimes one just has to NB>> make the time and opportunity... :) BM> I'm making dinner! BM> Where are we going? BM> No, I'm _making_ dinner. BM> NB> And when she comes to, dinner is on the table... ;) And all over the stove, the walls.... BM>> Rarely will I add butter; never added milk. Admittedly never BM>> tried - parents didn't, don't recall any friends having it that way BM>> when growing up but then not there for breakfast. NB>> It's probably a Scottish thing... milk on the oat porridge.... :) BM> Possibly - a little surprised Dad didn't (his mother was Scottish). BM> Seems he usually had cereal or peanut butter toast. NB> Maybe he'd had too much oatmeal forced on him growing up....?? I don't recall him ever mentioning. Or just didn't like the flavour / preferred the taste of cereal. NB>>> I don't think that it was any help at all, really.... coconut oil is NB>>> even harder to digest, at least for some people.... :) I think that NB>>> it's goat's milk that is more comparable to human milk... BM>> The additives keep getting worse! NB>> Actually, the trend has turned some... Fewer things have additives NB>> than it had been getting to be... and it can be a point of pride (and NB>> advertising) that there are no additives.... BM> True. Have noted that advertising, no transfats, and the like. My BM> grocery shopping generally isn't influenced as not purchasing the BM> items, though in some instances a don't care: the vegetable-flavoured BM> Ritz-like crackers are on sale - yummy! No idea what the ingredients BM> are. NB> If you figured out what was giving you the issues, you'd be NB> reading the labels like I have to... ;) Definitely! BM>>> I haven't had homemade egg nog in I don't know how long, and since I'm BM>>> the only one who does like it -- not sure if Autumn likes it or not, BM>>> and her tastes vary periodically. NB>>> So, have you bought any this season yet...? BM>> Not yet. Last week's trip was on the 5th, so my "eggnog in December BM>> rule" would have been in effect. A few extras in the cart and my BM>> Scottish Guy wasn't liking the little added expense. Tomorrow he'll BM>> probably open his rusty coin purse. NB>> As it's well into the Christmas season now, I'd think you'd be able NB>> to just override him at this point.... BM> Yup: a later post reported the purchase. Don't recall if I mentioned BM> but the Scottish Guy was even happy at the seasonal splurge: if I spent BM> a dollar extra I could get twice as much! NB> There you go... everybody happy... ;) My niece made up some NB> eggnog for our family celebration... very frothy, and quite NB> nice.... She had some that was plain, and some that she'd added NB> vodka to... Some people took the plain and added some rum to NB> it... that was even better... ;) Yes, to me the rum would be the alcohol of choice. I finished up my eggnog yesterday - December 31. No, not because of 'Eggnog December' just happened to finish the container. Also "had" to because on the container was the best by date of Dec. 31 - today it would have tasted bleah. Didn't have any with alcohol this year: didn't have any in the evening. NB>>>> A lot of taglines are nothing more than old sayings... :) BM>>> And here I was thinking saying are nothing more than old taglines! NB>>> Considering that generally they've been around a lot longer than NB>>> taglines have existed.... BM>> Plus not subject to the 72 (or is it 75?) character limit! NB>> I think BlueWave's is 72 (tho I'd have to check to be sure), and NB>> Multimail's limit is a little longer.... BM> Yes, plus there's a standard in the rules because of the way packets BM> were sent originally, IIRC. Whenever I add new taglines (and it's BM> been a while!) I note the longest existing tagline and use that as my BM> measurement. NB> When one adopts a tagline in Bluewave, the popup box has a space NB> for the tagline... anything too long just gets chopped off at the NB> end of it... At least a couple of times I saved it anyway (see NB> below for an example)... (moved up) NB> ... Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from NB> betting on pe Yes, I wouldn't want to bet on pee either, The 'pea' would make a tiny bit more sense. ...Hmm 'people' even more sense! And as you said below, a little editing is sometimes needed, so Horse sense: what a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. There! 69 characters! BM> ... I came up with a great tagline, but it wouldn't fit! :( NB> That's when one has to use one's editorial skills... Such as... ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Headline: Experts Sure Dow Will Either Rise Or Decline. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .