<p>interesteddad–you got it. Fifty years of the government telling us to eat more carbs and fake butter has turned many of us into tubs of…margarine? Or something.</p>
<p>3 bagels yesterday (B-day treat at the office) tasted good. Surprising part was no gain, maybe they will show on my scale today after another B-day. I am still working on the energy level which is down after coming from vacation where I was outside the entire day. Apparently, being outside makes such a difference in our well being. Everything else seems to be secondary. One hour / day just does not cut it for me, but eventually I will get used to it.</p>
<p>BCE- I’ve had a couple 1 mile or less than 2 days, but not too many. 
We did a ton of walking in St. Louis Sunday and even Sat evening, which I am thinking might have gotten rid of some of the muscle soreness.</p>
<p>2.1 miles this morning felt pretty decent. It’s spring! Saturday was the first time I had bare arms and legs in months! Today was shorts/short sleeved shirt. Feels good.</p>
<p>I have a finger prick blood test this morning as part of Wellness Week at work. I am fasting until it’s over. I hate the finger pricks. I am telling myself that I endured the pain of a marathon followed by a half- who am I to be worried about the finger prick? :)</p>
<p>3 bagels would make my stomach bloat to uncomfortable proportions!</p>
<p>One of my breakfast standards is eggs with some added protein - cheese or small amount of meat. Today I tried just egg, salt and pepper and some cottage cheese - delicious! Topped with a little fresh parsley. Creamy and tasted rich. Yet not too many calories. I’ll repeat this recipe.</p>
<p>This morning I made an arugula omelet. It was inspiration…I had a bag of arugula in the fridge and thought instead of spinach I would saute some of that and put it in. With a little parmesan cheese, it was wonderful! </p>
<p>An anecdote but illustrative: When I throw corn kernels out for the squirrels (an attempt to distract them from the bird feeder), they often eat only the “good part”–the germ–out of every kernel and leave the rest! Only if they are very hungry and there isn’t enough corn for all will they eat the white part, which has very little nutritional value. Squirrels know to eat whole grain! ;)</p>
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<p>This comes across a bit offensively. There’s no particular position on salt that I’m biased toward. I’ve seen a lot of salt studies, and I shared my thoughts on them in general: some intriguing historical and international numbers for having a high intake, and then a slew of studies coming to minor, contrasting finds with, as interesteddad pointed out, questionable biomarkers and thresholds for significance. I don’t know how to tell you which ones are “best,” but I can say, and it’s all I really said, that the government’s confidence is scientifically unjustified. </p>
<p>And when the government’s long been telling people to eat less salt – much less than they and other humans eat based on natural taste – right aside their similarly loud calls to replace saturated fats (you know, the same saturated fats that made obesity and cardiovascular disease an epidemic in the early 20th century) with omega-6 oils, one feels assured in the skepticism. And as interesteddad alluded to: What’s one supposed to do with eggs? Don’t eat the artery-clogging yolk, they say. Pay little mind to the resultant widespread choline deficiency.</p>
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<p>I’m uncomfortable giving any source a place on a list of “reliable sources,” but I am quite comfortable saying the Harvard School of Public Health would not be a candidate. Their crowning contribution of late is this gem: <a href=“http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/files/2012/10/healthy-eating-plate-700.jpg[/url]”>http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/files/2012/10/healthy-eating-plate-700.jpg</a></p>
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<p>Nice to see the egg eating going on this morning. I think an omelette sounds good as well. Feta maybe?</p>
<p>Silverturtle, excuse me? The person who is offensive in wording is you. Look back at your posts.</p>
<p>I’m looking to further my understanding. To me it appears you came to this thread for the purpose of gaining attention by starting an argument.</p>
<p>Must be omelet day! 2 egg with mushrooms and Swiss here. I love arugula…nice peppery bite. Good idea to mix in with an omelet! </p>
<p>Sabadog is almost old enough to start jogging with me (I hesitate to call it running). Heck, walking with him is probably as fast as I run anyway!</p>
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<p>I haven’t meant to be offensive at all. A tad iconoclastic in the right context perhaps. I don’t know what wording you refer to. On my part, you implied dishonest argumentation to uphold a bias.</p>
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<p>I’m always trying to further mine too. I’d appreciate it if you shared any research with me that you think would be relevant.</p>
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<p>That speculation is mistaken.</p>
<p>Silverturtle, I pointed out the limitation of looking at one study without broad knowledge of where it fits in the greater scheme of things. Is it accurate? What do other studies say? Which are considered to be the best studies? Is there a broad preponderance of evidence that points in any particular direction? What do experts say? Who are the experts? </p>
<p>The fact you took my considering issues such as these personally is not my problem.</p>
<p>I am not an expert. I like learning.</p>
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<p>I got that. I thought you were directing “It’s easy for anyone to pick a study that supports the position they want to take and tout it as the one to see” at me. (Were you?) I have the same questions as you do. </p>
<p>My impression right now on salt is this: There is no broad preponderance of the evidence pointing to the healthfulness of the government’s guideline; looking at the past and across cultures, and comparing that to putatively relevant disease incidence, suggests not artificially restricting one’s intake is fine. </p>
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<p>Sure. I merely meant to convey my reaction to your language, in case you care about that sort of thing. You say I was being offensive; I want actively not to be and do care about that, so if you could show me where I was, I would be glad to learn.</p>
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<p>^ That had no personally critical intent behind it, merely tongue-in-cheek humor I expected to be benignly construed. Apologies that it failed.</p>
<p>Here’s something I mess up on regularly that you might find helpful thinking about, too. Try to find something good about what someone else has contributed, not just what’s wrong with it.</p>
<p>Darn…up one pound from my ladies weekend. Must be from the wine since I walked quite a bit. I retain so much water…yuck! :(</p>
<p>I agree with that paradigm. If you’re referring to something related to the happenings of this conversation, I am missing it.</p>
<p>General principle.</p>
<p>NMinn, that’s the kind of weight I’d be happy to retain! Only one pound? Worth it.</p>
<p>MOWC’s mention of adult beverages got me to thinking of this delicious float…dark chocolate gelato, cherry soda, and, oh yes…bourbon. One can dream, right?</p>
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If your glasses are fogging it means your breath is escaping over the top of the mask rather than through it.</p>
<p>I don’t wear these for allergies, but when doing demolition or installing insulation to keep from breathing dust and particles. The trick for me is to get ones that have a metal strip across the top, and then carefully bend it to conform exactly to your nose and cheeks to get a good seal so that air doesn’t escape out the top.</p>
<p>Most of the cheap ones are only 95% efficient, and that may not be good enough for bad allergies.</p>
<p>There are lots of different kinds of these masks, a different one may be more comfortable and effective. Google “allergy mask”.</p>
<p>I would literally die trying to breath thru a mask while exercising. I think smoking for 38 years probably means I’m “breathing thru a mask” 24/7…</p>