“Chew the vit C and take the iron with a glass of water, I think that would be the same as orange juice or emergenC, but without the sugar.”
Not exactly. As I understand, non-heme Fe absorption needs slow and steady concentration of ascorbate, which a pill will not provide. That’s why the recommendation is to drink OJ. But Amazon sells L-ascorbic acid powder, which should be fine. I just need to make a solution with the right concentration.
If it’s a chewable, the vitC with be powderized before being swallowed, and then should readily dissolve in the stomach if water is drank immediately before or after, I would think. Dissolving a powder in water first is probably even better, then you don’t get all the other junk in the pill. Probably cheaper, too.
The Strasburg Sock solved my plantar. You also want to get into a habit of heel raise/lower on steps. If it is a really bad case of plantar you might have to rest a week. Wear shoes. Don’t go barefoot.
Do not want to derail the thread, but eating something and hoping that it will dissolve in the stomach physiologically is not the same as drinking a prepared solution. It is a bummer that our guts are not like water bottles. 
Very pleasant morning walk from the bus stop today. Going to be about 75 when I get back home for my run. Yay.
I have had plantar fasciitis in the past. I got a splint similar to the ones others have shown & that did it for me - took only a couple of weeks if I recall. It has not come back.
Have been on this 5/2 fasting diet the last two weeks after learning about it from this bbc special : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvdbtt_eat-fast-live-longer-hd_shortfilms
Basic concept is eat what you want on 5 days but limit your calories to 500/600 on 2 days. I’m probably eating 2500 calories my other days. Side benefit is that I don’t feel like eating as much on my “5” days especially portions.
I’m not doing this for the supposed weight loss benefit (I’m pretty close to the running weight that I want but I’d still like to lose 5-8 more pounds) but for some of the benefits that can be supposedly derived from fasting:
So far I haven’t had much difficulty with the 600 calorie days. I cleared it through my doctor (fasting) although he can’t nor do the initial studies conclusively verify the benefits that I am trying to achieve.
Anyone else have any experience or opinions on fasting?
I think there’s a fair amount of evidence that intermittent fasting can have some health benefits.
I haven’t heard of that particular scheme before. With so little food for two straight days I’d be a little worried about getting enough micro-nutrients, so I would consider supplementing on those days.
Are you training on the 500 calorie days? I can’t believe that would be beneficial for your training goals.
I’m not doing the 600 calories 2 days in a row (Sunday and Wednesday). I don’t run on my 600 calorie days-either bike or swim and I’ll eat 200/300 calories before I swim or bike. So far I don’t feel weak working out on my 600 calorie days. I make sure that protein makes up a large part of the 600 calorie days.
I bought a digital food scale and based on weighing food the past 2 weeks I was cheating big time. 2 ounces was really 6 ounces! I think that’s a problem with many of us when we are adding up our calories. Good chance we are underestimating the true calories.
^ Ah, sorry, the way you worded it made me think the 600 calorie days were consecutive.
I had to poke a new hole in my belt today so I could tighten it more. The scale is not budging, but something’s happening!
600 calories would be 4 containers of 2% Fage yogurt. I’d be ok with eating that for a day a week. Make it 3 containers and a glass of wine. 
I tried that fasting diet. I just couldn’t do it. By the end of the day, I’d be all set up for a binge.
Kudos to you guys that can pull it off!
I couldn’t do it on a workday - I wouldn’t have any mental energy.
I’d be all set up to kill somebody!
Doc visit done - I didn’t duck out!!! Next 3 steps, blood tests, colonoscopy (never have had one) and repeat dexascan. Keep on me!
One of the new recommendations is for women over 50? 55? (can’t remember) to start taking a baby aspirin daily. Anyone else doing this???
Weight was down 3 pounds from my winter gyn appt. I liked the doc at least on this first visit. WIN!
I think the evidence is pretty mixed about whether the benefits of daily aspirin outweigh the risks.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/daily-aspirin-is-not-for-everyone-study-suggests/?_r=0
Aspirin vs. baby aspirin might have different effects???
The only difference between aspirin and baby aspirin is the dosage - a baby aspirin is 1/4 (81 mg) the dose of a regular aspirin (325 mg).
Pretty much everything I have read about aspirin and hearts talks about low-dosage aspirin, i.e. baby aspirin.
Right, aware of the dosage differences - but that is quite a bit of difference? The doc said they have to “recommend” it, but she didn’t push it.
Bleeding issues with aspirin are related to dose. 325 mg/day has substantially more risk than 81 mg/day.
The studies on the heart/stroke benefits of aspirin seem to show a low dose is just as effective as a high dose. The optimal dose is undetermined, but since 81 mg pills are readily available, the recommendations went with those. Sometimes you’ll see a recommendation for one baby aspirin every two days, or to split the baby aspirin and take a half per day. Those things are pretty dang small and hard to split though.
But ideally your doctor would help you evaluate your risk factors for stroke or heart attack, and weigh that against the risk of bleeding, to decide whether you should take aspirin or not.
Lifestyle factors such as not smoking, exercising, healthy weight, healthy diet, alcohol in moderation, etc, will have a much bigger impact on disease risk than taking aspirin.