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DON'T KNOW WHAT DOCTOR WROTE THIS, BUT I LIKE HIM! .. HEALTH QUESTION ANSWER SESSION Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true? A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it. Don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap. Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables? A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products. Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake? A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up! Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio? A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc. Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program? A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good! Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you? A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you? Q: Is chocolate bad for me? A: Are you crazy? HELLO . Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around! Q: Is swimming good for your figure? A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets. And remember: Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming : Woo Hoo, what a ride! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jean said: if the sinuses don't drain with your head in the normal upright position, why not try standing on your head? Why won't it work then? Because there are people like me with chronic bronchitis and sinus problems whose phlegm is way to sticky - gross answer but that is the way it is sometimes. I have spent many an hour hanging over the bed with the DH whacking me in the back, helps only moderately, so I think next time I will try a few of David's remedies. Lynn in Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thanks Martha, that explains so much. I don't have any sinuses under my eyes (mine never developed, the good news about that is that although the upper ones can be excruciating, I won't get bags under my eyes). Now if I could only get a piercing to drain the lungs I wouldn't do too bad. Lynn in Wollongong Doctors can punch a hole at the bottom of the sinus to provide better drainage, and it can help a lot (I had it done several years ago, and it cured To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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try a few of David's remedies. Lynn in Wollongong, Australia Gotta 'get some *spice* into your life' - jalapeno, cayenne, etc. and work on that from the inside, 'cell' level - steam from the outside-inside added to the *hot*-spiced foods 'through' the skin from inside . . . ? Toni in Seattle (I start sweating just thinking of the hot sauce in some Mexican' foods . . .) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Also, don't use this in a bowl you EVER want to use again for anything as it coats the bowl - if possible use a throw away plastic bowl Regards Liz Beecher -Original Message- From: W N Lafferty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 July 2003 22:38 To: lace-chat Subject: Re: [lace-chat] health tips? David wrutes One great old remedy for sinuses is to make an inhalation of Frair's Balsam (Tinc. Benz Co.) We can still get this at all our Chemists (Drug Stores). Simply put a large spoonful in a bowl of boiling water, throw a towel over your head and breathe in the fumes. Highly recommended, but whatever you do, DON'T throw the stuff out down the kitchen/bathroom sink - when cold, it will block the drains! It is a healing compound, and was once also used for healing cuts and wounds. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ This message has been checked for all known viruses on behalf of Vivista by MessageLabs. http://www.messagelabs.com or Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vivista formerly Securicor Information Systems for further information http://www.vivista.co.uk ** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the individuals named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you should be aware that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding or other duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual author and not necessarily those of Vivista Limited. Prior to taking any action based upon this e-mail message you should seek appropriate confirmation of its authenticity. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by using the e-mail reply facility. ** _ This message has been checked for all known viruses on behalf of Vivista by MessageLabs. http://www.messagelabs.com or Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vivista formerly Securicor Information Systems for further information http://www.vivista.co.uk To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dear Thurlow, Anyone in lace-land have any other old-fashioned (or new-fashioned) aids to getting bronchitisi/sinusitis to hurry up and go away? If you need to sing or perform on stage, then gargling cider vinegar will give you instant voice!! If you love it, as I do, then by all means swallow it. I always carried a bottle of it in the car when I was touring with my Boys' Choir. One great old remedy for sinuses is to make an inhalation of Frair's Balsam (Tinc. Benz Co.) We can still get this at all our Chemists (Drug Stores). Simply put a large spoonful in a bowl of boiling water, throw a towel over your head and breathe in the fumes. Then of course, there's always the home made antrum washout!! Revolting but magic. I get a desert bowl of water at body temperature, place a small pinch of salt in it (to make a solution of normal saline), put the bowl on the edge of the sink, stick your nose in it and breathe in hard and forcefully!!! The saline will go up into your sinuses, revolting muck will pour out of any available orifice. Keep going until the bowl is half empty or so. The first sniff is the most painful, after that it gets easier. Let's know how you go. David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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David wrutes One great old remedy for sinuses is to make an inhalation of Frair's Balsam (Tinc. Benz Co.) We can still get this at all our Chemists (Drug Stores). Simply put a large spoonful in a bowl of boiling water, throw a towel over your head and breathe in the fumes. Highly recommended, but whatever you do, DON'T throw the stuff out down the kitchen/bathroom sink - when cold, it will block the drains! It is a healing compound, and was once also used for healing cuts and wounds. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I've never suffered with sinus trouble, but to my *totally* logical way of thinking, if the sinuses don't drain with your head in the normal upright position, why not try standing on your head? Why won't it work then? Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is more than one set of sinuses. The ones right above the eyes that frequently stop up in bad weather drain downwards. When they aren't draining, it's because the tissues are swollen (from allergies or inflammation from an infection). Turning upside down won't help, because the drainage holes are at the bottom, which then becomes the top. The sinuses above your upper teeth (the maxillaries) work differently. They are something like a basement with the windows at the top edge near the ceiling. The gunk gets out by being swept upward and out by tiny hairs on the lining. If the sinuses aren't so unhappy that the hole at the top is swollen shut, turning upside down can help (if you don't mind feeling as though you are drowning - my problem with David's salt water wash). Sometimes they don't drain because constant infections have killed off the hairs... Doctors can punch a hole at the bottom of the sinus to provide better drainage, and it can help a lot (I had it done several years ago, and it cured my chronic sinus infections). Unfortunately, the one unusual body piercing I've had is completely invisible to others, and no jewels are available for the holes! -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I know amongst are ranks are many experts on almost everything, and now I am seeking suggestions for anything that can help me with bronchitis. I caught a cold about a week ago, and just as it was about to go away, it was very rude and turned into acute sinusitis and acute bronchitis. My doctor gave me an Rx for Levaquin, which is starting to do its thing, and I've been drinking lots of chicken broth to the extent that I think I'm going to sprout feathers anytime now. I've also been having lots of fresh-squoze orange juice and the hot water-vinegar-honey thing. At least my fever's gone down from where it was for two days (104.1) to a more manageable 99.2. Anyone in lace-land have any other old-fashioned (or new-fashioned) aids to getting bronchitisi/sinusitis to hurry up and go away? I do want to thank Dr. Tamara Duvall, however, with providing us with the usual humour almost everyday to read -- laughter is excellent medicine!! (Even though it initiates a coughing fit...) Thurlow in Lancaster Ohio who just learned all about the Mighty Mississippi this morning on the History Channel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(snip) Anyone in lace-land have any other old-fashioned (or new-fashioned) aids to getting bronchitisi/sinusitis to hurry up and go away? I do want to thank Dr. Tamara Duvall, however, with providing us with the usual humour almost everyday to read -- laughter is excellent medicine!! (Even though it initiates a coughing fit...) Thurlow in Lancaster Ohio *Real* horehound candy may help soothe the throat as well as the 'cough center' - it does for me - or at least shorten the coughing spells . . . Toni in Seattle To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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For the sinusitis try inhaling the steam from boiling water (or as hot as you can stand - sub boiling, probably) with something like menthol dissolved in it - *if* you have a nostril sufficiently unblocked for the steam to penetrate. (I usually can't breathe through my nose when I have full blown sinusitis.) The only other advice is rest, rest and more rest even after you start to feel better. Hope you recover soon, Patricia in Wales To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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particia just told of how to use steam and menthol to open up nostrils to open up the nostrils before you use the above method use any brand of hot sauce on any snack and get them open for the mentholated steam it works great hope it does for you yours in lace Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cablenet-va.com/~dearlk/ http://photos.yahoo.com/ladearl To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
