tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post3814828128921068722..comments2023-11-29T01:47:52.439-07:00Comments on clarity2010: Diabetes, the last oneRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-30563439963251168262009-07-07T23:23:31.167-06:002009-07-07T23:23:31.167-06:00As to your last comment, try the side effects of s...As to your last comment, try the side effects of smoking.<br><br>Interestingly enough, I worked (physically) hard my whole life until adulthood - it didn't give me a love for it. Just sayin'. But my children love swimming and I got a pool for them so I'm trying to work in the right direction.Stephanie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-43311475329939337252009-07-08T05:06:42.158-06:002009-07-08T05:06:42.158-06:00Coincidentally, this morning in the post came some...Coincidentally, this morning in the post came something from one of the many (why so many?) cancer research charities. It advocated almost precisely the same set of preventative measures to avoid cancers: healthy diet, healthy weight, take exercise. So it's good advice all round.<br><br>I'm going to add a but, though. There is a genetic factor, isn't there? You are at higher risk if a close relative has/had type 2 diabetes, it seems. You have me reading up on it now.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-60334960592079609442009-07-08T06:15:25.352-06:002009-07-08T06:15:25.352-06:00Some things have changed which make exercise for c...Some things have changed which make exercise for children more of an issue than they used to be. When I was young, and my children too, we had houses with gardens for playing in. Nowadays, in much of urban Europe at least, more and more children grow up in flats and apartments without gardens. We used to walk to school and to visit friends - that's no longer considered safe. At much the same time, in the UK, the requirement for compulsory physical education at school has been whittled down to 90 minutes a week. <br><br>It all means more of an effort has to be made to be active. Eating healthily, on the other hand, doesn't necessarily need a great deal of effort. It can do, but it doesn't have to.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-5384857014128956432009-07-08T09:41:28.890-06:002009-07-08T09:41:28.890-06:00We used to eat healthier out of necessity. Cookin...We used to eat healthier out of necessity. Cooking food was more challenging (taking all day involving hard labor) and meat, for the low and even middle classes, was a rarity. People ate vegetables and bread because it's what they had. <br><br>Ditto for exercise. It used to be part and parcel for hard work to be part of the deal for the working class. You didn't choose to walk everywhere; you had no choice.<br><br>Depending, of course, on how far you go back.Stephanie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-53100326703041477472009-07-08T12:22:37.291-06:002009-07-08T12:22:37.291-06:00@Stephanie B - Right. I guess, now that you mentio...@Stephanie B - Right. I guess, now that you mention it, there are a LOT of things we have control over but don't do it until it is too late, or very late. So true.<br><br>And exercise used to be automatic, as you say. Walking, at least.<br><br>@A. - Diet and exercise are the first line of defense against many major ills. But, yes, you must also choose your parents carefully. :)<br><br>You make a good point. An hour a day at least used to be the norm in school PhysEd classes, 4 or 5 days a week. Plus sports after school. Plus walking home usually. Much has changed in all those things.<br><br>Gardens are for growing flowers and vegetables. Just when I start to get you Americanized a little, you start sliding backwards again. Try to pay attention.Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-61063390725143624552009-07-08T12:29:36.817-06:002009-07-08T12:29:36.817-06:00So you go playing in yards? You graze your knees ...So you go playing in yards? You graze your knees in yards. You'll never Americanise me. Well maybe [perhaps] a little. :)A.http://travellingspouse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-66316504002219200982009-07-08T18:14:28.185-06:002009-07-08T18:14:28.185-06:00Yards are grassy plots and gardens are for veggies...Yards are grassy plots and gardens are for veggies, of which I do not like much. Eating right, exercise all sounds good, but it really sucks. I know I am a smart ass.ettarosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13178737973585191754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-64531546243324170582009-07-09T10:13:57.296-06:002009-07-09T10:13:57.296-06:00The kids and I have been going to the city pool a ...The kids and I have been going to the city pool a couple of times a week. We actually get in the water and swim. Very few other people do. Even the kids. I am 47, having given birth to 2 kids after age 40, and my body did not recover from those events as well as it might have perhaps in my 20s. And yet I am still in better shape than 75% of the TEENAGERS who frequent the pool, including several of the lifeguards. I would not want to count on most of them being able to swim the length of the pool. And we won't even get into the number of people carrying 100+ excess pounds and wearing bikinis. And seriously obese LITTLE KIDS. Yet, what is on offering at the snack bar? Deep fried Oreos. I'm not kidding. <br>So I'm thinking, at least they're outside, not watching TV or playing video games. But no one is swimming, and they're eating the most god-awful stuff imaginable. It doesn't count as exercise if YOU DON'T ACTUALLY MOVE AROUND!<br><br>I'm sorry, was that too much. This is what happens when I don't blog for a month.Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190489990653412687noreply@blogger.com