My blood pressure is 130/80 at the Supermarket while I am sitting down and
relaxing.  But doesn't blood pressure go up when a person starts activity
such as walking?  And what happens to blood pressure with even more
strenuous activity? Doesn't it always get higher? And if it does ...

During a discussion with some ladies at a meeting recently the
subject of dieting came up and one woman said that she takes
'Chromium' daily to lower her sweet cravings because it makes the
blood sugar level more stable and that it is recommended for

I just picked up a refill for 90 days worth of allergy pills and a box of
100 strips for my meter.  Was shocked at the price I had to pay!  I had the
clerk check the price.  And then I remembered...  The new GP wrote my
prescription out for only 2 strips a day.  My prior Drs. must ...

I went to see my Gastroenterologist (sp?) the other day on a follow up
on my recent esophageal stretching procedure, and as usual, I had a
complaint about my "daily habit" being a multiple daily, or not being
in the habit for several days in succession. And as usual he asked if

can you even begin to imagine ,
why ... the fallout would kill most people

Taking my first flight since being DXed and I have a question or two.
I inject insulin and must carry my needles and meds, with today's travel
restrictions and such what do I need to do when I check in for my flight? I
carry all my stuff in a cooler type bag and I'm not sure about ...

I went and looked at the Aida site.   It is
Dr. Lehman's work at a legit UK organization
Take a look.
.

I have a slight cold (slight headache, high temperature, sore throat
and dizziness -- my pharmacist agreed that this sounds like a cold),
and am wondering about using mega-vitamin therapy (large doses -- I
think it needs about 1g per day -- of Vitamin C) to deal with it.

I was recommended to this group from the Low Carb newsgroup, which I've been
participating in since beginning of last year.  My husband was diagnosed
today with diabetes.
This weekend when he was in the emergency room for the flu / difficulty

My father is aged 96, more or less chair bound, diabetic (Type 2) and
overweight but with normal blood pressure.
After an isolated blood test gave a sodium level reading of 133, he has been
advised to increase his salt intake. I understand that normal sodium levels

If you wanted to screen a lot of people, say at a mall, for diabetes,
how would you do it?
I can think of:
1. some kind of life style questionaire

Maybe it's just me. Maybe I just missed something along the way, but
where did all this talk about cortisol come from?
The first time I ever heard of it was when I saw a commercial for some
expensive rip off on TV. Corti-Slim maybe? The bit went like this: "If

Quentin has recently pointed out the significance of elaidic acid in
cholesterol formation. A search of PubMed for elaidic acid and
cholesterol turned up this abstract as the first item. It rather
underlines the point.

First let me thank all you nice folks who replied to my first post.
A lot of poeple have  asked about the meds. I take. Well here goes.
1 I take Hydrocodone for pain (degenerative disk diesease) Spine has been
surgically fused in my neck, lower back is next.

I wonder if this is serious stuff, or if it's just someone trying
to make money with scare tactics, or something else.  So far, I
haven't heard anything from Kaiser.