[Cantwaittoarrive]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

Good question. Perhaps it's a blend of the two. It's only natural to fear the unknown and we naturally want to continue with what we are familiar with. I want to wake up for breakfast tomorrow morning because I enjoy my breakfast routine. I look forward to doing my daily wonder-word puzzle. I look forward to posting on this website. I enjoy going out to eat with my friend. There are so many things to enjoy in life.

What will we enjoy in death? Anything? HELLO!!!

The question is if you don't wake up for breakfast will you know it?

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

Good question. Perhaps it's a blend of the two. It's only natural to fear the unknown and we naturally want to continue with what we are familiar with. I want to wake up for breakfast tomorrow morning because I enjoy my breakfast routine. I look forward to doing my daily wonder-word puzzle. I look forward to posting on this website. I enjoy going out to eat with my friend. There are so many things to enjoy in life.

What will we enjoy in death? Anything? HELLO!!!

Since you have low expectations of what you will enjoy in death, it will obviously be nothing much...........unless there is a surprise in store for you.

For those of us who do believe that the soul lives on (after the physical body dies).......they can look forward to being reunited with the spirits of their long departed loved ones......their parents, perhaps a dearly loved spouse who left this earth first...........all of the ancestors who came before them.

I know the spirit lives on.......and death is not to be feared......

Our children and grandchildren will be sad for a brief time and then someday they will join us..........

For those of you who believe in reincarnation, perhaps we all will come back again in the same family units to "re do" what we didn't get quite right the first time around.....

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Cigar chomping George Burns (January 20, 1896 March 09, 1996) did not ahere to any of the above-stated diets . Latest life expectancy for men in the US is 78 and for women 83> Just think some passengers waved out the dessert cart just before the Titanic went down. Hmmmmmmmmmm (quoted by a famous female journalist whose name escapes me at this moment(Irma Bombeck)

rubicon, George Burns wrote a book to describe his diet and exercise regimen and I found it very interesting. I can't say that I agreed with all of his food choices but he was very careful to do the best he could. If I remember correctly, the best thing about it was that it was calorie restricted. Calorie restriction has been known to yield pretty good results even if the food choices are not the best.

Perhaps he would have lived much longer with better choices.

About passengers passing up dessert on the Titanic:

What were the men thinking as they slipped below the surface of the water? "Darn, I could have had dessert!"

What were the women thinking as they entered the lifeboats? "Too many heavy women and this boat might sink too!"

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by buzzy

Is that organic seaweed?

For people living in the U.S., seaweed is not recommended. Seaweed is rich in iodine and too much iodine can cause thyroid problems (goiter). The thinking is that we get enough iodine from our food plus what we get from iodized salt. It's interesting to note that too little iodine in the diet can cause goiter as well. So you need some but not too much.

[ConeyIsBabe]

I've been on the Med/Diet for several years and it seems to be working for me; at age 74 I'm healthy and don't need to take any prescribed drugs to stay that way. However, I was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis ~~ need to eat gluten-free and dairy-free ~~ weigh only 116 and would love to gain some weight but don't know how to without eating "junk"

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by ConeyIsBabe

I've been on the Med/Diet for several years and it seems to be working for me; at age 74 I'm healthy and don't need to take any prescribed drugs to stay that way. However, I was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis ~~ need to eat gluten-free and dairy-free ~~ weigh only 116 and would love to gain some weight but don't know how to without eating "junk"

What was your diagnoses based on, a standard bone density test? Bone density cannot determine bone strength. Low bone density does not always mean low bone strength. The book that explains that is titled, "The Myth of Osteoporosis" by Gillian Sanson.

Also, not all testing equipment is calibrated to give the same results. So you might test low in one area and normal in another.

After reading this book I got the impression that treatments don't work very well because you can build up bone density but it doesn't guarantee that your bones will be stronger.

The bottom line: The best one can do is to maintain good health and strength so as to keep from falling because falling is the number one cause of breaking or fracturing bones.

Gaining weight: Have you tried gaining weight by eating nuts? Nuts contain good fats and are calorie dense.

[ConeyIsBabe]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

What was your diagnoses based on, a standard bone density test? Bone density cannot determine bone strength. Low bone density does not always mean low bone strength. The book that explains that is titled, "The Myth of Osteoporosis" by Gillian Sanson.

Also, not all testing equipment is calibrated to give the same results. So you might test low in one area and normal in another.

After reading this book I got the impression that treatments don't work very well because you can build up bone density but it doesn't guarantee that your bones will be stronger.

The bottom line: The best one can do is to maintain good health and strength so as to keep from falling because falling is the number one cause of breaking or fracturing bones.

Gaining weight: Have you tried gaining weight by eating nuts? Nuts contain good fats and are calorie dense.

Having had osteopenia for about 15 years, I have been getting the DEXA scan yearly for the last couple of years and the last one resulted in the diagnosis of osteoporosis; and I have no intention to take any drugs for it. Instead, I've been trying to do weight bearing activities at the fitness center and trying not to fall I do eat nuts, maybe should more ! Thanks for your comments.