It would be best if Russia were to unleash their full force and put an end to this war in Ukraine. It would be best even for the Ukrainians. It would be best even for the US and NATO, as we could finally pull back from the possibility of nuclear war.
Russia could end this in a matter of a few weeks, if not days.
Health is a choice, not an accident.
They will tell you prostate cancer is inevitable if you live long enough, but is it? There are populations in the world with very high rates of prostate cancer, but there are also populations where the rates are negligible.
Trying to do something about muscle loss in old age. But I’m very late to the game. Now I learn that muscle loss in old age begins in earnest at age 50, and from that point on, one loses 3% of muscle if you do nothing about it. That was 26 years ago without any weight training/resistance training at all — just aerobics, which doesn’t really do much for muscle loss. You have to really stress the muscle to preserve it.
So I’ve joined a gym and am now doing weight training/resistance training every other day — 30 minutes a session, and 10 minutes in their sauna. Discovered early on that you don’t want to do 2 days in a row because you have to give the muscles at least 48 hours to recovery. Will be sore the next day, but that goes down a bit to a tolerable level.
No way I can make up for those lost 26 years of muscle loss, but I don’t want to lose any more and turn into jelly — a feeble and accident-prone old man.
They tell me that weight training/resistance training is also very important for maintaining bone health — plus taking a calcium supplement with Vitamin D before bedtime.
Old age is turning out to be a challenge. You are either up to it or not — your choice.
Pleasant to come across someone who is obviously a very happy person. Not that common. When this does happen, one can feel a kind of wave of joy passing from that person through you. Like the person is able to impart pure delight, if only for a brief moment in the encounter.
Learn from your mistakes.
Trying to reduce my average calorie intake each day from around 2150 to 1900 is easier said than done.
Take a probiotic pill with water on an empty stomach because the stomach will then have the least amount of acid. You want to have the bacteria survive passage through the stomach.
Two hacks. Add fiber and vegetable powder to oatmeal to reduce the insulin spike. Add steel cut oats to the mix to moderate insulin spike.
