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This probably is only new news to me, but I rec'd an email from one of my friends,who are looking out for me since I had a triple by pass last December.

Drinking a cold beverage with or immediately after any meal causes any oily or fats in the food to turn to sludge and slows down digestion, thus clogging your veins and arteries much faster than normal,leading to either or sometimes both cancer and heart attacks.

The article suggests that room temp. or warm/hot drinks be consumed with meals and to wait at least an hour before downing ice water, sodas, or iced tea.

I really never gave this any thought before, but believe me I pay attention now.

Lynn

...or so they say. I woke up to a coating of snow and ice on the car, so I'm not completely buying this Spring thing. But for many of you, I'm sure the temperatures have warmed up and so have your grills.

What does this mean? Well, BBQ's are fun, no doubt about it, but the foods we enjoy can be devestating to our health. This is not the time to quit eating a healthy oat based breakfast. In fact, it's probably time to see how you can "healthy up" those feasts at the picnic table.

Swap out your regular chips for Sun Chips. Whole grains, good for you. Look for whole grain rolls. I know this one is hard, but ditch the hot dogs. They contain so many chemicals and questionable items, not to mention tons of sodium. Check your local grocer for all natural chicken or turkey sausages. Lower in fat and much healthier for you. Put a little creativity and thought into your outdoor outings and you'll keep on track with better health!

Hi Everyone,
I'm from TX, been doing the oatmeal for over a month now, and lowered my blood glucose from 130 to 112, my cholesterol went up 1 point , but, I lowered my LDL from 123 to 106, my triglycerides are what's up on me now. I had HBP but have lowered it down so much that my doc took me off of 1 of my BP meds (I was on 4 kinds)! I'm using Robert Kowalski's method of suppliments and Niacin to do it with and exercise and no salt, no sugar, no fat, NO FUN! LOL! Well, except for "good" fats. Olive oil, omega-3's in suppliment form, no trans fats, but it's also helped me to loose 7 lbs this past month! YES!:)!
He's got the two books out, "The Blood Pressure Cure" and "The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure". I read those and slowly got the suppliments together and took them and it helped. I've been going to the local Y too and exercising sporatically, my BP got so low that I would feel faint. So, I'm hopefully going to go to exercise more this month with my BP a little higher.
It's very hard to find anything without salt in it or fat or sugar of some kind in the grocery stores! So I've been cooking a lot more than I used to. I live alone, so I didn't like to cook for myself much, it seemed I wasted a lot! I hope to get some encouragement and some ideas from ya'll and hope to give some too!

Gardener50JD

Cross-posted from my blog!

Every year since 1997, with the exception of the two years I lived in Illinois, I've taken part in AIDS Walks, first in Syracuse, and then in Minneapolis. I've walked for the March of Dimes as well, and for The Race for the Cure. It's not always been easy, but it's always been good, and I have no intention of stopping as long as I'm upright and reasonably mobile.

For the past few weeks, I've been mulling over the idea of doing my walks with an Eons team. And lo and behold, my newest group, Charity Walks, was born today.

I'm working with Eons to provide shirts to walkers at cost. So far, everything looks good. The teams will be wonderful for the website from a marketing standpoint, and the shirts will be able to be worn to all of our walks.

So, what do I need from you? Help. If you're a member of a regional or a disease or condition related group on Eons, bring this to them. If you're devoted to a cause and enjoy walking for a purpose, join us. This undertaking is going to require a team of dedicated leaders, and I've seen enough goodness on Eons to believe I'm going to find them!

I thought this would be a good group for me because I have high cholesterol. Right now I am taking medication called zetia and it with diet and exercise should help to lower it. I thought that I should take the 30 day Challenge and I thought that I would find support and inspiration here. I also need to lose some weight and to exercise more but I am working on it.

Ok. I tried it. Instead of bread crumbs, I used quaker oats in my meatloaf. Neither my husband or son could tell the difference and it was delicious... yum.. another sneaky nutritional substitution...

So what's everyones take on non-fat cheese. We keep it in the house all the time now and the varieties available are getting better. It was a laugh cooking with it initially, ya should have seen my first cheeseburger. I treated it like normal cheese, put it on a burger on the grill, turned around, turned back and it was gone, melted into nothing :^)

I've master that technique now! It sure is different but I've learned to live with it and adapt cooking methods to use it.

Anybody else?

Cheers; Mass

Are the benefits of the processed flavored oatmeal the same as the regular old fashion oatmeal?

Thanks for the tips. Now if only I could find Skinny Cow ice cream in my supermarket. We have Braumns Ice Cream stores here in Oklahoma. ALL their ice cream is delicious. Even the low-cal.
As for the oatmeal, I like oatmeal for breakfast, been eating it for a long time. I don't have a problem with my weight, just my cholestrol!
I don't eat much ice cream but my husband loves it.
I appreicate your suggestions. Thanks.

For a good many of us in this group, it's been 30 days of oatmeal. Hopefully, you've all found several favorite ways to enjoy it. What now? Well, for me, I've been eating it for a lot longer than 30 days. I have no intention of stopping because the 30 day challenge is over. It's a good habit to have.