Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Sat, 28 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:17:31 +0100, D wrote:
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What are statins? Sometimes I feel very young here

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They supposedly lower cholesterol and are loved by cardiologists.
According to them everybody would benefit from taking them, damn the side
effects.

Ahh, got it. Yes, I surely must be one of the youngest members of this group! ;)

I just had my yearly exam. My LDL was toward the lower end of the normal
range while the HDL (good cholesterol) was a little above the high end.
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The punch line:  my breakfast for years consists of garlic, half an onion,
two eggs, and a slice of cheese. Supper alternates between chunks of pig
or cow with a rare chicken. My veggies are mostly the garlic and onion,
with baked yams or squash in the winter. Fruit is blueberries or
strawberries that I like to mix in with cottage cheese. A cardiologist
would weep.

Sounds like a nice diet! I could live with that, minus the yams and the squash.

'The science' has been changing over the years. A friend who was a bit of
a hypochondriac closely followed the New England Journal of Medicine.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_England_Journal_of_Medicine
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It isn't some quack alternative medicine publication but he loved to point
out how 'the science' could change on a weekly basis.

It always does. I've long since learned to ignore any articles of the form "science say you'll die if you eat x" or "science says you'll live if you eat y". I try to focus on the quality of life instead of the quantity.
I think perhaps not having children helps with having a more detached view of life. Having children I think does horrible things to your sleep and your peace of mind. ;)