Category Archives: Terveys

Health.

Tracking the loss

Posted on Wed, 25 January 2006 by Mel Green

I’ve been for the time being using a food diary program on my Palm handheld computer (Diet & Exercise Assistant, by Keyoe, Inc.) to keep track food intake & exercise, & use this info in conjunction with the glucose monitor … Continue reading →

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Learning what works

Posted on Tue, 24 January 2006 by Mel Green

The glycemic index hasn’t yet been embraced in the U.S., at least not by a lot of the big agencies that are major opinion leaders in matters dietary — such as the American Diabetes Association, which has at times given … Continue reading →

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Rye bread

Posted on Mon, 23 January 2006 by Mel Green

Since beginning to eat a low-GI diet, I have been using (organic) Bavarian whole grain bread, which is imported from Weissenstadt, Germany from a company called Heinrich Leupoldts KG (also does business as PEMA). We buy it from our local … Continue reading →

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Cinnamon & spice & everything nice

Posted on Tue, 10 January 2006 by Mel Green

186. 101 mg/dL. Well, the BG ain’t as good as yesterday morning, but it’s not like everything’s gonna change in a couple of days. Weight is actually hovering, wanting to go down to 185, but not quite. And another mouthful … Continue reading →

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Under new management

Posted on Mon, 9 January 2006 by Mel Green

186. 93 mg/dL. That represents, respectively, my weight when I got up this morning, & my fasting blood glucose (overnight fast since my last meal last night). By the weight measure, that means I’ve lost four pounds since beginning the … Continue reading →

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Low Glycemic Eating Yahoo group

Posted on Sat, 7 January 2006 by Mel Green

Low Glycemic Eating is a discussion list at Yahoo for people attending to the glycemic index (GI) and/or glycemic load (GL) in their food planning. Many of the people there are following diets that are out there in the big … Continue reading →

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Blogging health

Posted on Fri, 6 January 2006 by Mel Green

The timeline goes something like this: On an unspecified date in the late 1950s (I won’t get more specific to evade identity theft), I was born in a hospital in small-town Montana at 11 pounds, 12 and 1/4 ounces. Two … Continue reading →

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On a health road

Posted on Wed, 4 January 2006 by Mel Green

There’ll be a lot more to say about this. Suffice it for now to say that just over a week ago, one of my responses to Mom’s death became to take some pretty active steps to take care of my … Continue reading →

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