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Re: Health
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:56 pm
by Sociopathic
Scott, my partner, gets one every year cause his Aunty gets it cheap or something through her work as a nurse and can do the injections cause she's an RN.
I've never known him to have any side effects or anything with it.
I've never had it but honestly until last year to my memory I had NEVER had the flu. I've had bad colds but never a flu and didn't even realise I had a mild dose of the flu til I went to the doctor wondering why i was dying.
I dunno what effectiveness they have when it comes to a young fit and healthy person but at the same time older people and those with Low immune systems can probably benifit from others having it.
Argh I can't figure out how to word it properly but what i'm thinking with the getting vaccinated and helping others is like kids in childcare and primary school and how it can effect other kids when theres a few that aren't.
Hopefully that made sense outside of my head.
I'm contemplating looking into them this year because i'm now dealing directly with the elderly on a regular basis and also those in hosptials and rehabilitation facilities and Pallative care facilities. Haven't looked too much into it yet though.
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:55 pm
by Lizkins
got told i need to eat more protein as i was constantly craving sugar in the afternoon and evening. made some changes to what i eat. haven't had a chocolate or lollies in about a week. mental!
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:03 pm
by huge
eat an apple. shebangabang
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:05 pm
by witty_pseudonym
buy a mule?
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:06 pm
by huge
the mule would eat your apple tho.
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:13 pm
by Lizkins
huge wrote:eat an apple. shebangabang
i don't see apple in this list
Meat, poultry and fish
Eggs
Dairy products
Seeds and nuts
Beans and lentils
Soy products
Grains, especially wheat and less so rice, barley and corn.
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:26 pm
by huge
the apple is not the protein. although you could crack an egg into a glass and skull it, i'd rather eat an apple for the fiber and sugars. also you wont absorb that sugar so quick for all the fiber you are eating with the apple.
probs dont want too much dairy either.
fruit and nuts.
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:32 pm
by Lizkins
ahhh yeah, i tend towards peaches and apricots when eating fruit. not a big fruit fan at all really. vegies yes, could eat all day long, fruit is kinda blah
am on the nuts caper! unsalted cashews. going down a treat!
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:38 pm
by huge
yer but you dont rly want to eat a whole lot of nuts. if you like fruit then take a bag of carrots to work! mmm carrots. should eat more fruit.
get like a trail mix or something and eat tiny amounts thru the day.
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:52 pm
by Lizkins
nah am not, just snacking on the nuts in the afternoon. I probably shouldn't eat too many though as you say. Not sure what is a reasonable amount though
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:39 pm
by deviant
nuts are waaaaaay too addictive
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:21 pm
by Direkt
Nuts have lots of fat.
Sad but true.
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:39 pm
by deviant
they are "good" fats though yeah?
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:45 pm
by aroes
hayfever absolutely slaying me (at least i think it's hayfever)
over the last couple of years have tried zyrtec, telfast, beconase and rhinocort
all of them have succeeded in doing absolutely NIL in curbing the symptoms
am seriously at my wit's end. doesn't strike all that often but when it does i'm totally debilitated for about 24 hours at a time.......total grump, can't keep head upright due to dripping, nose red raw from having to use tissues every 13 seconds, general shitness
today's probably takes the cake as worst ever. have never been able to put my finger on what the exact cause is. am gonna go see a doc about it but in the meantime, anyone got any recoms for medications/prevention/suicide techniques?
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:50 pm
by deviant
tried rhinocort aq 64µg? can only get with prescription.... only thing that's ever worked for me, takes a week to kick in though
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:20 am
by aroes
na but i just got on the website and it seems i've been dosing incorrectly
tbh dunno if it's the right thing to be taking.....like i said i only seem to get hayfever for about a day at a time. apparently rhinocort can take 2-3 to begin working
makes it kind of redundant in that case. ah well, might go have another dose before bed and see how it goes
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:59 am
by Direkt
deviant wrote:they are "good" fats though yeah?
Yes. Still, they're fat. You obviously need some good fats - but you prob shouldn't be overindulging in them.
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:40 am
by deviant
totes
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:32 am
by ghetto kitty
i has roasted almonds by my desk cos i cant order lunch before 2pm most days.
i eat a handful when im starving, usually with coffee.
sometimes however, i look down and have eaten like 10 handfuls.
erm.
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:39 am
by Lizkins
yeah i am having the same problem with the cashews. too easy to nom on
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:42 am
by huge
eat raw nuts too. dont get roasted and especially dont get super awesome roasted and salted cashews.
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:42 am
by retzie
I was addicted to dried mango for a little while (unsweetened, unsulfured.) ZOMG, like crack. Cannot be buying here, though.
Now, retzienosnack. Makes meals non-optimally satisfying
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:45 am
by ghetto kitty
roasted nuts are SO GOOD THOUGH
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:47 am
by Lizkins
huge wrote:eat raw nuts too. dont get roasted and especially dont get super awesome roasted and salted cashews.
you are major kill joy you know that
gosh i got unsalted i thought that was good enough, dammit, now not roasted, sheesh
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:49 am
by huge
retzie wrote:I was addicted to dried mango for a little while (unsweetened, unsulfured.) ZOMG, like crack. Cannot be buying here, though.
Now, retzienosnack. Makes meals non-optimally satisfying
when i was little my mum used to make roll ups out of just pureed fruit dried out in a dehydration machine. pretty awes.
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:50 am
by ghetto kitty
^^ hippy tbh.
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:53 am
by huge
farm life ftw
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:08 pm
by retzie
My mum was a total hippy about these things. Dried fruit was a TREAT. I had to survive on manky old apples at recess.
We also were only allowed to watch The 7:30 Report and The Bill on TV. AND LOOK HOW I TURNED OUT.
At the same time I found the good dried mango, I also found dried banana :nommmm:. When I reported this to my housemate, she pointed out that those are both treats her rabbit likes...
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:35 pm
by aroes
retzie wrote:We also were only allowed to watch The 7:30 Report and The Bill on TV. AND LOOK HOW I TURNED OUT.[/size]
lol sounds like my house
i still have nightmares about mary delahunty and reg hollis
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:07 pm
by huge
i was 12 when i found out that there was actually more than 2 hours of tv broadcast a day.
Re: Health
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:51 pm
by gnat
10 handfuls on nuts would be about 80g-100g fat tbh
doesn't block arteries but it certainly contributes to body fat
i don't even start becoz cannot control myself- dry roasted almonds are the best
flu vax massively linked to infertility and miscarriages of late, it's true
Re: Health
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:21 pm
by fooishbar
tl;dr summary of this thread: spirulina
Re: Health
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:06 pm
by ghetto kitty
gnat wrote:10 handfuls on nuts would be about 80g-100g fat tbh
doesn't block arteries but it certainly contributes to body fat
i don't even start becoz cannot control myself- dry roasted almonds are the best
hrmm. removing roasted almonds from desk now.
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:50 pm
by gnat
sorry lady
same for avocado. i was smashing one a day and wondering why i wasn't shifting weight at the gym
30g fat in just one. hmmmm
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:52 pm
by ghetto kitty
FARRRK - both are so yummy!!!
im working out 4 times a week - twice with PT and twice at gym, plus a dog walk/run every day, and cannot lose the last 5 kilos either.
stupid being over 30 pudding.
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:03 pm
by gnat
ALCOHOL
that's the monkey on my back
250 calories in a cider, 200 cals in a glass of wine. maybe this is your demon too?
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:13 pm
by ghetto kitty
my love affair with cider is pretty much over. its too sweet, and doesnt get you drunk! (but strawberry rekorderlig with vodka....ohhhhhhh)
back to vodka/soda/fresh lime, its the best of the evils imo.
my last PT told me i HAD to give up alcohol, i told her its a requisite for my employment unfortunately. fired her hahah - new PT is a wogboy and understands
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:18 pm
by gnat
so it comes down to the 5kg or lifestyle
choose life lady
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:29 pm
by ghetto kitty
I want both.
i want everything!
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:16 pm
by huge
i can lose weight without even trying huhu. but going hungry doesnt phase me and i forget to eat quite often. too easy.
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:17 pm
by mrj
i've more than tripled the amount of exercise I do in the past 3 months and i've had a weight change of 200 grams. GAIN.
Re: Health
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:21 pm
by deviant
I haven't gained, or lost any weight since I was about 17... 65KG FOR LIFE!
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:05 am
by youthful_implants
I joined our local gym yesterday - signed up for a year.
Been running at home but I think its time to take it to the next level with weights and swimming. I'm calling it the adonis program mk2
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:21 am
by JAMESSSS
If you are only drinking vodka soda lime I fail to see what the problem with Alcohol is?
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:38 am
by Direkt
alcohol still has calories - it's just fermented sugar. but yeah, vodka, lime and soda is about as lean as you can get.
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:42 am
by deviant
gnat wrote:ALCOHOL
that's the monkey on my back
250 calories in a cider, 200 cals in a glass of wine. maybe this is your demon too?
cider is about 250 for a whole pint afaik
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:49 am
by Direkt
Direkt wrote:alcohol still has calories - it's just fermented sugar. but yeah, vodka, lime and soda is about as lean as you can get.
In fact, I just read that the amount of calories in alcohol is second only to fat, per gram! Obviously you don't drink alcohol at 100% alc./vol., well not quite (!), but still...
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:55 am
by youthful_implants
deviant wrote:gnat wrote:ALCOHOL
that's the monkey on my back
250 calories in a cider, 200 cals in a glass of wine. maybe this is your demon too?
cider is about 250 for a whole pint afaik
so you could have 4 pints a day as long as you dont eat anything else at all?
sounds like a pretty sensible diet?
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:56 am
by JAMESSSS
I never knew that, 55kcal a shot from 40 proof apparently
Re: Health
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:18 am
by deviant
youthful_implants wrote:deviant wrote:gnat wrote:ALCOHOL
that's the monkey on my back
250 calories in a cider, 200 cals in a glass of wine. maybe this is your demon too?
cider is about 250 for a whole pint afaik
so you could have 4 pints a day as long as you dont eat anything else at all?
sounds like a pretty sensible diet?
4 pints = 1000cal...
isn't 2000 about a sensible daily intake???
I know shit-all about this stuff tbh... doesn't really effect me lol