"sarah bennett" > wrote in message
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> Del Cecchi wrote:
>> "sarah bennett" > wrote in message
>> m...
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>>>Del Cecchi wrote:
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>>>>>Yup. A delicious way to die happy. =o) Take that, Dr. Atkins!
>>>>>
>>>>>Melissa
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Talk is cheap. Recovering from bypass surgery and having been lucky to
>>>>have made it that far is not too much fun. Trust me on that. Wanna see
>>>>my scar?
>>>>
>>>>del cecchi
>>>
>>>Yeesh... the occasional rich dinner will not clog your arteries to the
>>>degree that would necessitate bypass surgery. Of course, I'm completely
>>>sidestepping the fact that some people who develop such conditions have
>>>"healthy" eating habits, get plenty of exercise, etc. Just because you
>>>have health problems does not mean that everyone else should be
>>>restricted to salad and skim milk.
>>>
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>>>
>>>saerah
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>> There is a long ways between two folks sitting down and eating a dish
>> with a pound of bacon, a bunch of cheese, eggs, butter oh and some pasta
>> and "restricted to salad and skim milk"
>>
>> Looked around the US lately? People don't look like that from salad and
>> skim milk. That's not what damn near did me in.
>>
>> del
>
> well, right. there is certainly a difference between pigging out all the
> time and appreciating good food in moderation. and between thin and
> heatlthy, as well. i have not gotten an all-around physical in years, but
> i sould bet that i am in much better health than i was back when i dieted.
> skim milk is just as bad as a big mac, IMO.
>
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>
> saerah
>
I thought I was eating reasonably well, and I was exercising and in
(apparently) good health right up to the heart attack. Had a checkup 3
weeks before, walked 3 miles up and down hill the week before. Quite a
surprise watching the angiogram after getting pumped full of plavix et al.

del cecchi