I've been told that the ratio between good and bad cholesterol is critical. The total number does not tell the entire story.
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It gets old after awhile, trust me. What I add are frozen blueberries (Costco sells big bags of them) and either slivered almonds or walnuts. It helps to live in the nut capital of the US!
I cook a lot at home and the only oil I have on hand is olive oil. I think it's made a big difference.
Cutting out sugar was one of the hardest things for me to do, at first I cut it to one candy bar a week. I've slacked a little bit now but for me it was establishing the discipline.
As far as the eggs go, I buy free range eggs at the farmer's market. They taste incredible and make the best omelets. I eat about 6-8 eggs a month.
Up your fruit and vegetable intake. Apples are a great snack food and I eat probably two a day. They're sweet and have lots of fiber.
The biggest impact for me, was always making sure that I had food on hand that I liked. You can buy all the health food you want, but if you don't like it... I buy multi packs of chicken breasts and freeze them. Big bags of organic brown rice, apples by the dozen, cabbage, etc. The point being is that by having food in the cupboard that you like to eat, you'll be less likely to snack on unhealthy stuff.
Food is something that should be enjoyed, not feared.
Dietary and lifestyle management are important components of treating this dangerous trend, but at this age and with a BMI of 25, there's more going on here than a few fried eggs. I predict that some sort of statin will ultimately be a component of treatment.
Nope- you ain't fat. I agree, BMI is completely silly. I can't believe they still use that.
BMI is not worthless but it's not supposed to be used by itself since it doesn't account for muscle mass, which weights more than fat.
Your BMI suggests you are normal weight (rare in America these days). If you don't even know that, then your opinion of the accuracy of BMI is, at best, suspect.
You have a genetics problem. You're gonna have to watch that for the rest of your life. See a doctor. Get started on managing the problem.
And my advice, if the doc tries to put you on pills, ask him what else you can do instead. Don't put pharmaceuticals in your body unless absolutely necessary. There are usually options, but they don't always tell you about those first.
considering i wont be on a health plan in ohhhhhh 4 days (moving back to CO), i am going to resort to a better diet and things i can control now
i dont want to be on meds personally even if i had health insurance
No as it is a VERY generalized ratio that wants to apply itself to each and every person
The BMI gives no indication of cardio health, V02max or anything. Just a mere ratio of height and weight aka useless.
A person can have a lower BMI but be much more out of shape than a person with a higher BMI. That right there should be a flag at how it should not be used as any sort of guideline
However, one can then argue that if you care about your health and live a healthy lifestyle, you could not care less what the BMI says as it won't do you any good
BMI is a useful tool. Its accuracy is more variable at the low end, but an important gauge the more obese a person gets.
Um, db, did you see how she wrote this part: "it makes it a tool that should be used along with other tools."?
Yes I did. Now explain its validity please
Just because there is such a thing as BMI, doesnt mean it should be used in all cases
That's why it should be used as a complement to other tools.
Did anyone say it should be used in all cases?
That is my point
It should not be used AT ALL as it is not accurate in many cases. If it is worthless in some cases, why would it be worthwhile for others? At what threshhold can you state that the BMI is a good indicator? You can't draw that line and have it be universal for everyone. I would much rather use a test that gave steadfast results than a hokey weight/height correlation. The ONLY "benefit" it has is it being a quick look up at the expense of lumping all body types an people onto a graph and categorizing them in many cases incorrectly
Tell me, what does the BMI tell you that other, more exact, fitness tests would not tell you? It adds zero value and in many cases false correlations between height and weight.
Explain why now
My question is why use it at all? If the "measure" is deeply flawed, why even use it to begin with?
In a very short example: Look at a football player (NFL for example). Their BMI will be much higher than an average Joe of the same height. Why? Muscle weighs more than fat. Does this mean they are in bad health?
It's not used to measure "health". BMI is used in medicine almost entirely as a guide, a "suggestion" as to how obese a person is. BMI is applied, and is reasonably accurate, in the middle two standard deviations of height and in people who have a typical American sedentary lifestyle. No doctor would use it as some kind of sole determiner of a person's health, but would, and should, use it as a guide to a person's degree of obesity.
ugh the arguing...
heres my simple test:
8-pack - you are pretty darn fit
6- pack - nice going
flat pouch - okay..fine..go to the gym and really see what you can do
2-3 month pregnant belly - stop eating so much candy and get to the gym
fat rolls - needs work
beer belly - stop the drinking and needs work.
there you go.
heres my simple test:
8-pack - you are pretty darn fit
6- pack - nice going
flat pouch - okay..fine..go to the gym and really see what you can do
2-3 month pregnant belly - stop eating so much candy and get to the gym
fat rolls - needs work
beer belly - stop the drinking and needs work.
there you go.