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surebought
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The Number one Health issue facing the Baja Ex-Pats.
I bet nobody would guess this one. This is just my opinion and it is not based on any scientific studies or anything. But from my perspective from
owning a Farmacia in Ensenada for twenty years, I would have to say that it is Type 2 Diabetes. And the people find out when they go to a Dentist and
the work doesn't heal right away. Or they cut themselves and a month later they still have the scab. Another symtom is the incessant obsessive
conversations of extreme dogma that bounce from one topic to another in a five minute convsation. I listen and then I beg them to get a Blood Test..
They really get on your nerves sometimes. They can't focus anymore on one subject. Forget all this histeria about the Flu. Dying from Flu symtoms
would be a blessing. You never hear about anybody dying from Diabetes. They just go blind and start losing legs and then their families come down
and take them back to the old country to be institutionalized at the expence of Medical at a cost of $5000 a month where they finish their lives alone
and miserable. Some people actually can get control of it and lead pretty normal lives but that takes a lot of self disipline. You have to be
willing to think its fun to deny yourself things. Maybe it's a real epidemic in the US too among the over 50 crowd and I don't see it because I'm not
there. I can't speak as to what causes it or how you can cut your risk factors. One thing I do no is that they did do a study in Southern Arizona
with Indian Tribes and compared it to their Indian cousins in Norther Sonora, Mexico. The Northern Sonora Indians had stuck pretty much to eating
their tradition foods and had fewer cases of Diabetes. The Native Americans on the Arizona side had completely adopted that American diet and thus
had much higher rates of Diabetes approaching 100%. I don't think that it is so sugar related but more to do with eating a lot of processed food.
In a while the smile on my face turned to plaster.
Stick around while the clown who is sick, does the trick of disaster. Neil Young from Mr Soul.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surebought
The Number one Health issue facing the Baja Ex-Pats.
I would have to say that it is Type 2 Diabetes. |
Running a close second might be boredom induced alcoholism. A person who enters retirement without hobbys is suseptable.
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Osprey
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Dennis, you are right on. That's what happened to me. I was no good at hobbies. One of my imaginary friends, Robby, made beautiful cabinets but I
really only had the alcohol thing.
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gnukid
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I hear the biggest issue is vitamin D deficiency which is the precursor to many other illnesses. This is easily overcome with 30 minutes of sunshine,
fish and/or supplements. Surprisingly vitamin D deficiency is greater in darker pigmented people whose skin is less able to get Vit D from the sun.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by surebought
The Number one Health issue facing the Baja Ex-Pats.
I would have to say that it is Type 2 Diabetes. |
Running a close second might be boredom induced alcoholism. A person who enters retirement without hobbys is suseptable. |
Dennis,
You are spot on. That was one of the main reasons I got back into Photography.
Ken
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tjBill
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surebought
The Number one Health issue facing the Baja Ex-Pats.
I would have to say that it is Type 2 Diabetes. |
Interesting, because I know an American who moved to Baja for that very reason. He did not have health insurance and since he was diagnosed while
uninsured no US insurance companies would cover him; blacklisted in the insurance databases.
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by surebought
The Number one Health issue facing the Baja Ex-Pats.
I would have to say that it is Type 2 Diabetes. |
Running a close second might be boredom induced alcoholism. A person who enters retirement without hobbys is suseptable. |
I'd guess the two are connected. All the heavy drinkers I know are also diabetics. One 'checked out' a few months ago. Another is days/weeks away. My
business partner, also a former heavy drinker and a brilliant guy, had a heart attack about a year ago. A diseased heart caused by diabetes. He's on
top of it, though. Quit drinking and radically changed his diet. Unfortunately, not soon enough. He will soon be insulin dependent.
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DanO
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Dennis, you are right on. That's what happened to me. I was no good at hobbies. One of my imaginary friends, Robby, made beautiful cabinets but I
really only had the alcohol thing. |
Now THAT is funny.
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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Beachgirl
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None of us is getting out of this thing alive, but we sure can wiggle on the hook alot. Keep all the "bad" habits to a low rumble, and be happy.
Surround yourself with people you enjoy, eat right, get plenty of fresh air. What more could we ask for?
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dtbushpilot
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Guess I'd better get a hobby before its too late.....may already be......dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Beachgirl
None of us is getting out of this thing alive, but we sure can wiggle on the hook alot. Keep all the "bad" habits to a low rumble, and be happy.
Surround yourself with people you enjoy, eat right, get plenty of fresh air. What more could we ask for? |
a good dog helps.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Dennis, you are right on. That's what happened to me. I was no good at hobbies. One of my imaginary friends, Robby, made beautiful cabinets but I
really only had the alcohol thing. |
Oh yeah..right. Your fertile mind is your hobby. Like a puppy running loose in the yard. 
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toneart
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Keeping the c-cktails replenished while spending hours on the BajaNomad. Now there's a hobby! 
Robby...Get me another! 
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toneart
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It is too tempting to have fun here, but Diabetes is a serious matter. Everyone needs to get checked and stay on top of it. Thank you David for the
topic.
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Bajahowodd
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David's mention of the Indians and dietary differences uncovers a major component of the reasons for the "epidemic". Americans, by and large, have
lousy eating habits, what with fast food outlets on every corner. Even when eating at home, they tend to consume processed foods. The food suppliers
are of little help either. It's very hard to find products that do not contain huge amounts of sodium and fat. And sometimes they even lie about the
efficacy of their products. There is currently running on TV, an ad for Manwich- the crap in the can- that claims it provides a full serving of
veggies!
[Edited on 12-3-2009 by Bajahowodd]
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k-rico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
It is too tempting to have fun here, but Diabetes is a serious matter. Everyone needs to get checked and stay on top of it. Thank you David for the
topic. |
It's real easy, and cheaper than going to a doctor, to go the drug store and buy a glucose monitoring thingamajigger.
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/diagnosis/
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
a full serving of veggies!
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I don't think that means anything. A "full serving" to a lot of kids is zero.
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vandenberg
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I noticed that anytime a thread involves imbibing, it has lots of followers/commentators.
Wonder why??
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Woooosh
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after re-reading these posts- are you sure #1 isn't dementia?
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
after re-reading these posts- are you sure #1 isn't dementia? |
No, I am not sure. 
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