I received some not-so-great news about my cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, HDL and the like. These are terms you hear your grandparents or aging parents discuss. These are not numbers you think you'll even care about, until they change. Yes, my numbers aren't great... in fact, they're terrible. And the medical advice I have received is to take niacin (which is of course going to affect my nursing infant). The doctor kind of brushed by the exercise and diet route and said they supposedly won't make much of a difference with my numbers because they are mainly genetically driven.
Well, I've been doing some "alternative" research, and from what I've read diet and herbs and exercise can make the difference. They might make ALL the difference. More imporantly, one year ago, when I decided to take control of my health, the impression I had as I was praying about what to do for MY body was simply "eat more vegetables." That was it. And then today, as I was researching all the foods for naturally lowering these all-important numbers, I read all the things I was eating anyway (whole grains, fruits and veggies, fish oil, vitamins, etc) and eating vegetables stood out to me. Amazing.
As I think back about the things I have felt I should eat more of: oatmeal, brown rice, yams, cabbage, blueberries, strawberries... lo and behold, these things help lower cholesterol.
I have an appointment in three months. I'm not going to take the niacin. I'm going to continue to nurse my baby and listen to what my body tells me I should eat.
4 comments:
Good for you! Sometimes the Word of Wisdom will help us out more than we think. :)
Sometimes, medicine can help too. It's definitely worth trying the veggies out first! I am with ya!
good luck, Heather dear.
Way to go Heather!
The dr can't really say that it's just genetics until you've tried diet and exercise first. So you are doing the right thing. And let that baby help suck some of the fat out too! :)
Good for you Heather--I feel like God can inspire us and give us personal revelation that can "defy" what science might tells us is best. You could look at it like the "experiment" Daniel did when he asked if he could refrain from the meat and wine he was supposed to be eating and when proven, he was actually healthier than those who had been eating the meat and wine (I think that is a story in the beginning chapters of Daniel)...Anyways, I hope that is the same case for you and that your the vegetable theory works. Definitely worth a shot! :)
Heather I totally support you! There is so much we can do for ourselves the medicine cannot do - but we have to act!
I love and miss you dear friend...how can it be we live and work so close to each other and never see one another. Maybe we can start walking again and actually discuss the conference talks we'd planned to discuss last spring - and of course catch up!
xo
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