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02/13/10 09:16 AM

Hello ColeLane: Thanks for asking dLife, and sounds like a good plan to stop the Pre-diabetes ballooning into a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. At 62, I would say good job with stalling off a full blown diagnosis. An elevated cholesterol level at 62 is not surprising. The high cholesterol sometimes occur elevated along with the blood glucose levels. Approx 40% of the cholesterol level comes from your dietary intake; the remaining is reflective of your genetic predisposition. The literature suggest "the risk of cardiovascular problems increase post-menopause"-so, "why?" (never seemed fair to me). Following investigation; the cholesterol component that pre-menopause we incorporated it into the hormone 'estrogen', and once we discontinue the production the estrogen, the cholesterol is still produced by the liver but now goes into our blood system-hence the "increased risk."

I would suggest a total nutrient analysis, this can help with the weight loss, cholesterol, and as you lose weight the blood pressure will follow to the norms: you can obtain these evaluations on: www. Fitday.com or www.Sparkepeople.com, entering in all the details of Ht/Wt/loss goals/ this can help with designing a plan. You'll keep a 3-5 day eating log, you have built in measures: thumb=1 oz., fist=1 cup, palm is 3-4 oz., input the foods eaten, and calorie containing liquids, it will generate a report of actual intake vs. needs. Weight loss of a deficit of 4-500 calories per day will help to generate a 1-2# wt. loss per week, or 1# of body fat contains 3,500 calories, (this is the insulin resistance-some so tactfully refer to). Little bit like fuzzy math, if you add some activity to this, (which requires an increase in calorie use) the weight loss could be faster. Call on us as needed: ADA'S ABC"s: A1C<6.5%, Blood Pressure<130/80 mmHG, Total cholesterol<200, HDL>40 for men,> 50 for women, LDL<100mg/dl.
Lead exposure can be from old paint flakes or utensils you use. Regards Sue

Answered By: Susan Throop

Accreditations: RD, CDE, MA

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02/18/10 11:08 AM

Hello ColeLane:
I wanted to offer up some additional thoughts on the dietary products you inquired about, vinegar and lemon juice, and lead poising. I hope you had a chance to do a side by side analysis on these 2 products and have discovered they have several commonalities :

they are made from fruits,

high in water content, and

high in vitamin C,

have a very potent taste quality, (they are both very acidic),

and are devoid of lead content. There are some very large government agencies, (super food police: USDA, EPA, FDA and many more), on guard to prevent these toxic elements from entering our food sources. Lead is very harmful to health, if exposed, is deposited in bones and soft tissues, and can cause many problems one being learning difficulties, organ damage and even death. Children and pregnant women are especially sensitive to the toxic effects of lead, caution would include:

avoid all earthenware pitchers having a lead based glaze (if used as a juice storage item, lead leaches into the juice),

avoid any food containedrs of 'old' lead-soldered containers,

foods from sewage sludge fertilized areas,

accidental ingestion can occur from any flaking paint chips, (lead was a ingredient to paint up until the mid-late 70's) in play/eating areas for children, and avoiding any leaded gas emissions/EPA police. Potential sources of lead poisoning would also include: old toys: possible garage sale items/unregulated paint/finish exposure-(you know how kids like to taste things, it's the hand mouth connection). You can obtain a lead test kit from a hardware or hobby stores, for any item's investigation concerns. Our history is peppered with situation of lead contamination, unfortunately during the gold rush to Alaska, several died due to the canned foods prepared via lead soldering.
Hope this helps, be your best, call on us as needed. Regards Sue

Answered By: Susan Throop

Accreditations: RD, CDE, MA

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