We've started collecting advice we've been given for healthy living from TV and other sources. It is nothing less than astonishing... and not just because neither garlic nor mustard appear in a single remedy:
1. If you don't want to get meningitis, wear a hat outside.
2. If you are suffering from depression, drink more coffee and tea.
3. If you are sick, do not watch TV or use a computer as both will raise your temperature.
4. Replacing one meal a day with that newfangled vegetable, broccoli, will help you lose weight. (note: this was part of a program introducing the vegetable to people and explaining its benefits and uses: you may have seen it in the store and wondered what it was...)
5. If you are worried about the potential negative energy attached to used clothing, wash them in salt after you buy them.
That last one is one of my favs. It harkens back to all of the folklore and superstition that is pervasive.
The gyms that we belong to are having a great deal of difficulty with my work outs. Just last night a trainer came over and tried to get me to give up my 45 lb bar for a 15 lb, saying it would be more "comfortable" for me. i think the guys at CF M4 have given up trying to get me to lighten my load... for a while, they even suggested that i do fewer reps than Jason (to which i responded, "sure", and then proceeded to do the same as Jason). Now, i think i just frighten them. They tend to waiver between gawking and looking askance. I guess i don't fit their model of femininity . Yeah, and I'm not going to do the workout in spandex and 4 inch heels, either guys...
1. ??
ReplyDelete2. Coffee and tea (black) are stimulants, so in theory they could get someone out of their funk...
3. Got to remember that one :o)
4. Brocoli is one of my favorite veggies and even at that I would not just eat is as a meal... brocoli soup, yes. Interesting that it is foreign.
In Mexico Malte used to like to buy all of the fruit and veggies that we didn't know what they were so that we could try them... He's a lot braver with food than I am.
5. So does this mean we should constantly be buying new clothes to ward off negative energy looming in the closet?
When we come to visit I'll go work out with you, so they will know you are not the only crazy woman out there :o) But I'd insist on at least wearing the high heals, hahahaha
unfortunately, the coffee/tea comment was in response to whether or not depression is dangerous. So, don't seek help for you or your loved one... just drink some coffee or tea. that will clearly level out the seratonin.
ReplyDeleteyeah. i think the guys here have a positively middle eastern view of women and their abilities... which is probably why so many Russians and Ukrainians end up m'd to Arabs.
Blahhhh. I would think with their long grey winters depression would be an issue. It's really sad when psychological disorders are played down, then the sufferer is much less likely to seek help.
ReplyDeleteIn Kyrgistan they said that in the soviet era there were no people with 'disabilities.' They were all swept under the rug. So, socially there may still be huge stigmas to admit a disorder.
Are suicides 'non-existant'?