Very Bovinian of you Sir! (Yeah, I made it up...)(Just don't flatulate...)
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Very Bovinian of you Sir! (Yeah, I made it up...)(Just don't flatulate...)
When I get "unsalter" butter, I just add salt!
Hell I am a "failed chemist"; I know a lot about sodium chloride.
It is probably one of the safest things on earth to ingest if you drink water. Nations have fought wars over salt. In my Army days we carried salt tablets in our pistol belt and ate them like M&Ms . There were salt tablet dispensers all over the base. You could grab them anytime you wanted one.
Our fatigues would turn snow white when with sweat and when they dried out you could brush the salt off of your shirt. But I survived.
Now if you are a slug you may want to think this over
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Speaking for myself, I never salt anything. I love the taste of the food but darn, butter???? Just darn.
I haven't thought about salt tablets in many years till I read your post. I remember them now.
I am saying this with all sincerity but when I had a trainee fall out due to heat or heat exhaustion we gave them a sip of water and let them rest for about 15 minutes, then gave them a handful of salt tablets and a canteen of lukewarm water.
Salt tablets were also used to prevent leg cramps during training. We did not have any negative issues with salt tablets. I have been out of the army for over 50 years so I have no idea if this SOP anymore. I guess they carry around IV's now. I don't have a clue.
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We used to take salt tablets -- an egg-yolk yellow color and a little bigger than an aspirin - during conditioning in the summer when I played high school and college basketball. Later, when I pipelined out west they passed them out. We wore long-sleeved denim or khaki shirts becasue of all the sparks and flame generated in welding and cutting pipe. I can remember my blue denim shirt having huge white rings from the salt after taking those pills...I am saying this with all sincerity but when I had a trainee fall out due to heat or heat exhaustion we gave them a sip of water and let them rest for about 15 minutes, then gave them a handful of salt tablets and a canteen of lukewarm water.
Salt tablets were also used to prevent leg cramps during training. We did not have any negative issues with salt tablets. I have been out of the army for over 50 years so I have no idea if this SOP anymore. I guess they carry around IV's now. I don't have a clue.
Do you know if the military still uses them? We would make every soldier take a couple as they were going through the chow line. Signs were all over the place reminding the troops to take their salt tablets.
I am not sure today's military trains hard enough to need them.
Looks good. I might give a try.
< - - - BP was 110/77 last I checked while visiting cuz on Nolin Lake. I've abstained from salty foods and table salt for nearly 60 years and have blood pressure to prove it.
When i was in usaf basic training way back last century in the summer of 1966, we all had to take salt tablets. i was skinny as a rail and the heat never bothered me, but i sometimes took as many as 10-15/day. a few years later when i was 27yo, newly married and began seeing a dr i was told i had hbp and have been on daily meds ever since. i’ve thankfully been in good health otherwise and never overweight. i’ve always wondered if the salt tablets had anything to do with it, or maybe the new wife?
Yeah my last three were 121/67, 128/66, 127/70. I battle high cholesterol as that is an inherited trait but my cholesterol stays around 150 with the minimum dose. I still have 20 pounds to take off (Again). I had it off and then the family needs to celebrate with food and we go to these all you can eat places and I always try getting my money's-worth... (About two months of that celebration type crapola and I gained 20 pounds.)
My Dad was thin his entire life that I knew him and he had HBP. I never have.
Luck of the draw i guess. neither my mom or dad had it although dad died of heart attack at 70 but mom lived to 90.
That's a good question, Sawnee.
In the past 30 years I've been around the military in Somalia, Haiti, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and other warm-to-scorching places and I never saw salt pills. I remember in Haiti the 10th Mountain Division guys suffering in the heat because the Brigade commander insisted that they wear their woodland BDUs buttoned all the way down on the wrist. Did you ever read about Col. David Hackworth, highly decorated solider from Korea to Vietnam, turned war reporter? I knew Hack pretty well, and he made a terrible stink in articles he wrote about making the soldiers stay so buttoned up in the heat.
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BBUK, eat lots of squash and onions and baked potatoes with the skin on it, that will help!!!!
Pebbles, My Guard Dog... He guarded all the food in the house... (He is buried at my house in Summerville, SC.)
That was at our Home in San Antonio...
This is our house in South Carolina (Summerville) He is about buried exactly on that spot as he loved that place for some reason... Just about two feet or so to the left of that picture... He died in my arms...
I had rather hear finger nails on a chalk board than to hear Piglosi talk!!!!!!!
I can see me now Sir... (Your lot and my lot is probably not comparable.)
I had a Chuck Eye barbecued steak and rice for supper a few minutes ago. Just ridiculous how much I liked that supper...
My avatar says it all. Our late great Chloe. Passed away October 2019. Best dog ever. No offense to Marty but he's catching up.
Pebbles, My Guard Dog... He guarded all the food in the house... (He is buried at my house in Summerville, SC.)
That was at our Home in San Antonio...
This is our house in South Carolina (Summerville) He is about buried exactly on that spot as he loved that place for some reason... Just about two feet or so to the left of that picture... He died in my arms...
We had a Beagle, his name was BriarPatch!!!!!
Brandie had to be put down 12 July this year 6 years old. She had a very aggressive cancer. She was the care taker of the other dogs and me. She would make sure to clean my face every night before bed. Used open her mouth and grab my hand and walk with me when I moved throughout the house. She did not have a mean bone in her body. Very docile and sweet. Died in my arms at the vets office. They had to give her extra sedatives and anesthesia because she kept trying to get up. She wasn't ready to go. I miss her.
Pebbles, My Guard Dog... He guarded all the food in the house... (He is buried at my house in Summerville, SC.)
That was at our Home in San Antonio...
This is our house in South Carolina (Summerville) He is about buried exactly on that spot as he loved that place for some reason... Just about two feet or so to the left of that picture... He died in my arms...
Col. Hackworth was a legend. Soldier's soldier. Awesome that you knew him. He's right about remaining covered in the heat.
Salt tablets: Available for us in Panama, 1981, as I remember. Never saw 'em over in the desert.
Austin, I was very lucky to get to know Col. Hackworth on a few assignments in the early 1990s.
Here’s a story that was told to me by 2-3 people I trust who witnessed it. I don’t believe this went public.
During the air campaign of Desert Storm the A-holes from CNN were trying to ratchet up the drama by exaggerating the danger from SCUD attacks. One day a bunch of reporters are lounging around a hotel swimming pool when the SCUD alarm goes off. Everyone ignores it, knowing SCUDS are wildly inaccurate - except a CNN crew led by Charles Jaco who clambers up on the roof in gas masks and acts like this is the London Blitz.
When the CNN crew walks back down to the pool, where everyone else has continued to play cards and drink lemonade, Hackworth walks over and grabs the TV reporter by the shirt and yells in his face, “you better knock off the bullshit. You are scaring my grandkids.” I’m told the TV puke as we called them practically messed his pants.
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Okay folks, I am about to get into trouble on the D-League; however, here are my views of salt, blood fat and other things.
I had a heart attack on 8-9-2010. My total cholesterol the morning that I had the attack was a whopping 119 (they want it below 200). Most folks would kill for cholesterol like mine the day I have a heart attack. If your liver demands that you have high cholesterol, then you will have high cholesterol. Your DNA has more to do with you having a heart attack than cholesterol. My mother-in-law died of heart disease and never had elevated cholesterol. Her cholesterol was low like mine. My dad had high cholesterol and died of a bad vein in his brain, no heart attack, no build up in the veins or anything associated with cholesterol clogged veins, just one vein in his brain that blew up because it was an aneurysm.
Salt: our bodies function on salts. Your body uses ions to transfer all sorts of chemicals through your blood and into our cells. There are several metallic salts that our bodies use, google them. Sodium and calcium ions are gobbled up by our bodies as they need them to make us work. With an imbalance of salts, we have muscle cramps and all sorts of problems; plus, our cells do not get fed.
Blood pressure problems are caused by all sorts of things, not just salt. I have had open heart surgery and I have blood pressure problems; however, I have never been restricted on salt intake. There are many complex reasons that folks have elevated blood pressure, and most are not caused by too much salt intake. It is easy to say take less salt when the real reason for the elevated blood pressure is in other places.
We are complex chemical machines.
We must study our problems and adjust our lives to what we, and our doctors, think is appropriate. Don't buy too much on shit that is put out by popular media.
I had a heart attack on 8-9-2010. My total cholesterol the morning that I had the attack was a whopping 119 (they want it below 200). Most folks would kill for cholesterol like mine the day I have a heart attack. If your liver demands that you have high cholesterol, then you will have high cholesterol. Your DNA has more to do with you having a heart attack than cholesterol. My mother-in-law died of heart disease and never had elevated cholesterol. Her cholesterol was low like mine. My dad had high cholesterol and died of a bad vein in his brain, no heart attack, no build up in the veins or anything associated with cholesterol clogged veins, just one vein in his brain that blew up because it was an aneurysm.
Salt: our bodies function on salts. Your body uses ions to transfer all sorts of chemicals through your blood and into our cells. There are several metallic salts that our bodies use, google them. Sodium and calcium ions are gobbled up by our bodies as they need them to make us work. With an imbalance of salts, we have muscle cramps and all sorts of problems; plus, our cells do not get fed.
Blood pressure problems are caused by all sorts of things, not just salt. I have had open heart surgery and I have blood pressure problems; however, I have never been restricted on salt intake. There are many complex reasons that folks have elevated blood pressure, and most are not caused by too much salt intake. It is easy to say take less salt when the real reason for the elevated blood pressure is in other places.
We are complex chemical machines.
We must study our problems and adjust our lives to what we, and our doctors, think is appropriate. Don't buy too much on shit that is put out by popular media.
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I remember her.Brandie had to be put down 12 July this year 6 years old. She had a very aggressive cancer. She was the care taker of the other dogs and me. She would make sure to clean my face every night before bed. Used open her mouth and grab my hand and walk with me when I moved throughout the house. She did not have a mean bone in her body. Very docile and sweet. Died in my arms at the vets office. They had to give her extra sedatives and anesthesia because she kept trying to get up. She wasn't ready to go. I miss her.
Or, we could just live it up, praise God for our lives and then go when he says come home. Me, I am for enjoying the foods that I love and hope I can for a while more to come. I have never up to this point changed my diet. My wife has on occasion tried to get me to do so but, to no avail. I am stubborn and want to enjoy my life.Okay folks, I am about to get into trouble on the D-League; however, here are my views of salt, blood fat and other things.
I had a heart attack on 8-9-2010. My total cholesterol the morning that I had the attack was a whopping 119 (they want it below 200). Most folks would kill for cholesterol like mine the day I have a heart attack. If your liver demands that you have high cholesterol, then you will have high cholesterol. Your DNA has more to do with you having a heart attack than cholesterol. My mother-in-law died of heart disease and never had elevated cholesterol. Her cholesterol was low like mine. My dad had high cholesterol and died of a bad vein in his brain, no heart attack, no build up in the veins or anything associated with cholesterol clogged veins, just one vein in his brain that blew up because it was an aneurysm.
Salt: our bodies function on salts. Your body uses ions to transfer all sorts of chemicals through your blood and into our cells. There are several metallic salts that our bodies use, google them. Sodium and calcium ions are gobbled up by our bodies as they need them to make us work. With an imbalance of salts, we have muscle cramps and all sorts of problems; plus, our cells do not get fed.
Blood pressure problems are caused by all sorts of things, not just salt. I have had open heart surgery and I have blood pressure problems; however, I have never been restricted on salt intake. There are many complex reasons that folks have elevated blood pressure, and most are not caused by too much salt intake. It is easy to say take less salt when the real reason for the elevated blood pressure is in other places.
We are complex chemical machines.
We must study our problems and adjust our lives to what we, and our doctors, think is appropriate. Don't buy too much on shit that is put out by popular media.
By the way Bert, you are not in trouble with me. Your post was spot on. DNA and other factors contribute to a lot of what happens to us. I have in recent years been reading a bit on foods and which ones are better for you but, if they don't meet the taste test, what's the point. If you cannot eat what you enjoy life is not as good.
Reminds me of my first night in Viet Nam. We landed in Cam Ranh Bay about 9 or10 at night on a Flying Tiger. You could see and hear the incoming rockets. They herded us into a large quonset hut. It looked like a basketball gym with a large open floor with some desks on one end and bleachers on one side. They told us to get comfortable because we would spend the night there. I climbed up on the bleachers and sat down. There weren't many guys there at first, but by morning it was crowded. All night long the rockets came in, sometimes every couple of seconds, sometimes ever couple of minutes. Sometimes you could feel the vibrations from the explosion, but none hit the building, so eventually we just ignored them. Daylight came and the rockets stopped. I've always figured they were just trying to put a little fear in the minds of newcomers, but guys came in and sat at the desks and started doing paperwork. They processed us and sent us off to the next stop.
Okay folks, I am about to get into trouble on the D-League; however, here are my views of salt, blood fat and other things.
I had a heart attack on 8-9-2010. My total cholesterol the morning that I had the attack was a whopping 119 (they want it below 200). Most folks would kill for cholesterol like mine the day I have a heart attack. If your liver demands that you have high cholesterol, then you will have high cholesterol. Your DNA has more to do with you having a heart attack than cholesterol. My mother-in-law died of heart disease and never had elevated cholesterol. Her cholesterol was low like mine. My dad had high cholesterol and died of a bad vein in his brain, no heart attack, no build up in the veins or anything associated with cholesterol clogged veins, just one vein in his brain that blew up because it was an aneurysm.
Salt: our bodies function on salts. Your body uses ions to transfer all sorts of chemicals through your blood and into our cells. There are several metallic salts that our bodies use, google them. Sodium and calcium ions are gobbled up by our bodies as they need them to make us work. With an imbalance of salts, we have muscle cramps and all sorts of problems; plus, our cells do not get fed.
Blood pressure problems are caused by all sorts of things, not just salt. I have had open heart surgery and I have blood pressure problems; however, I have never been restricted on salt intake. There are many complex reasons that folks have elevated blood pressure, and most are not caused by too much salt intake. It is easy to say take less salt when the real reason for the elevated blood pressure is in other places.
We are complex chemical machines.
We must study our problems and adjust our lives to what we, and our doctors, think is appropriate. Don't buy too much on shit that is put out by popular media.
Sir, (Not that it matters what I say or think) I will steal a line from John Wayne or as Major Dan Kirby in "Flying Leathernecks". Keep speaking plain English to me and we will be just fine.
And oh, I eat my share of salt. I just never add any to anything I am eating. No matter if it needs it or not. I do occasionally throw down the black pepper though...
Yeah, we called Scuds duds because they rarely hit what they were aiming at. My first experience was helping the supply sergeant on a run to pick up supplies and while we were at the supply point a report of a Scud headed our way reached us and we were told told to mask up and continue on. We did and minutes later found out it fell short as did many of them and we got our stuff and went back to our encampment in the Saudi Desert. There were a couple of more times it was reported that Scuds were on their way and we were required to mask up but, none ever hit their target around us. Not sure they really knew what target was intended with each one so, it was a precautionary measure to mask up.
Scud alerts scared crap out of me. Everyone jumping into holes and inside tracks.
One guy put his M17 on and the mask totally fell apart. Everybody else was masked up. We dared not remove our masks. Guy said screw it, lit a cigarette and said "I might as well enjoy myself if I'm gonna die". Surreal. Funny as heck when I think about it all these years later.
I watch my sodium pretty close because I have Menieres disease. I haven't had a bad attack in years and the attacks are a strong motivation to watch my diet.Sir, (Not that it matters what I say or think) I will steal a line from John Wayne or as Major Dan Kirby in "Flying Leathernecks". Keep speaking plain English to me and we will be just fine.
And oh, I eat my share of salt. I just never add any to anything I am eating. No matter if it needs it or not. I do occasionally throw down the black pepper though...
I never dig mine until the tops are dry.... our potatoes had thin skins also.....I take the ones we are going to keep and put them on cardboard spread out on the garage floor and put a fan on them to dry them out........I do this for a couple of weeks before crating them up and putting them in the panty. We put up all the smaller ones in quart jars and pressure seal them for later use.......waste not, want not.....
Someone......girth or backercutter shared the lime idea.....it worked here also.....I never saw over a dozen Japanese beetles.........some bug bites on the green beans but over all no where near the usual pest this season......I never used the first chemical on my garden this year......organic all the way thanks to the lime idea.......I usually use 5% seven dust pretty freely.......
My kid sister had a blown brain aneurysm on the afternoon of her 12th birthday..........if my memory serves me correctly......she was the first person to have successful surgery to save her life after the vein had burst.......Okay folks, I am about to get into trouble on the D-League; however, here are my views of salt, blood fat and other things.
I had a heart attack on 8-9-2010. My total cholesterol the morning that I had the attack was a whopping 119 (they want it below 200). Most folks would kill for cholesterol like mine the day I have a heart attack. If your liver demands that you have high cholesterol, then you will have high cholesterol. Your DNA has more to do with you having a heart attack than cholesterol. My mother-in-law died of heart disease and never had elevated cholesterol. Her cholesterol was low like mine. My dad had high cholesterol and died of a bad vein in his brain, no heart attack, no build up in the veins or anything associated with cholesterol clogged veins, just one vein in his brain that blew up because it was an aneurysm.
Salt: our bodies function on salts. Your body uses ions to transfer all sorts of chemicals through your blood and into our cells. There are several metallic salts that our bodies use, google them. Sodium and calcium ions are gobbled up by our bodies as they need them to make us work. With an imbalance of salts, we have muscle cramps and all sorts of problems; plus, our cells do not get fed.
Blood pressure problems are caused by all sorts of things, not just salt. I have had open heart surgery and I have blood pressure problems; however, I have never been restricted on salt intake. There are many complex reasons that folks have elevated blood pressure, and most are not caused by too much salt intake. It is easy to say take less salt when the real reason for the elevated blood pressure is in other places.
We are complex chemical machines.
We must study our problems and adjust our lives to what we, and our doctors, think is appropriate. Don't buy too much on shit that is put out by popular media.
My Army Buddy strikes again...
No reason for you guys to hit the sad button. I am thrilled more than you could know that diet is keeping it under control.
My Army Buddy again, he is on a roll. He has a great wife, I know it's not that...They are High School sweethearts...
Mornin' all. Up and about...taking the little guy fishing this morning. Probably for only 2-3 hours in that it's going to be another hot one. 69 out now...heading up to 89/90. Then a big lunch here at the house for family and friends.
My long busy Summer is about over. Wedding on the Mrs side of the family this Saturday...so more coming in for a weekend stay..not including her daughter and two kids who have been here for a month+. Then come Sunday everybody heads home and it's back to life as usual. I call our house the 'family/community house' in that it's the focal point and gathering spot for all.
Y'all have a good day.....the week is flying by.
My long busy Summer is about over. Wedding on the Mrs side of the family this Saturday...so more coming in for a weekend stay..not including her daughter and two kids who have been here for a month+. Then come Sunday everybody heads home and it's back to life as usual. I call our house the 'family/community house' in that it's the focal point and gathering spot for all.
Y'all have a good day.....the week is flying by.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 80°F, humid and clear. 20% rain chance today. 95°F for today's high seems about right.
ATX area continues seeing record COVID patient numbers in ICUs. Count me as elated when this nightmare ends. Sigh, meanwhile....
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
ATX area continues seeing record COVID patient numbers in ICUs. Count me as elated when this nightmare ends. Sigh, meanwhile....
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
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