What oil to cook with.

[Beekissed]

That gave me a chuckle.

 

[Pulsegleaner]

It's pretty expensive, and I'm not even sure if it is still available (haven't looked recently) but back when I could get it at the store, I used to do a lot of my stir frying in camellia oil (i.e. the oil expressed from the crushed seeds of tea) this is supposed to be grey for frying as camellia oil has a ridiculously high smoke point so you can get it VERY hot and fry VERY light.)

 

[Smart Red]

@seedcorn my husband's father died of a heart attack at 68, his sister at 58, his grandmother at 62 and neither of his two brothers made it past 56. His mother lived to 93. I try to keep him healthy. I figured I'd get 10 years with him, in February it'll be 20! Hopefully we'll have many more years together.

My father had much the same history. No one lived to reach 60. Dad never smoked, did the heavy drinking, and was more active than the others. After a physical at age 56 Dad was told to put his affairs in order and come back in about a month for by-pass surgery.

Instead, Dad went for Chelation Therapy. Another 8 years passed before Dad went back for a physical. The doctors were sure there was some mix-up in his old test results as he was healthier at 64 than he had been at 59 with no surgery. It wasn't until a physical when Dad was 72 that a doctor told dad he would "die in the elevator" before getting out of the clinic.

The next day he had surgery for 4 blockages in a heart that was nearly 1/2 dead muscle already. We were told the surgery was a success, but he had a blood clot that went to his brain shortly after the surgery. In my mind, I've always thought that, while the Chelation gave us many more years with the man, it was the Chelation that killed him. During the surgery, Dad's blood was run backward through his body. I think that the plaque sloughing off from his therapy was broken off when the blood went backward and then created the clot when the blood was returned to its proper direction.

I didn't get Dad's family history of heart disease. My arteries are clear and my cholesterol has always been good. Still, I have heart disease -- of unknown origin. DH, of course, is my main concern. He and his perfectly healthy body that I am slowly losing to dementia. Living in any period other than sometime in the future would have meant less medical advances I would certainly have missed.