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Exercise and Fitness

wildeyed

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1. Frustrating.

Reply to Jackie Wilson Said (Original post)

Fri May 13, 2016, 08:22 PM

May 2016

That kind of thing can be genetic. My blood pressure is borderline, even though I workout six days a week and subsist primarily on green smoothies and lentils. My Dad's is too, and he runs marathons.

Oh well. Maybe he will change his mind after the summer if it doesn't get better. What does his doctor say?

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I am frustrated with a friend about exercise, diet, high cholesterol and science. [View all] Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 OP

Frustrating. wildeyed May 2016 #1

At one point my doctor tried to put me on statins noamnety May 2016 #2

I'm not convinced modern medicine really understand cholesterol and fats in diets fasttense Jun 2016 #3

I agree about statins Citrus Jun 2016 #4

The question that remains about cholesterol is whether it's a problem or a symptom Major Nikon Jul 2016 #5