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IFocus said:
I would say I am pretty easy going certainly had that reputation at work never one to lose my temper always remained up beat never focused on the negatives etc, but unfortunately I worked in a very stressed environment surrounded by people blowing up or near to it so that would have had an impact.

I am currently selling and moving wife is pretty stressed about the process I am not bothered.

Stress would have played a part but in the end I think I just got the short straw :)
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Sorry to hear, not much we can do on own genes..I suspect stress will be my killer.Time will tell
Much appreciated these few open exchanges as I want to open my mind in an area where I am not really knowledgeable
 
There's some data that coffee drinkers have better long term health/live longer.
But you got to be skeptical. (Similar to news about red wine and chocolate being good for your health lol)

Probably not a good reason to pick up the habit. :D
 
jjbinks said:
There's some data that coffee drinkers have better long term health/live longer.
But you got to be skeptical. (Similar to news about red wine and chocolate being good for your health lol)

Probably not a good reason to pick up the habit. :D
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I heard somewhere that if one could do forty push-ups you should have a "strong heart".
 
qldfrog said:
Sorry to hear, not much we can do on own genes..I suspect stress will be my killer.Time will tell
Much appreciated these few open exchanges as I want to open my mind in an area where I am not really knowledgeable
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Stress is with us ever step of the way through our lives good stress / bad stress and really difficult to address as its part of who we are and how we identify ours selves to others.

That's before we get to the environment that we operate in relationships, work, health, money and here as traders.

Its also the "everyone is different" to some extent as well different triggers set different people off.

But it is some thing we can change finding the way is the tricky bit I stumbled on to the path for myself.

One of the things I did as a trader 15 - 20 years ago was go on the mental training journey to deal with all the sins a trader faces "trading psychology" to improve my results.

Read more than 30 plus books on the matter both for trading and psychology attended countless seminars, read a lot of research papers etc, I also had some problem employees doing stuff I just couldn't understand so that was also an area of study that crossed over, most of this I have now forgotten until now as I write this post.

It actually had a bigger impact on my over all thinking rather than trading (the answer for trading was far simpler) along the way BTW a Frenchman taught me how to laugh :) that was pretty big.

The process taught me how to think, why my brain made the decisions it did and how I could start to try making the decisions based on logic more so than emotional.

I don't think I could achieve a Spock type level but it has dropped the stress levels dramatically at least for me also watching others than remain calm not getting engaged in angry situations etc also was inspiring.

I am still the same person still same beliefs values etc but smile before getting upset or stressed (Balinese taught me that) laugh instead of getting angry (that Frenchman) speak nicely to all and above all enjoy be positive and be happy ( Dalai lama)

Short life, long death

End of spiel :D:D
 
chiff said:
I heard somewhere that if one could do forty push-ups you should have a "strong heart".
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Also helps your surfing quite a lot as you spring to your feet going over the edge the faster and smoother the better you set yourself to make the wave

Launching in the "Mentawai Islands " Indonesia :)

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Big meta analysis (pooling data from many past clinical studies and applying it to resolve a question) under the aegis of the Mayo Cinic and building on a similar but smaller Harvard meta analysis. As I am 99.9% vegan I have been taking algal EPA/DHA supplements that I get from iHerb but appears I have been taking maybe a quarter of what is optimal. Using flax seed daily for ALA helps we're told but conversion of the oil in flax to the longer chain Omega 3's is low. The main action of these Omega 3's is apparently to reduce inflammation of the delicate lining of the blood vessels. Not to do with this study but another thing to do is throw out your vegetable oils and use olive oil, or if you must, canola oil as the others contain so much Omega 6's which are inflammatory and compete with Omega 3's.

Authoritative New Analysis Links Omega-3 Supplements to Cardioprotection and Improved Heart Health
 
Omega 3, available from fish, lamb, grass grown beef, kangaroo. brussell sprouts. (love all of these)
Avoid grain fed, e.g. Chicken. Pork, cured meats.
 
Knobby22 said:
Omega 3, available from fish, lamb, grass grown beef, kangaroo. brussell sprouts. (love all of these)
Avoid grain fed, e.g. Chicken. Pork, cured meats.
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I should have pointed out that the headline I put is linked to the article. Excerpt below concludes that the more omega-3 the better within the ranges tested and that to get really effective amounts people should consider supplementing to get to 1,000-2,000 mg. You'd need to eat at least a can of sardines every day or two small cans of mackerel or salmon to get to 1,000 mg by my rough reckoning. Double that if you want to get to 2,000 mg (more is better) No way you'd get anywhere near optimal by eating lamb or the rest. Fish only get omega-3's from eating algae, they don't make it themselves. For roughly $1.50 a day you can supplement with DHA/EPA rich algal oil and get your optimal amount.


From ABC: Fish has levels of about 200 milligrams of omega-3 per 100 grams, scientists have boosted the levels in lamb to between 30 and 40 milligrams per serve, and hope to double it again in the future.


From the article:


Cardiovascular benefits appear to increase with dosage. The researchers found that adding an extra 1000 mg of EPA and DHA per day decreased the risk of cardiovascular disease and heart attack even more: risk of cardiovascular disease events decreased by 5.8 percent and risk for heart attack decreased by 9.0 percent. The study looked at dosages of up to 5500 mg/day.


“People should consider the benefits of omega-3 supplements, at doses of 1000 to 2000 mg per day – far higher than what is typical, even among people who regularly eat fish,” added Dr. Lavie. “Given the safety and diminished potential for interaction with other medications, the positive results of this study strongly suggest omega-3 supplements are a relatively low-cost, high impact way to improve heart health with few associated risks and should be considered as part of a standard preventive treatment for most patients with cardiovascular diseases and those recovering from myocardial infarction.”

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Yea, don't like supplements. They often find out unwanted side effects occur sometime in the future. e.g. the Beta Carotene (giving you cancer) and Vitamin B3,B6 issues (causing liver damage). Iron supplements don't work well etc. How do you know you can get it properly from algae, wouldn't sardines be better?
Did they use hat particular supplement in the study?
 
Sardines should be fine but as expressed you'd need at least a can every day to match a low end optimal dose of algal omega-3 (1,000 mg)
Don't know which ones were used in the studies - it was a 'meta-analysis' of 40 historic trials so multiple sources. The brand in the pic is the highest recommended on iHerb fwiw. I am also wary of supps and only take VitB12, Vit D3, DHA/EPA, Vit K2 and green ladyfinger banana fibre. I suspect there's more risk from prescribed medications than most supps although supps are under regulated admittedly. Algal oil is pretty basic - just oil extracted from algae in cold conditions (I hope). You have to make your luck.
 
Try an online home workout – home workouts can be great, and there are so many different ones to try. Getting inspired to work out on your own can be tough though, so why not get a little support from an online instructor?

There are loads of great workout apps you can download, or just go to YouTube and search for the type of workout you’re looking for and you’ll find loads of easy-to-follow videos, for all abilities and interests.

If you’re not sure where to start, type in ‘beginner workouts’ and just try a few different things until you find what you enjoy.
 
61, 171cm, ~75kg not on any medication at all.

I was setting up a blood pressure machine for FIL and took mine to check how the machine worked.

117/67 pulse 55

Not bad I thought, not bad. @PZ99 will have to keep me on ignore for a while yet :laugh:
 
Blood pressure usually gets lower as you get older.

@wayneL the only reason I have you on ignore is because you have a strange obsession with the TDS label which you overuse when others criticise Trump and that's bad for your blood pressure :)

PZ99 wishes everyone here the best of health regardless of their opinions...
 
finicky said:
That is excellent. You're lucky unless very disciplined. Someone I know consistently gets those readings and doesn't do anything much to warrant it; she's 78 ffs.
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I do have good genes for heart health as a starting point for sure, but apart from enjoying a drink, have always been pretty disciplined with lifestyle too... Not completely ascetic mind you, just what I think is sensible.
 
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