Health and Fitness

[HighlyIrregular II]

The new treadmill is only 1.5 HP but it's great. That's a relief. For walking, a 14" wide belt is apparently fine. For walking or jogging on my old, wider one, I veered way off to the side once and needed every bit of the width, but I feel safe walking on my narrower one, and I tested what happens if my foot goes off the belt. Enough weight is still on the belt that my foot moves with the belt and slides along the edge smoothly enough. With court shoes it may be different, but my running shoes work fine with a misstep. There's a permanent incline, but that's good. I feel it in my calves but I also get better cardio when walking compared to the old flat treadmill. So, now I get thigh work from the bike and calf word from the treadmill. Also, the smaller size and lighter weight of the new treadmill saves me $200 because I could take it up the stairs myself. So could the UPS guy, so I didn't even have to.

[HighlyIrregular II]

My maintenance regimen included chewing xylitol gum for its anti-bacterial properties. Not sure how much good it did but it helped dislodge the center of my left wisdom tooth, which had looked possibly cracked and apparently was. So now I water floss it after every meal....

I have a new regimen for my giant wisdom tooth cavity. I tried buying a tuft-end toothbrush but they sent me flossers instead, so I just made my own. The tuft of the one I wanted to buy may have been too big anyway. I have better control if I make my own with needle nose pliers, and the bristles are extra soft, not regular soft like store bought ones.

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[HighlyIrregular II]

About 40 years after my grandmother separated the red M&Ms after hearing red dye #3 causes cancer, the FDA banned it. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-n ... rcna185479

[HighlyIrregular]

Chat GPT could analyze lab results. And BTW, not bragging but I asked it to calculate my age from sexual function markers alone and the upper range was 40 years old. Forgot the lower. Just to let you know it could do that.

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