Category Archives: Terveys

Health.

On the fat loss track again

Posted on Tue, 12 May 2009 by Mel Green

Been awhile since I’ve posted on the Teverys (health) blog (or, now that I’ve imported all my blogs to my new website, the Terveys category). This one’s a quickie, just to say that I’m back on the fat loss track … Continue reading →

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Out of the cave

Posted on Thu, 2 April 2009 by Mel Green

I’ve been going through a rough patch lately. A patch . . . oh, about 8 months long. A cave, to be sure, well-supplied with bookshelves, TV, laptop, Kindle, iPod Touch, & plenty of escapist entertainment; but a cave nonetheless, … Continue reading →

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Remembering Nicholas Hughes (1962–2009)

Posted on Mon, 30 March 2009 by Mel Green

Nicholas Hughes: a wildlife biologist at University of Alaska Fairbanks who died by his own hand in March 2009. Something tells me his family, friends, colleagues, & partner saw him as something far more than one the headlines over the past week have painted him as — the putative victim of his mother’s “suicide gene.” His death was a tragedy, yes: but a tragedy because it was a loss of him & for all who knew him. And for many of those, like me, who didn’t.

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Weight loss chart 18 Feb – 12 Aug 2008

Posted on Tue, 12 August 2008 by Mel Green

Here it is all in one pretty little chart: my weight loss since February 18 this year (41 pounds scale weight to date). The color swatches mark off the diet regimes I was following during each period. Lotsa jaggies during … Continue reading →

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My four-chambered echo chamber

Posted on Thu, 24 July 2008 by Mel Green

Just had my echocardiogram over at Heart Center at Providence Hospital. This is one of the three imaging tests the ER doctor from my pepperoni pizza night ordered up to figure out whether I had a TIA or not — … Continue reading →

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Um… pepperoni…?

Posted on Wed, 23 July 2008 by Mel Green

Last month, on a day that happened to coincide (& undoubtedly not just coincidentally) with a bit of constipation plus an abnormally-for-me high level of sodium intake from eating too many meals in a row that featured ham — well, … Continue reading →

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Adverse weather conditions

Posted on Thu, 10 July 2008 by Mel Green

Per the UPS tracking site, my Xvest underwent adverse weather conditions in Anchorage at 8:09 PM last night. But today, it’s officially been arrival-scanned into Anchorage. Hope they deliver it tomorrow early enough for the kid to sign for it … Continue reading →

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Xvest

Posted on Wed, 25 June 2008 by Mel Green

I ordered an Xvest.

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More on d-chiro inositol

Posted on Thu, 22 May 2008 by Mel Green

DCI has been shown to work orally at least in PCOS, Type 2 diabetes, & general insulin resistance, both in human studies & anecdotally. Anecdotally, d-pinitol (Inzitol) is getting some attention in athletic/bodybuilder circles. d-chiro-inositol One of the central studies … Continue reading →

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D-chiro inositol

Posted on Thu, 22 May 2008 by Mel Green

Yesterday on an email list I’m on, someone mentioned d-chiro-inositol (DCI) (part of the B-vitamin group), which I’d never heard of before, but which plays a part in carbohydrate metabolism as some sort of helper to insulin. It turns out … Continue reading →

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