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According to a recent report from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of people with type 2 diabetes in the United States has increased significantly in the last year, now reaching nearly 26 million.
With very few exceptions, diabetes is "homemade," meaning the sufferer has chosen it themselves.
French fries and the like, combined with the TV chair, say hello.
Pharmaceutical manufacturers' shareholders are popping the champagne corks.Incidentally, 285 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes. That's making the cash registers ring.
Many people struggle with getting a good night's sleep.
Achieving a good night's sleep requires good sleep hygiene.This starts with going to bed and waking up at regular times.A helpful "sleep ritual" that prepares for nighttime sleep.
This signals the body to trigger the natural process, which is purely biological and inherent in every human being.
Of course, I simply can't expect a good night's sleep if I'm watching a lot of TV right before bedtime, have just come from a loud disco, tend to postpone my life's problems until nighttime instead of seeking solutions during the day, don't have a dark and quiet bedroom, and create a variety of other obstacles that simply prevent me from getting enough sleep.
It's important to know that people have very different sleep needs.Napoleon, for example, was a short sleeper.He sometimes got by with only four hours of sleep a day.Chancellor Bismarck, on the other hand, often stayed in bed for 12 hours.
I'm going to say that most people with sleep deprivation watch too much TV before bed.Get rid of that box and get a good night's sleep!
The chair is a killer, as the English say.Anyone who sits a lot, has to or wants to,
is disadvantaged regarding health.In the past, the television and the
stomach were small.Today, the television is large, and so is
the stomach (after 25 years of TV consumption).When sitting, the body rests.Aside from the negative orthopaedic
effects, the body is immobilised and burns hardly any calories.
My advice: Never sit for more than an hour.Get up and move around now and then.Inactivity is a killer.
Drastically reduce the hours spent in front of the television (it's all garbage
anyway) and in front of the computer.Anyone who has to sit at work should find
suitable compensation.For example, take the stairs instead of
the elevator, or walk instead of driving short distances.
It's not about going to the gym once or twice a week.Your daily routine must be changed.Just sit less.
What did the teacher say so rightly?Sit down, six!
Known as Hal Asana in Sanskrit, the plough pose is an asana that targets
various areas of the body.This yoga pose helps combat excess weight,
especially hip fat and stomach sagging. It also positively influences menstrual
and menopausal disorders.
Puberty problems can be resolved with this asana, and
a positive effect on the thyroid gland can be expected.And all this without
paying a cent.Because yoga can be practiced almost anytime and anywhere.This asana holds a
prominent position in TerLiMa Yoga.
All Yolo or what? Yolo. Of course, everyone knows it. Yolo is the youth word of the year, in Germany, mind you. Yolo? Don't you know it? Aren't you cool, dude, Yolo or yolo lowercase? Capital or lowercase, the Langenscheidt publishing house has decided. Yolo is the word of the year.
And what does that mean? Y = Yokohama, o = top, l = left, o = top? Or you only live once, typically German, that is. It doesn't matter if half the people who use it have no clue what it means. Yolo, you only live once. That's a lot to ask, you only live once. How true, and the only people who (could) rebel against it are rebirth advocates.
Yolo probably means: after me, the deluge, which fits the current situation and attitude of many young people. Or is that just Langenscheidt's opinion? TerLiMa clearly says, "Carpe diem," seize the day (and the night).
Ps. By the way, "Fuck you" came in second place, which fits perfectly.
This is reality A resident in a nursing home in Bremen/Germany, is severely abused by staff, and politicians, amazingly, politicians are shocked. Wow, how can something like this happen?
I'm not providing a link here because I'm claiming this case is no exception and occurs multiple times daily in Germany.
But even the standard accommodation in these nursing homes, as they are affectionately called, is abuse enough. It's similar to nuclear power. Nuclear energy sounds less dangerous. So is a nursing home. Just a home for the elderly. But everyone knows clearly that it's over if I end up there.
The abuse doesn't have to be explicitly carried out personally by the nursing staff. The very fact of the existence of this institution is an abuse from the start. Most people still live with the illusion that when they're old, they'll go to a nursing home and be well cared for.
But reality quickly catches up with you there. Nursing homes are generally not places throughout Germany where you can spend your twilight years in dignity and with reasonable care. I'd rather call them, more neutrally, detention centres.
The former German Chancellor Kohl was said to have only worn so-called slippers because he was too large to put on shoes while bending over.It doesn't matter whether that's true, the fact is that the man was immensely overweight.And if you are that fat, you no longer like to bend over.Back when I was still actively practicing Shotokan Karate, we had a sporting habit among us students.Do as much as possible with your feet.For example, turn off the light.See photo.
Listen and be amazed.Today's 70-year-olds are the 30-year-olds of yesteryear.This is what you read in the mainstream media and discovered by so-called researchers.They compared life expectancy in industrialised countries and came to this astonishing conclusion.
Boys born in Germany today live to an average age of 78, and girls even to 83. Of course, we live much longer than previous generations.This is due to better nutrition, better hygiene, and, of course, at least in Germany, we didn't have a war, which, as we all know, quickly sweeps away young people.
This purely numerical perspective, however, ignores what a 70-year-old today simply cannot ignore: old age comes at a price, including brittle bones, deteriorating eyesight, poor hearing, etc.
You know this yourself from your own experience or from observing 70-year-olds.So no way, 70=30.If you're 30, enjoy life to the fullest, because at 70, many things, no, most things, are no longer possible.
Here's a song by my idol, Johnny Cash, from 2003, recorded shortly before his death.
Hurt
I hurt myself today to see if I still feel.
I focus on the pain, the only thing that´s real.
The needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting.
Try to kill it all away, but I remember everything.
What have I become my sweetest friend?
Everyone I know goes away in the end.
And you could have it all. My empire of dirt.
I will let you down. I will make you hurt.
I wear this crown of thorns upon my liar´s chair.
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair.
Beneath the stains of time the feelings disappear.
You are someone else. I am still right here.
What have I become my sweetest friend?
Everyone I know goes away in the end.
And you could have it all. My empire of dirt.
I will let you down. I will make you hurt.
If I could start again, a million miles away,
I would keep myself. I would find a way.
And so that the whole thing doesn't end so sadly, here's a song from earlier times.1983, Johnny Cash on "Wetten dass / German TV"A true historical document
The story's irony is that thousands of these sweet fruits have sickened approximately 11,000 people in Germany. It's their own fault—their own fault on a larger scale.According to this report, the fruits came from China.And I thought they only had rice!
On the same day that the first reports of mass vomiting and diarrhoea hit the media, I had a fantastic encounter in my garden.I found the first strawberry.On August 31st, I had planted 50 young strawberry shoots, and since it was my first time growing strawberries, I sincerely hoped the seedlings would survive and I could have a bountiful harvest next year.
And then, a few days ago, a single red strawberry peeked out at me.About 30mm in diameter, it was a beautiful red colour, a bit eaten by slugs, and a bit dirty. I picked it and ate it as is (we always did that as kids).
Conclusion: If more people here grew strawberries, the Chinese would have more time for their rice, and we'd have less diarrhoea.
Next phenomenon: diabetes!Now they've figured out that exercise might help against this devilish disease.As if that were something completely new.I've always maintained that diabetes is just a fad from the doctor's bag.People who exercise and eat well don't get diabetes (accident victims and those born with it, of course).
So get out there and grow your strawberries. Then there'll be no more mess and no more amputated limbs.
In Germany, 14% of the 20 to 79 year olds suffer from type 1 or type 2 diabetes.This means that the proportion of the population affected is higher than in all other European countries.In France, Italy and Spain, for example, less than 10% of this age group suffer from diabetes.This is no surprise, as diabetes goes hand in hand with obesity.And Germany is the champion in this area too.
Change your life style > the time you spend today for exercises
I live in a tiny town, and recently I had visitors from London who could hardly believe the sight of our clear, starry sky stretching out above them in the darkness of the small town.
Yet even a metropolis like London could be transformed quickly into a thriving "countryside city" (as I call it). I photographed these magnificent blossoms on the zucchini in my garden a few days ago. It's so wonderfully easy to cultivate your own little garden. ("Well, there will be zucchini to eat again tomorrow, I suppose...").
