Dis 'n' Data

First, my data.

The Numbers for Today:

• Fasting Blood Glucose:  104 mg/dl.  Yea, me. 
• Weight 189.  Still.  Really like 188 1/2, but that could have been an optical illusion. 
• Exercise:  45 minutes and the humidity is back in Houston, which means I really sweated.
• Mood:  7.0  Business sucks.

Menu:

• Breakfast:  Banana, Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit, oatmeal with craisins and soy milk
• Lunch:  Tuna sandwich (I use mustard instead of mayo) and an apple.  The bread was a whole wheat pita.
• Dinner:  A veggie sandwich and a cup of black bean soup.
• Snacks:  Busy day.  None.

In case you were wondering:  Cholesterol 101 What Your Levels Mean  The body does make all of the cholesterol that it needs, and 75% of the stuff in our blood is made by our body.  The rest is from food.  Ingesting foods that contain cholesterol, however, doesn't significantly raise the levels in the blood; foods containing saturated fats and transfats do raise the levels in the blood.  Eggs are good, Twinkies are bad, expect when the center piece of the diet.

It's easy to get the wrong levels and sometimes hard to get the right levels.  Also a diet low in carbs helps lower blood cholesterol and a diet high in fiber, which comes from high carbohydrate sources, helps lower blood cholesterol. I guess this means stay away from the cakes and cookies and pastries, you know, the really good stuff, but eat beans and whole grains.  Ultimately, a carb is a carb.  Like a lot of dietary advice, sometimes it gets confusing and contradictory.

Best advice to follow:  get tested and find a diet that works, that you like and stick with it, if you need it.

Surviving Girl Scout Cookie Season.  See above on cholesterol.  I have many times opened a box and ate the whole thing before getting home from work.  They are overpriced and predictable, but they are darned good.