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SSVol said:
With cholesterol and dementia in your family, you should get your APOE genetic status checked. You may well have one or more copies of APOE4. One copy increases your risk of Alzheimer's from 9% to 25-30%. Two copies increases that to 50-90%. In either case you can fight it with nutrition, supplements, and lifestyle. Key points to focus on is lowering insulin, fasting glucose, and homocysteine. Look up Dr. Dale Bredesen.
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Does that show up in the data compiled by 23me/ancestry?
 
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SoilVol said:
Genetics are a b*tch sometimes. My dad is in the same boat (as I'm sure I will be). He was a college wrestler (at UT), has lifted weights and runs miles every week since high school until his recent retirement and he eats almost exclusively wild game and greens. Very active outdoors, hiking, hunting, fishing, maintains a large garden annually. High calcium score and high cholesterol.

I'm in my 20s. 5'10" 160lbs. Fairly fit though haven't trained since retiring from athletics to focus on academics in college. Yesterday I paddled 3 miles on a kayak fishing, which I do more and regularly. Hike, hunt, etc. Eat more wild game than my dad and I eat fairly healthy otherwise. My cholesterol is over 200.
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What kind of wild game?

You're right, genetics is a lot more determinant than a lot of health industries want you to think.
 
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franklinpence said:
TLDR incoming.

My functional medicine doc jokingly calls it voodoo. He’s a great guy. The two main things I cut out of my diet are gluten and dairy. I’m strict with these. No milk chocolate, stuff like that. Also have to watch non-dairy ice creams, because they’ll use wheat-based products for consistency. Having said that, I eat goat cheese like a fool and really enjoy an occasional glass of oat milk. I’ve found good gluten free beers, and really don’t have to work hard to get my menu right. Don’t get me wrong - I LOVE pizza. Love it. But once I took a break from it, and months later decided to have a few slices….my joints aches for days, I was back to blowing my nose and sneezing for an hour or so every morning, and I just felt sluggish. It’s easy not to have pizza now.

Also had a few random things that hit in my sensitivities. I stopped eating bananas. I used to eat bananas all the time. Loved to have a couple of bananas after a run. Big fan of peanut butter and banana. But I had similar experience as pizza. Took a break from bananas. Decided to have one after a run a few weeks later, and was completely dragging ass the next day. Could have been other factors involved, but I’m okay to let them go and not test it. There are random things that ok. I avoid foods that are heavy with turmeric, and I also changed deodorant, shampoo, etc.

To @SSVol’s point, I also take Magnesium and a few other vitamins every day. Vitamin D, Magnesium, Zinc, etc. I keep my GP aware of my vitamin intake.

I have a family history of cholesterol issues (among a few other more impactful health issues - cancer, dementia, etc), and I’m almost 47 and have yet to start cholesterol meds. Not on any meds yet, thankfully.

My hope is that my kids don’t have to watch me live in death the way I have watched both of my parents’ end of life experiences.

I want to be purposeful and intentional. Here’s the link to the functional medicine doc I visit. Explains it a little more.

Functional Medicine
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I'm extremely glad I don't have your genetics
 
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Weezer said:
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You're welcome.
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Awful technique and with all that exposed skin, melanoma is a real concern for this young lady. Can we get a long sleezed sunshirt, some longer shorts, and a nice sun hat before she succumbs to the scourge that is skin cancer!
 
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SoilVol said:
You should be fine. Costa Rica is better than most of Central America. I didn't mean to be alarmist haha. And don't let my words prevent you from enjoying it. Limon City probably isn't any worse to cruise passengers than any Mexican coastal city, and that was ten years ago when I was there.

Also, you should see one of the islands Columbus landed on during one of his voyages. It's right there at the port - Uvita Island. We also visited Playa Blanca/Cahuita National Park further to the Southeast towards Panama. Saw a huge anteater and got harassed by capuchin monkeys. More sand dollars than you can count. The beaches near Limon City are black/volcanic and the beaches to the Southeast are reef beaches with white sands.
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Yeah...I was checking into a Cahuita excusion.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
No. She is ADHD, so, we were very concerned.

Starting in Kindergarten, we (my wife) became very involved in HR. She knew the teachers on a personal level. She (the wife) is an extreme extravert, so its easy.

I will say I'm very proud of my gal, she fought through some junk, worked her tail off and got it done - and actually score above average on TCAPs. Lots of prayer, lots of homework on weekends, and work from both parents.

still the amount of schoolwork these kids bring home is ridiculous. My buddy who homesschools his three says its almost like we are already homeschooling.

Not as worried for middle and youngest. We really aee blessed with our ES, there are families that drive out of town their kids to attend...

Thanks for asking, I will add, we may look at Providence in a few years.
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Yeah i've heard from several students over the years that the teachers at your school give a lot of homework. Especially a Mrs. "Archer". (That's code. I think you'll get it. 😜)

I personally don't give hardly any homework. We have friends with kids at Providence. They have their own set of problems. Personally, I would rather keep mine in JC but I understand everyone has different needs.

Glad she passed. Sounds like you all have set her up for success. I commend you for that. Parent support is crucial to a kiddos success.

For what it's worth Johnson City schools had the highest pass rate in the state for the third grade ela tcap and it was only like forty something percent. That's what I was told anyways.
 
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scienceteaching_vol said:
Yeah i've heard from several students over the years that the teachers at your school give a lot of homework. Especially a Mrs. "Archer". (That's code. I think you'll get it. 😜)

I personally don't give hardly any homework. We have friends with kids at Providence. They have their own set of problems. Personally, I would rather keep mine in JC but I understand everyone has different needs.

Glad she passed. Sounds like you all have set her up for success. I commend you for that. Parent support is crucial to a kiddos success.

For what it's worth Johnson City schools had the highest pass rate in the state for the third grade ela tcap and it was only like forty something percent. That's what I was told anyways.
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