Couple of small(ish, but not really) NSVs
Dragonwolf
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Last week, I gave blood, and of course, they do the "mini-physical," which checks to make sure your iron is high enough and you're otherwise fit enough to give blood. I typically use it as an excuse to periodically check my iron levels, due to my history of anemia and the fact that the last time I tried to see if a home test existed, the pharmacist responded as though I asked her about a home nuclear fusion kit or something.
I found two things out that day:
1. My iron levels are square in the middle of normal, which is awesome. The lower limit is something like 12 and change of whatever the unit is. Mine was something like 14.3. \o/
2. My body temperature has increased, and this has been consistent with the past couple of doctors visits. My body temperature used to be pretty consistently 97.5F, which is on the cool side of normal, but has never been enough for anyone to suggest anything was wrong. The Red Cross recorded it at something like 98.2, and the doctor appointments had it at something like 98.5. I had dismissed the doctor's ones at the time, because I had gone in for possible Strep, which could easily (and usually did) account for the "normal" temperature readings, and the wellness physical seemed like an anomaly. (And no, it's not an activity level thing. As a teenager, I was crazy active, and would still register 98 or below even after running from the school to the doctor's office.) Once is an anomaly, twice is a pattern.
I found two things out that day:
1. My iron levels are square in the middle of normal, which is awesome. The lower limit is something like 12 and change of whatever the unit is. Mine was something like 14.3. \o/
2. My body temperature has increased, and this has been consistent with the past couple of doctors visits. My body temperature used to be pretty consistently 97.5F, which is on the cool side of normal, but has never been enough for anyone to suggest anything was wrong. The Red Cross recorded it at something like 98.2, and the doctor appointments had it at something like 98.5. I had dismissed the doctor's ones at the time, because I had gone in for possible Strep, which could easily (and usually did) account for the "normal" temperature readings, and the wellness physical seemed like an anomaly. (And no, it's not an activity level thing. As a teenager, I was crazy active, and would still register 98 or below even after running from the school to the doctor's office.) Once is an anomaly, twice is a pattern.
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I guess the increased body temperature might speed up weight loss, but a lower body temperature may improve your lifespan.
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22291.aspx0 -
I guess the increased body temperature might speed up weight loss, but a lower body temperature may improve your lifespan.
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22291.aspx
If the mice's diet was anything like the human's diets in the cited study (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117452/ <-- also has links to some of the animal studies where they found increased life expectancy), then there's confounding factors, since the calorie-restricted diet was far more nutrient dense and avoided refined carbohydrates and sugars and partially hydrogenated oils, while the other two groups were on Western diets.
It's interesting, but confounding factors make it impossible to know if it's the decrease in calories and subsequent reduction in body temperature, or if it's the vast increase in nutrient density (>100% RDA across the board) that's responsible for the increase in lifespan, and unfortunately, such things as they apply to humans are largely theoretical, or at best epidemiological (from what I've seen, though, similar mechanisms that are likely in play in increasing lifespan in caloric restriction are in play in intermittent fasting, so it may not even be the caloric restriction at all, but activation of certain metabolic pathways when the body receives certain "food isn't really available" circumstances). We can kind of draw from the so-called "Blue Zones," but again, there are confounding factors, including the relative stress of life in general, sense of community, and many other things. Arguably, just about anything's better than the Westernized way of life and doing things.0 -
My BIL is a CRON guy. He lives in sunny SoCal and ALWAYS wears a sweater. There are some things I'm not willing to do to increase my lifespan, and CRON is one of them.0
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My BIL is a CRON guy. He lives in sunny SoCal and ALWAYS wears a sweater. There are some things I'm not willing to do to increase my lifespan, and CRON is one of them.
Haha, yeah. I much prefer being warm, too. In looking up the stuff on body temperature, I found a study thing that showed that our body temperature goes down as we age. Of the 80+ year-olds they tested, some had temperatures as low as 93.5F or so. If that's what really happens as we age, I have no interest in making my body do that any sooner. :laugh:0 -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRON-diet
I can buy into to that. Actually LCHF as I do it is very calorie dense from the most part.0 -
"Dragonwolf wrote:2. My body temperature has increased, and this has been consistent with the past couple of doctors visits. My body temperature used to be pretty consistently 97.5F, which is on the cool side of normal, but has never been enough for anyone to suggest anything was wrong. The Red Cross recorded it at something like 98.2, and the doctor appointments had it at something like 98.5. I had dismissed the doctor's ones at the time, because I had gone in for possible Strep, which could easily (and usually did) account for the "normal" temperature readings, and the wellness physical seemed like an anomaly. (And no, it's not an activity level thing. As a teenager, I was crazy active, and would still register 98 or below even after running from the school to the doctor's office.) Once is an anomaly, twice is a pattern.
I, too, have always had a lower than "normal" body temp, as has my mother. Consequently, I could run a low grade fever and rise into the normal range. I have days when I felt feverish and my temp would be 98.1! However, I am not looking forward to a higher temp because these "hot flashes" are already quite uncomfortable.
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greenautumn17 wrote: »"Dragonwolf wrote:2. My body temperature has increased, and this has been consistent with the past couple of doctors visits. My body temperature used to be pretty consistently 97.5F, which is on the cool side of normal, but has never been enough for anyone to suggest anything was wrong. The Red Cross recorded it at something like 98.2, and the doctor appointments had it at something like 98.5. I had dismissed the doctor's ones at the time, because I had gone in for possible Strep, which could easily (and usually did) account for the "normal" temperature readings, and the wellness physical seemed like an anomaly. (And no, it's not an activity level thing. As a teenager, I was crazy active, and would still register 98 or below even after running from the school to the doctor's office.) Once is an anomaly, twice is a pattern.
I, too, have always had a lower than "normal" body temp, as has my mother. Consequently, I could run a low grade fever and rise into the normal range. I have days when I felt feverish and my temp would be 98.1! However, I am not looking forward to a higher temp because these "hot flashes" are already quite uncomfortable.
What I've noticed is that I don't feel hot or necessarily "warmer". I just feel that my hands and feet aren't usually cold anymore, and I can hang out in my house with the A/C at 72 or whatever it's set at in a tank top and shorts and not feel the need to put on a layer or something.0 -
I highly suspect that there's an [unnoticed] increase in my temperature when I am eating massive amounts. I don't have daily temps logged, so I don't have any evidence. But, it's where I suspect some of the extra calories have to be going. I don't feel hot or feverish. I don't even overheat quicker working outside. I just know something has to be happening with all those calories. LOL0
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I agree @Dragonwolf! My hands and feet aren't as cold as they were. I'm sorry to be such a, "Me too" member, but, I really don't think about these changes, since there are too many to count!!! Until I see them mentioned! I am awesomely reminded of how far I have come, in such a short time!!! Too many to recall (is sad, I know)! Hang in there!! It's worth it, I promise!!!!
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And, are NOT small!! Every NSV is HUGE!!!0
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