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[Arjan Dirkse]

Damn painful tooth...and the dentist can't find anything wrong with it. It's not a very intense pain or anything, just annoying.

I had a root canal treatment in that tooth 5 years ago, and I have always had the suspicion that my dentist screwed it up because it never felt right, which is one of the reasons why I left that dentist and got a new one. But my new dentist can't find anything

[stephanie familiar]

There's a small patch on my upper lip (well, filtrum I think. Tache pad area) that keeps tingling. Only one or two mm diameter, but it's always the same bit.

I assume it means I'm dying.

maybe you're getting a cold sore.

[brucegray666]

maybe you're getting a cold sore.

Or maybe he's dying. Nice knowing you man, can i get some of your stuff when you pop your cloggs?

[Christian U]

Dibs!

[Steve Sensible]

Your waist measurement should be no more than half your height. Apparently this is a better predictor of high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes than your body mass index.

So how do you fare? I need to lose a couple of inches off my waistline, at least. This comes as no surprise to me.

[Ogul]

Huh. I could lose a couple, give or take. I'm right on the edge of that though. The result meshes with what my Wii told me about my BMI.

[Russell H]

I could do with gaining some height.

[Arjan Dirkse]

Well I'm in the danger zone there, so to speak. Waist size is 95 cm, and I'm about 185 cm high. But I already lost quite a lot of weight and still planning to lose more. I'm under 100 kgs now, used to be 120. I think I want to get to 80, which should be doable.

I don't think there is just one indicator of "healthy" weight. Except maybe if you have constant back pain, or if you can't walk up a couple of the stairs anymore, or you don't fit in the largest size clothes they sell at your local mall...then you know you're too fat.

[Ogul]

The weird thing about using BMI for health would be that muscle is heavier than fat, so if you were really buff, with not an ounce of fat, wouldn't you have a higher BMI than someone the same height who's got a bit of a belly? This waist thing would tend to work better though, because a buff guy would only have a slightly thicker waist than an anorexic guy, and much slimmer than a flabby guy of the same total weight.

[Martin Smith]

maybe you're getting a cold sore.

I think it's too far away from my lip for that.

And you're all welcome to my stuff when I die, but you have to fight to the death over it, just so I have some company for the big Millarworld in the sky.

Edited by Martin Smith, 16 May 2012 - 10:32 AM.

[Steve Sensible]

I don't think there is just one indicator of "healthy" weight.

Of course not, but the article says that this method is a more reliable predictor of the likelihood of future problems than the current method used, i.e. BMI.

[garjones]

The weird thing about using BMI for health would be that muscle is heavier than fat, so if you were really buff, with not an ounce of fat, wouldn't you have a higher BMI than someone the same height who's got a bit of a belly?

Yes which is always a problem with BMI. Most rugby players (and American footballers too I'd guess) get rated as 'overweight' or even 'obese' despite being supremely fit professional athletes. I read yesterday that Brad Pitt is rated overweight under BMI.

It works for most people as a general rule but for a true test of health or fitness you need to delve a little deeper.

[al-x]

Hello:

I just came back from having my teeth cleaned. The hygienist
said I did well but I just have to floss the back teeth a little more.

Exciting eh?


Al...

[stephanie familiar]

Hello:

I just came back from having my teeth cleaned. The hygienist
said I did well but I just have to floss the back teeth a little more.

Exciting eh?


Al...

i hate my dental hygienist. i'm convinced that she's a sadist.

[al-x]

Hello:

I've been saying this in another thread but it
belongs here... I am a Coca Cola fiend drinking
a can a day, but I would like to stop.

Please help. Suggestions are welcome.


Al...

[Arjan Dirkse]

Have you tried not drinking Coke?

[Nicholas Taggart]

Drink Pepsi instead.

[brucegray666]

Make you could try drinking water instead, nothing bad could come of that...

[Ogul]

Have you tried not drinking Coke?

Ding ding ding! I don't drink Coke every day, and plan to continue not doing so.

[brucegray666]

Over the worst of the cold that kicked in at lunchtime on Friday. No longer producing quite so much phlegm / boggies but my nose is a bit sore and flaky as a result of the continual blowinig. Ears are still a bit blocked too.