Health Check

by JermynToh on 23 May, 2007

I’m over 35 and I’ve been procrastinating about getting a full medical screening. My dad’s diabetic & has high blood pressure and mom’s had breast cancer. They’ve asked me to do this since I turned 35 but I never got around to it.

I’ve got a super weak stomach from young and I’ve been getting regular vertigo attacks recently.

Having a sweet tooth, loving starch and having stopped going to the gym regularly for the past year …. I think its about time I did 3 things:

1) Go for a full medical screening … this is scheduled for 15 June

2) Go back to gymming at least 2 times a week

3) Change my diet …. after reading an article how a no-starch diet is used to reverse diabetes*, I started this last nite

Why? …. coz ….

  • Diabetes currently affects 246 million people worldwide and is expected to affect 380 million by 2025.
  • In 2007, the five countries with the largest numbers of people with diabetes are India (40.9 million), China (39.8 million), the United States (19.2 million), Russia (9.6 million) and Germany (7.4 million).
  • Each year a further 7 million people develop diabetes.
  • Every 10 seconds a person dies from diabetes-related causes.
  • Every 10 seconds two people develop diabetes.
  • Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of global death by disease.
  • At least 50% of all people with diabetes are unaware of their condition. In some countries this figure may reach 80%.

Extracted from the Internatitional Diabetes Federation

*The Cure For Diabetes – Rodale’s Men’s Health, January 2007 (Malaysia Edition) Pg 78

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JermynToh May 23, 2007 at 4:52 pm

yah … i’m stressed too … that’s why i’m going on this diet … try it!!!

although i find it damn hard to cut starch out of my diet completely … i’m just cutting my starch in-take by half now and eating more vegetables, cheese, nuts, yoghurt, fruits and things

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JermynToh May 23, 2007 at 4:50 pm

heh! … then join me la … persuade all our frens to lead healthier lives

and we must make an effort too!!

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speedo28 May 23, 2007 at 2:44 pm

OMG! very stressed!
my mom and dad both have diabetes! so I confirm confirm have one!!

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orientalflower May 23, 2007 at 2:24 pm

Can you PLEASE don’t say this kind of super stressful things?!?!?! GAH

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JermynToh May 23, 2007 at 2:17 pm

i think a lot of people we know will find out they have diabetes too at the rate we’re going with our eating habits

if its not diabetes or heart disease … its cancer that’ll touch our lives

working with the pharmaceutical industry is depressing sometimes

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orientalflower May 23, 2007 at 1:01 pm

My dad has diabetes too :’(

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