I can do the chair challenge easily.  I think it is because I have a low center of gravity with my hips being wider than my chest.

Marion

My provider at the local clinic wants to put me on statins to lower my cholesterol, when the problem is too low HDL. She never mentioned anything about my diet. I had been told earlier to try fish oil. She gave me homework to watch a video promoting statins. Mostly telling the benefits of using a statin. I watched all kinds of other videos, too. Learning that eating grapefruit interferes with the statin.

I don't know how it works. High cholesterol has a risk of cardio vascular disease. Estrogen has a risk of cardio vascular disease. Together it doubles the risk. I've already gotten the message from her, it is too much of a risk. No statin means no estrogen.

One video I watched had a challenge. That was to get a blood glucose reading before eating, and another one 20 minutes after eating a bowl of instant oatmeal. He said the glucose level should spike. It is the way the oatmeal is processed.
I accepted the challenge, and bought a meter. I can't start yet because The test strips were not included in the kit. It was stated that the lab test is a fasting test, and the reading after a meal will be way higher. I'm not diabetic, but the test kit may show that I am pre-diabetic.

Alice found out the hard way why sweet corn is called sweet corn. There is also field corn that is fed to livestock, and some is fermented to make the ethanol to mix with the gasoline.
Alice was not a blood relative, but related by marriage. She went to the corn carnival and had several ears of corn. She later tested her blood and her glucose was way up. She didn't understand how the sweet corn could do that. I didn't understand how she could be the way she was. When she visited she would waddle to our house, smoking a cigarette, and pulling her oxygen tank behind her.

Other videos showed how to lower my PSA levels. I mentioned the bladder stone might cause high PSA, I think the doctor said it doesn't. But it goes this way, the stone irritates my bladder which in turn irritates the prostate. Another way to lower PSA was to stop drinking the glass of water at bedtime, best to stop drinking liquids at least a couple hours before bedtime, and use the bathroom just before bedtime.
Michelle

They don't seem to know what causes prostrate cancer.

Urination issues are a potential sign of prostrate cancer.

I see nothing wrong with drinking a lot of water to stay hydrated during warm weather.
Especially since I don't run the AC to keep my electric bills really low.  My last two bills were $49 and $52 in the high cost state of CT!

I'll get up and drink some water because I'm thirsty, use the bathroom, and go back to sleep. 

I have an ancestry membership, and did my DNA through them. Now I found out that my scrawny beard is part of my German heritage. I wonder what else I inherited through my DNA.
VA had a DNA test available to tell how genetics might affect how prescription drugs might work, or not work. It might turn out that I have a gene that keeps my HDL low.

I have a allergy for nickel. I knew about it because a nickel coin in my pocket would irritate my skin, causing my leg to itch. I would think the cloth of the pocket would be enough to keep the coin from irritating. I had to retire a pair of earrings due to nickel touching my ear, the post was fine. Sitting back in deep thought I realized the pendant on my necklace was irritating. more thought about the back of my watch. And then realize the beaded chain of my dog tags was the reason for the marks on my neck. Maybe even nickel in the dog tags.
Thinking even further, now knowing about the nickel, the itchy legs while working on my car, is no longer a mystery. My legs would be against the chrome bumper, chrome being nickel.
Michelle