Health Advices and Longevity

I'd say that if ur at a healthy weight, and dont eat too unhealthy anyway, then what is the point of doing a "diet" every now and then? A day or two of fasting a month is sufficient if you ask me.

 

If it's me you're talking to I'd like to lose 10-15 lbs after too many nights out and a few too many rum and coke... It's fun to misbehave, but it's fun to shape up too. One kind of loses its charm without the other, yin yang stuff.

 

10-15lbs is not much. I'm a big fan of moving more, rather then cutting diet.
Its often easier too. I personally train 5-6 times per week.. Lift weights 3 times, and cardio 2-3 times.

 

Hello Marvin, hope you are getting better. Basically what David said. If it's not a formed abscess, you'd probably be fine on your own without drugs. However, nobody's an idiot to try that since we do actually have drugs. What I'd suggest next is a nice relaxing reconvalescense and forgetting about it. It was not an overkill, because now you don't have an abscess. Possibly due to the drugs. If you did get it, it'd be much harder to deal with it, but, if you are not immunocompromised, a young healthy person has slim chance of getting debilitated permanently/dying from fungal infections.

You'll get better, for sure. Ask them about your immune system state. They probably checked. If they didn't, I'd run some tests, just to be sure.

 

@Prydz I'm of the opposite mindset... diet is everything. You can easily lose weight while being a couch potato if you eat right (not less), and you easily gain weight if you eat wrong while exercising every day.

For most people it's much easier to adjust their diet than to find the time to exercise 5-6 times a week. The basal metabolic rate of most people is 1500-2500. 1 hour exercise is maybe 300-500 calories and that's easily wasted if you think you've "earned" a large mars bar for instance.

When exercising it's easy to get into a trap of "oh, I need to carb load for my run tomorrow" and "oh, I need this sport drink during my run" and "oh, I need this recovery shake" and "oh, I've earned this pint of ice cream in front of the TV" etc. Sure, you burned 500 calories during your run but you loaded and compensated with way more than that. Unless you're an elite level endurance athlete all this carb loading and sport drinks and recovery shakes are complete BS. Regular healthy varied food and water will get you everything you need.

So sure, exercise is great and has loads of benefits. There's every reason not be a couch potato. But for most people the simple recipe is 1) cut the sugar 2) cut the alcohol 3) cut the carbs 4) moderate exercise which you enjoy 5) Give it time

 

Thats a strange trap. Never heard anyone who felt it like that
If one thinks that way they have the wrong mindset, and my intent was in one ate the same, not added stuff like that...

Either way, once you cut your calories, your body will go into "saving mode".
Your metabolism will be slowed down, so you need even less calories. Its not a nice state to be in for a prolonged time. Its hard to be consistent, which is key.

And ye... what can one say? People need to stop being such wozzies and get their ass of the coach... Tho I do understand it can be tough when most people thesedays have had very minimal activity since day 1.
Frankly, I dont think most people even care

 

I absolutely agree with that and I'm not a fan of dieting, I am however a fan of "clean living" in which you cut out all empty calories and replace them with a high-protein, high-fiber, low-carb natural fat foods. Essentially it's the Keto diet (although I dislike the word "diet") and it strives to keep your GI levels low. It's not about cutting calories, it's about the right kind of calories

Examples of good foods are: Eggs, meat, chicken, some beans, above ground vegetables, avocado, fish, nuts, cheese, natural fats and oils.

Bad foods would be: potatoes, rice, pasta, pizza, bread, anything with sugar, starch, anything fried, anything processed, cereal etc.

 

1. He needed constant medical attention
2. He was with a rare fungal disease, no antibiotics, probably using anfotericin
3. Oral medication are reliable only in stable cases
So, this is no Europe or USA protocol doctor difference. Cheers

 

Well glad it all went well. You were very lucky that bacteria you picked up wasn't a multi drug resistant. They live in hospitals. From this perspective, outpatient is a lot better... now that would be a biiiig problem. That's how my dad went, picked up a superbug. Nasty stuff... much safer back home.
Also, stuff like this is why you don't take antibiotics unless you really need to. Right now, you really needed to. Imagine for a second that that bacteria was resistant cause you misused antibiotics for something like common cold few months ago. Little porkers mutate like crazy, literally one therapy protocol is enough to create resistant clones inside you. They die out with time, though. So, a tip for everyone: never, ever, take antibiotics, unless it's needed.

 

@David De Lucena Sounds like Marv's condition was a bit worse than I thought, glad it's better now. I was under the impression that it was just a pretty serious cough and a fever that wouldn't go away but seems like it was more serious than that. Especially fungal and bacterial infections at the same time doesn't sound fun.

 

Just don't forget about sleep guys. Unless you're part of less than 1% of the population you need a solid 7hours. Lack of sleep can cause you to become just as impaired as being drunk, except you won't notice it. Which is the dangerous part.

Sleep>>>diet/exercise

 

dear Marv, Im glad, really happy that you did not die . Your lungs were a mess.
Thank god you were with good docs

 

Nothing prompts a time of introspection like facing your own mortality.

 

What am I looking at here? Is all the white speckled stuff near the back part abnormal and part of the fungal infection?

 

A normal lung Ct scan

 

Holy crap, I had no idea. Glad you’re on the mend!