Me Time!
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@zac-s-mum Thank you Zac’s mum and Slmkhoo, the problem is I don’t have time to cook at home and I an DH always have to ear outside. The food stall or restaurant will not waste the oil left over after deep fried food and will use this “re-used” oil to fry vegetable and meat. According to my TCM doctor, this kind of “re-used” oil is the main cause of LDL cholesterol and therefore I have to take soup or steam food in order to min intake of this cooking oil. Actually I still eat meat, egg and vege… but only change the way of cooking.
I am not really sad…last time, I tried all my best also could not loss more than 0.5 kg weight but now already loss 1.5 kg and no more skin and hives and rash problem.
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@bbbay No point to talk to western doctors, they only ask us to continue the medicine for the rest of our life. This medicine actually affect our liver function. Once your liver is damage, it cannot de-tox, many health problems will come out. 中医讲调养,西医讲吃药. Since I have already slim down 1.5 kg (actually I am not a fat or overweight person before) and I believe some “fat” in my blood vessel is already disappeared,
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@Liew-Nga-Wing said in Me Time!:
@bbbay No point to talk to western doctors, they only ask us to continue the medicine for the rest of our life. This medicine actually affect our liver function. Once your liver is damage, it cannot de-tox, many health problems will come out. 中医讲调养,西医讲吃药. Since I have already slim down 1.5 kg (actually I am not a fat or overweight person before) and I believe some “fat” in my blood vessel is already disappeared,
I think it does not work that way.
I used to exercise intensely daily , eat very healthily too- almost zero oil. Lift weight. I was fit. Yet I have high cholesterol. It’s can be due to genetics. My cholesterol is now under control with medication.
We have lots of misconceptions about what is healthy. Some athletes have heart condition despite a healthy routine. Advice is go for test regularly to be sure
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@Liew-Nga-Wing
The fastest and most effective way to bring down high LDL is to start taking statins like Lipitor. Not everyone on med will have liver damage. If worried, suffice to take regular liver enzymes test to monitor. For info, TCM medication like 灵芝or 麻黄 also has an adverse effect on the liver.As high cholesterol increases risks like heart attack and stroke, even a minor stroke might have to trouble our spouses to take care of us. So it’s very important to manage our 三高.
Diet wise, limit fatty meat / butter consumption. Even if one uses healthy oil for cooking, one may still get high cholesterol. Exercise at least 3 times a week (Zumba, K-pop dance, Pilates) and try to clock 10K steps every day.
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@bbbay LNW - I agree with this. Talk to your doctor about reducing the dosage, or perhaps changing to some other drug? Until you are sure you at a stable stage, it may be good to continue some form of medication, rather than go from high dose to none in one step. Perhaps after a while, with good control of diet and more activity, you can continue to reduce the medication till its zero.
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@lee_yl very very.
Their CCTV system and facial recognition system are out of the world. They can track down crooks any / every where.
Try going down the streets in a car in China at night - the constant flickering of camera shots really bother me. I keep thinking I am getting a retina detachment!
China’s major cities are very safe in terms of physical safety. Petty theft exists for sure. But generally, it’s pretty drug and violence and homeless free on the streets.
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My DH says provinces like 新疆 and 西藏 have even more CCTVs!
During Dec winter period, what if the criminal wears a full jacket just like everyone else on the street, plus have a hoodie that covers the whole face (except his eyes), think CCTV with face recognition doesn’t work well then
DH says if the criminal wears something like specs that give out infrared lights, facial recognition on CCTVs would have trouble capturing and recognizing the face!
How extensive is the PRC facial database we also don’t know, like a guy from a village from another province enters Xi An to commit crimes, cross province crimes not easy to nab… So for me, if I travel alone in China, I will still avoid wondering on the street all alone after midnight!
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@lee_yl I thought their facial ID database is so extensive/reliable/accurate that some train stations use it at their gantries for passengers to enter/pay?
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Allow me to share how I think the CCTV can work.
If the suspect face is covered , the many CCTV around can still trace the movements of the suspect. The system can scan the clothing and color, walking pattern etc of the covered up suspect, and use these info to again auto scan all images on system to quickly pull out locations images that contain figure that fit the scanned profile, to arrive at the location the suspect goes to after committing crime.
But I would still encourage people to still play it safe by not wondering around late at night.
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@bbbay Certainly, I agree.
Most of us would be too tired to be wondering out past midnight, given the 20-30k steps one usually clocks in the day time while seeing sights or exploring a place.
I guess my safety yardsticks are compared to Europe/US or even most parts of Asia. I still consider China very safe.
I have to say I do find it very intrusive having to do all the facial scans and ID checks while taking even a simple 15 minute high speed train ride. I’ve not encountered these scans in metros and buses as yet.
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