A Reader Lives A Thousand Lives...

I think that is kind of a neat saying.  George R. R. Martin had the right idea.  I love reading, all kinds of books, and it really does enrich your mind.  When I took my placement test for college, I tested one grade level under college level.  WoW!  I never saw that comming.  I asked the lady in the office how that could have happened, since I was never that good in highschool.  She simply asks if I read a lot?  I realised reading those books that I like to read, with those big words I dont understand, (I look those up, by the way) enriched my mind, it gave me more knowdledge.  I used to tell my husband "I wish Christine Feehan would use words we can all understand", now I am glad she uses those big words.  There is definatley something to be said about Christine Feehan, not only does she know exactly what she is doing, but she does it well. 

So the news says this is the worst epadimic that they've seen in years.  Wow! I can't hardley believe it's that bad, but then I know it's possible.

     I called the doctor's office on Monday, they said they had been turning people away all day, and that I should go to the ER.  When I got there one of the nurses saw me through the window, and made this oh great face.  I laughed and asked the lady at the front desk if they were busy, and told her what the nurse did, she laughed and said they had been super busy since two that day. 

     The doctor said If I was not better in three day, then I was to go see my doctor for a follow up.  The offices, including the ER docter that was on call, their all book solid until next week. It's amazing, and not in a good way.  Either the stuff that causes sickness, flue, sinus infections, colds, are getting stronger or we Americans are getting weaker, and that's totally possible.

     So is it true that the way Americans eat contribute to our health problems.  My husband is from The Netherlands, Holland, and he has only been sick a few times since he was able to come home for good.  When I went over for a visit, I was there for six weeks, and the way they eat, a American would starve. Seriously, they eat healthy.

     I don't know about all Dutch people, but here is an idea of how the De Klein family eats.  For breakfast my father in law Antoon set out a beschuit, a type of bread.

The other family member would put a peice of ham

or cheese on it and eat it.  I would do butter and choclate and white choclate sprinkles.  Then there was baccon, right out of the package, (they said that over there you could eat food like that because of the way it's preserved.  That back in the old days, there was not freezers, so they preserved the meat by using a lot of salt). Then they ofcourse had a cheese block, and hard boild eggs for each person.  That was all put on the table then you pick out what you want.  They would eat a little bit, key word a little bit, and then we dad and his wife Wya went out to do the chores.  They did not eat again until lunch, not even a snack. Wow I thought i was going to starve. Now I know why they are thin and healthy.
     Johan my husband says he's gained weight since he's been here. For Dutch standards he's considered fat or obease, but for American standards, he's the right size. I mean when did 200 to maybe 210 become fat for a "6" 4' man.  To me, for American standards that's pretty good, if you ask me.

     So maybe American do not eat as healthy as we should and maybe we'd be healthier if we did eat like those in Europe. Truth is, I know I felt better when I was 150 pounds instead of the 194 that I am now. 
     So this epedimic, how do we stop it?  Well, truth is I don't really know.  Maybe eatting healthier would make peole have strong immune systems, and make people less acceptable to sickness, or maybe the one vitamen a day really would make people a lot healthier.    I take prenatal vitamen's every day, and I still get sick from time to time, so who knows what would really work in the effert to being healthier.  There is a lot of ideas and a lot of reasearch out there, but to discover the truth, I guess you just have to try it out for yourself, what makes you feel healthier?

Felicia De Klein