The junk food/fast food thing amazes me.

I know people who brag about not eating much fast food at all: "Maybe once or twice a week, maximum".

Holy crap!

At the absolute most, I might have fast food once or twice a year.

Maybe KFC once a year with my dear old Dad, coz he loves that poo and I get it for him on his birthday, and maybe one burger from Hungry Jack's a year after a boozy night with a mate who works up north in the mines.

That's it.

And even then I feel bad.  Physically sick, actually, after one of those fast food burgers.

But there are people who think nothing of having a Big Mac every day for lunch - with fries!

Every day!  FFS!

And still they say: "That's not much - it's not like I'm eating it twice a day or anything".

It really saddens me that poison like Macca's and HJ's has become "normal" food.

The way GPs push anti-cholesterol medication is almost criminal.

Lipitor is a poo drug with horrible side-effects, and does nothing positive for 99% of the people who take it.

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 14^th, 2021 at 6:03pm:


I think I did misunderstand you. I did not suggest that you should not brush your teeth sometime after having a glass of diluted acv. You might as well have another half glass of water after having the acv. Brushing your teeth should be the last thing you do before you go to bed.

rhino wrote on Sep 14^th, 2021 at 6:46pm:


You don't eat junk food, never have. But then you go to say that you have chips with ribs once a month. I was going to say that I would find it highly unlikely that anyone would avoid junk food throughout their life. But perhaps you meant in the last 20 or 30 years you had an obsession with eating healthy and only consider side orders of chips a technicality to a healthy meal. So, you have not a clue what burgers, fried chicken, Maccas, soft drink, ice cream, pie and alcohol taste like?

rhino wrote on Sep 14^th, 2021 at 6:46pm:


I did not touch apple cider vinegar until about 4 years after being diagnosed with diabetes. Like I said, the discovery of the benefits of acv was not until I was using it as an alternative to using lime or lemon juice. If you can help promote your digestion and increase the insulin sensitivity, you will get better sleep. Better sleep, the more energy you have by the next day. You lose the weight and then sleep better. And then this goes on and on until you reach near optimal health and fitness levels.

By the way, it takes up to three years before you can be free of diabetes, if you do a proper diet and exercise every day.

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 14^th, 2021 at 7:03pm:


We had a fast food outlet open up across the road from where I went to high school. Our senior years were rife with accusations of sneaking out of the school yard to get some fast food from the 'restaurant'. The restaurant had to put a ban on school children being served between 9am and 3pm on a school day.

And then university was pretty bad for the cafeteria hosting decent meals, but at high prices. You could either have a $12 meal and drink. Or you could hold out and ride down to Maccas for a $5 burger fries and drink meal. The bad eating habits very much start in high school. But, as long as you keep moving around, the weight does come off. Because 90% of your meals are usually nutritious.

rhino wrote on Sep 14^th, 2021 at 10:57pm:


So, it is bullshit that 3 years of proper diet and exercise can lead type 2 diabetics to be free of diabetes?

rhino wrote on Sep 14^th, 2021 at 10:57pm:



To be pedantic, type 1 diabetes mellitus is due to no insulin. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is due to poor receptor response to insulin.