@dadcue
Believe when I say I understand where you are coming from about the medications doctors prescribe!! What the heck!! Do we really need all this crap?! I have high blood pressure and when they couldn’t control with one medicine, they would add another. And then they added another one—I’m on three meds for my BP!! I’m thinking I will have a stroke if I don’t take all these meds! Both my mom and her mom passed from strokes from high BP…..so I take all my pills. This is very scary to me! I also take meds for my asthma, PMR , diabetes and inflammatory arthritis. I try to stay on top of any of these interacting with each other—the pharmacy is good for this also. But it still bothers me that I have to take so many meds. And then by my own choice I have added some supplements to the mix! I take Calcium/Magnesium for my bones and co-enzymeQ-10 for general health and sometimes Odor-free garlic extract when I can afford to pay for all this stuff! I know that my diet can play a part in controlling some of my conditions, especially my diabetes. But it is so hard for me as I have always been a picky eater! I was such a sickly, underweight child, my parents just pushed whatever foods I would eat on me! Unfortunately, this included a lot of pasta and bread ( my family is also Italian!), a lot of carbs, little protein other then hot dogs, cheese , and just a lot of junk food like cinnamon rolls and donuts!! I’m a lot better then this now, but I still don’t eat a lot of veggies other then salads, carrots, celery and corn! I do eat a lot more protein with chicken, pork, beef , eggs and a little non shellfish fish. ( I’m allergic to shellfish) So you see my problem and probably one of the reasons I’m on all these meds!