Yep, I remember a few years ago reading the contrarian opinion about eggs, and basically asking my doc for permission before starting to eat eggs again. I even asked how many, and he told me four per week would be just fine.

I get a yearly panel7 blood test, and I read those HDL/LDL numbers like a hawk. And glucose et al to watch for diabetes, sodium to gauge salt intake, and so on.

Exercise matters more than anything, I think, even when it hurts. I was caught between a rock and a hard place when I started to feel chest pains a couple months ago, because I felt bad when I walked, and felt bad when I didn't--walking every day has become that integral to my sense of health. Even when my heart is strong it hurts to walk because of peripheral vascular disease, yet I credit walking despite the pain with being the major factor why I can still walk at all today--walking made me one of the lucky 25% who get better with PVD.

Jeez we've gotten old, haven't we? Enough of sitting around comparing ailments!