Lottery. Oh, well. Next time.
It's warming up lately, around 90F in the afternoon. Inspired by today's June-like weather, and better late than never, I did Spring cleaning. Beginning vacuuming and laundry, I even did shoe shining. It is almost disturbing to find how much dust is hiding in the rooms. At the same time, I am happy to see the dusts are gone.
Tomorrow I'll do car wash and waxing if weather permits.
Some of my colleagues are going to AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) annual meeting in Chicago, starting today. Last year's meeting was at Orlando, FL. This year my materials were somewhat preliminary, so I decided to go to another smaller meeting instead. The AACR annual meeting is huge meeting, lasts for 4 days and gather more than 20,000 people. It does provide good opportunity for updating my knowledge and feel the direction of the entire cancer research. But you can also argue that it's too big.
My another colleague lent me a book about diabetic diet. I am not diabetic. But my mother is on borderline and has been ordered to take good care by her doctor.
When someone says "Take good care", a natural question is, "OK I will, but how?" I knew diet is a front line preventive/control measure for diabetes, but I did not know exactly what to do. I was curious about the theories.
The book author, a doctor in Kyoto, has his simple theory; that is, "cut down starch and sugar contents". Starch/carbohydrates can be directly digested to sugar, and they have a major impact on after meal blood sugar surge. The notion is to reduce the starch/carbohydrates/sugar contents from diet, so that harmful blood sugar fluctuation is contained. Proteins, fat and other components can be metabolized to sugar, but it takes extra time so that the sugar surge is gentle.
It sounds simple. But think of starch/carbohydrates/sugar contents. They are rice, pasta, bread, potato, pizza crust, sweets and many fruits. Hmm.
What you can eat is the rest. Vegetables, mushrooms, unsweetened yogurt, cheese, tofu and soybean products, meats, egg, healthy oils, spices......
You can drink, too. But fermented drinks (Beer, wine, sake) are to be consumed in smaller amount, because they retain some sugar. Spirits are better, they say.
Well, it's a theory, and sounds simple enough to implement. I'll give the diet a try for 3-7 days and see what happens. Who knows? My pancreas may get some (much needed ?) rest, and I may notice some recognizable change in my health.
