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Submitted by Bentley

For years (article published in Barbados Underground in 2007) I have been saying that diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer, erectile dysfunction and several other similar conditions all have the same cause, the inability of the body to metabolise carbohydrates effectively, a condition named Chronic Metabolic Collapse Syndrome.  The medical community is only now recognising this.  It will take at least another 15 years before they start recommending effective methods to prevent these conditions.

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262 responses to “Health Issues for Barbadians – Diabetes, Hypertension, Alzheimer, Erectile Dysfunction”

  1. Hants Avatar
    Hants

  2. Lexicon Avatar
    Lexicon

    Georgie Porgie

    You know that the advance aging is probably the number cause of all diseases … unless of course your are immune compromised at birth … but as we age the body loses the mechanism to fight off disease like it did when we were uounger… take women for example: women are protected from disease duting the menopausal years … but after menopause women surpass men in practical all of the diseases …

  3. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    If you suffering from erectile dysfunction…..

  4. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    The only difference between the control group and the test group were two lessons, a total of 50 minutes spent teaching not math but a single idea: that the brain is a muscle. Giving it a harder workout makes you smarter. That alone improved their math scores.(Quote)

  5. Lexicon Avatar
    Lexicon

    Georgie Porgie

    Cancer rates increase exponentially as we age … that why age, diet, environment, gender and genetics … are all factors in the cause of cancer…

  6. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    It is not a muscle but it behaves as a muscle. Strictly speaking and at the physical level, the brain is an organ, the most important one. However, there are some theories that describe the brain as a muscle in the sense that it can be trained to improve different cognitive functions like working memory or math skills. Maybe here is where the confusion appears. The fact is that new evidence shows the brain can be developed and function like a muscle (Quote).

  7. Lexicon Avatar
    Lexicon

    Georgie Porgie

    Four types of cancer though:

    Carcinoma
    Sarcoma
    Leukemia
    Lymphoma

  8. Lexicon Avatar
    Lexicon

    Georgie Porgie

    All coming from the standard memory bank …

  9. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    Georgie Porgie
    December 1, 2018 11:41 AM

    “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTT
    WUNNAH AINT GOT NOBODY TO TALK BOUT Alzheimer, Chronic Metabolic Collapse Syndrome, Diabetes?
    WUH HAPPEN?
    WHERE ARE THE BU MEDICAL LUMINARIES THAT CAN TALK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE POWER POINTS AND COMPARE DEM TO A LOT OF THE RUBBISH TO BE FOUND ON THE NET?
    WHERE THE FELLA THAT LEARN HE BIOCHEMISTRY AT MARIOCOPA?
    WHERE IS THE PROVOCATEUR?”

    Lexicon
    December 1, 2018 11:55 AM

    “Georgie Porgie
    School them….. ”

    Georgie Porgie,
    The train of 21st century national development has pulled out of the station. Barbados did not manage to get on board.
    Left behind, as a people, we are now coming face -to-face with some grim realities similar to those faced by a young woman who has been continuously raped and sodomized by a group of disease-ridden infectious thugs.

    Despite the millions of dollars spent, the fanciful speeches, and the propaganda of Barbados becoming a 1st world nation by 2020, we have now reached, instead, an uncharted destination in the middle of a financial and economic hell. Reaching this “hell” without planning for it was easy. One only had to raid the treasury. On the other hand, pulling in the same direction as a people to get out of this morass , will be very complicated and time-consuming. Failure will be followed by catastrophic consequences.

    Barbados has the oldest population within CARICOM. This means that our aged must contribute to the national recovery effort in every mental and physical way. This article creates an excellent opportunity for BU readers to be educated and to gain practical insights into the prevention and treatment of major chronic diseases and disorders. Elderly Barbadians are its target group.

    Against this background, I would like to urge and encourage you as much as possible to consider the positive contribution which you can make to this discussion.

  10. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    HAL AUSTIN
    RE Hal Austin December 1, 2018 2:10 PM

    It is not a muscle but it behaves as a muscle. Strictly speaking and at the physical level, the brain is an organ, the most important one. However, there are some theories that describe the brain as a muscle in the sense that it can be trained to improve different cognitive functions like working memory or math skills. Maybe here is where the confusion appears. The fact is that new evidence shows the brain can be developed and function like a muscle (Quote).

    THIS IS ALL A LOAD OF SHITE
    THE BRAIN IS NOT A MUSCLE HISTOLOGICALY IT IS NERVE TISSUE NOT MUSCLE TISSUE

    THIS IS VERY BASIC HISTOLOGY
    IT IS NOT A MUSCLE EMBRYOLOGICALLY
    I AM SORRY BUT I WONT BE SENDING MY STELAR POWER POINTS ON ANY OF THESE TWO ASPECTS OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE

    RE theories that describe the brain as a muscle in the sense that it can be trained to improve different cognitive functions like working memory or math skills
    THAT IS BULL SHIT
    IF I SPOUT A THEORY THAT YOU AND LEXICON ARE GENIUSES DOES NOT MEAN THAT MY THEORY IS SOUND, BECAUSE I WOULD BE WRONG. YOU ARE BOTH MEDICAL ILLITERATES OK?
    THE BRAIN IS NOT A MUSCLE IN ANY SENSE

    RE The fact is that new evidence shows the brain can be developed and function like a muscle
    THIS IS BULL SHIT THE FUNCTIONS OF A MUSCLE OR MUSCLE TISSUE ARE
    DISTINCTIVE
    IN LIKE MANNER THE FUNCTIONS OF NERVE TISSUE AND THE BRAIN ARE ALSO DISTINCTIVE AND ARE IN NO WAY ALIKE

    YOU CAN BRING ALL THE NEW EVIDENCE YOU WANT
    BRAIN IS NERVOUS TISSUE
    MUSCLE IS MUSCLE TISSUE
    AND THEY ARE BOTH DISTINCTIVE IN BOTH THEIR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

  11. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    Walter Blackman sIR!

    RE This article creates an excellent opportunity for BU readers to be educated and to gain practical insights into the prevention and treatment of major chronic diseases and disorders. Elderly Barbadians are its target group.

    Against this background, I would like to urge and encourage you as much as possible to consider the positive contribution which you can make to this discussion.

    HOW CAN YOU TEACH ANYTHING PUN BU WHEN YOU GOT JACKASSES LIKE HAL AUSTIN LEXICON DPD AND DE MAN WHO SAYS THAT MY STELLAR PPTS THAT MEDICAL STUDENTS CLAMOR FOR ARE WORSE THAN THOSE OBTAINED ON THE INTERNET?

    SURELY IT IS THESE FOLK THAT SHOULD BE EDUCATING BU readers AND GIVING practical insights into the prevention and treatment of major chronic diseases and disorders

    I GOT KNOCKED OUT OK? SO NOW I CAN WATCH AND WAIT………….AND MOCK!
    ITS MORE FUN THAN TRYING TO KICK AGAINST THESE PRICKS!

    MY FIRST POSTS ON BU WERE EDUCATIONAL. THEN IT BECAME FASHIONABLE TO MOCK AND SCOFF AND . NOW I JUST MOCK BACK WITH OUT TRYING TO EDUCATE. ITS EASIER! BELIEVE ME AND MORE FUN!

    I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE MANY HIGHLY CREDENTIALED COMMENTERS ON BU, AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE MANY DOCTORS LIVING AND WORKING AND EVEN TEACHING IN THE NUMEROUS “MEDICAL SCHOOLS” IN BARBADOS. LET THEM TEACH

  12. David Avatar
    David

    @Walter

    Good to see you Walter. Your opinion on the recent acquisition (combination) transaction between Sagicor and the special purpose Canadian is missing from BU space.

  13. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    THERE WAS ONE FELLA ON BU WHO SAID TO ME “IT IS NOT THAT I AM NOT WILLING TO LEARN ………IT IS THAT I AM NOT WILLING TO LEARN FROM YOU ………HE THEN COCKED UP AND DEAD FROM DIABETES OR/AND ITS COMPLICATIONS

  14. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    What the Hell….!!!

  15. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    YOU GOT HAL AUSTIN SAYING I am not a doctor, nor a neurologist,
    THEN HE TALKS A LOAD AND NOT A SOUL TELLS HIM TO SHUT UP AND STOP TALKING SHIT AND LISTEN AND LEARN

  16. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    NOW THE DEVIL HAS ASCENDED FROM HIS LAIR IN THE ABYSS WITH A MOST APPROPRIATE COMMENT FOR HIS PERSONA AS SATAN’S REPRESENTATIVE ON BU

    HEAR HIM What the Hell….!!!

  17. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    the brain, just like the other muscles in your body, grows and becomes stronger the more you use it. using a specific function of the brain will increase blood flow to that part of the brain in order to provide energy (just like a muscle). But, in the end, it is still an organ, sometimes referred to as the muscle of thinking because it controls you muscles (Quote)

  18. David Avatar
    David

    Does an ego inflate because it mimics a muscle?

    #shakingoneshead

  19. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    Hal Austin
    December 1, 2018 12:53 PM

    “@ Vincent, @ Lexicon,
    …The brain is a muscle….”

    Hal Austin
    December 1, 2018 2:10 PM
    “It is not a muscle…..”

    Hal Austin,
    I know that you know that only one of these sentences can be correct.
    Which one is wrong? The first one?
    If so, did Georgie Porgie have any influence on you changing your mind in 77 minutes? Are you one of the beneficiaries of his “corrective” efforts?
    Is there some way that you can express how much you appreciate GP using some of his time to make sure that you do not personally store or spread “incorrect” facts?

  20. David Avatar
    David

    Here is a link to a document in BU library received from Bentley.

    https://barbadosunderground.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/evolution__diet_and_exercise.pdf

  21. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    After the May 24, 2018 erections, it seem as if my countrymen have all gone soft.

    The island is suffering from N-ED… National …

    @GP
    You get some opposition on posts that are religious or about Trump and that does not stop you.

    Your contributions as a medical professional would be valuable and desired.

    At least save us from Lexicon’s wealth of medical knowledge.

  22. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Walter,

    I am not making a choice. I am not a bio-medical expert. My point is to show that there are other views from experts, including Ivy League experts.
    If it helps, BBC Radio Four recently did an hour-long programme hosted by a scientist, claiming that the brain is a muscle. If you have expertise plse let us know.
    My interest in the subject is in the emerging sub-discipline of neuro-criminology, in which experts now say that teenage deviant behaviour is outside their control.
    I leave the medical experts to argue it out.

  23. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    David
    December 1, 2018 2:51 PM

    “@Walter
    Good to see you Walter”.

    David,
    Thanks. I go through some busy periods now and then. However, I read BU on a daily basis so I am abreast with the comments, opinions, and attitudes. Some of the attitudes really make me wonder if we can get out of this deep pit which we now find ourselves in.

  24. David Avatar
    David

    For the eternal optimism hope will dim for the blogmaster as well, however, if there is no hope there is no good reason to life.

  25. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    @ hal austin

    RE I am not making a choice. I am not a bio-medical expert. THAT IS VERY CLEAR YA ARGUMENTATIVE JACKASS

    RE My point is to show that there are other views from experts, including Ivy League experts.

    YOU HAVE NO POINT JACKASS
    MY FIRST POST ON BU WAS COUNTERING AN IDIOT WHO SUPPOSED I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT AN OVERSEAS “CREME DE LA CREME DR”

    WHAT EXPERTS AND IVY LEAGUE EXPERTS YOU TALKING ABOUT
    MUSCLE TISSUE IS MUSCLE TISSUE WITH ITS CHARACTERISTIC STRUCTURE TO ENABLE ITS SPECIFIC FUNCTION

    NERVE AND BRAIN TISSUE IS SIMILARLY DESIGNED FOR ITS SPECIFIC FUNCTION

    RE If it helps, BBC Radio Four recently did an hour-long programme hosted by a scientist, claiming that the brain is a muscle.

    no it does not help it seems that BBC HAS GONE TO THE DOGS AND THE SCIENTIST HAS A PROBLEM DUMMY
    YOU MAY MOT KNOW……BUT I AM A SCIENTIST TOO DUMMY

    If you have expertise plse let us know.
    My interest in the subject is in the emerging sub-discipline of neuro-criminology, in which experts now say that teenage deviant behaviour is outside their control.
    I leave the medical experts to argue it out.

    you spent your life trying to be a journalist
    AT THIS YOU OBVIOUSLY FAILED

    NOW YOU INTERESTED IN NEURO CRIMINOLOGY WITHOUT SEEKING TO LEARN THE VERY VERY BASICS OF NEUROLOGY? WHAT KIND OF ASS ARE YOU?

    YOU MAKE THE COMMON JACKASS LOOK LIKE A GENIUS. SHAME!

    IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN NEURO CRIMINOLOGY GO START BY LEARNING ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF NERVE TISSUE YA TWIT

    THE ONLY THINGS THAT BEGIN AT THE TOP ARE WELLS AND GRAVES

  26. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    RE Hal Austin December 1, 2018 3:06 PM

    the brain, just like the other muscles in your body, grows and becomes stronger the more you use it.
    YOU KEEP ON SPEWING RUBBISH
    HOW DOES THE BRAIN GROW AND BECOME stronger the more you use it.

    DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOUR BRAIN HAS NOT GROWN AND THAT IT HAS NOT GOT STRONGER YA OBSTINATE OLD FOOL~!

    RE using a specific function of the brain will increase blood flow to that part of the brain in order to provide energy (just like a muscle).

    WHAT SPECIFIC FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN YOU TALKING BOUT SUH.
    GO LOOK UP THE CIRCLE OF WILLIS AND THE OTHER BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN

    RE But, in the end, it is still an organ, sometimes referred to as the muscle of thinking because it controls you muscles (Quote)

    IF THIS IS SO WHY CANT YOU THINK? IS IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO BRAIN………..OR IS IT THAT YOU HAVE NOT USED YOUR BRAIN SO THAT IT HAS NOT GROWN AND GOT STRONGER
    OR IS IT THAT YOU HAVE NOT GOT THE specific function of the brain THAT will increase blood flow to that part of the brain in order to provide energy (just like a muscle)?

    WHAT AN ABSOLUTE OBSTINATE MORON!
    DEFINITELY NOT BRILLIANT AS THE BRITS LIKE TO SAY!.

  27. 45govt Avatar
    45govt

    My advice to you wilting willies is stop SHOUTING, précis your verbal diarrhoea, get a life and rely on your memories. Nothing lasts for ever.

  28. lawson Avatar
    lawson

    there is a lot of erectile dysfunction in barbados the monument at the garrison and on the roundabout just to name a few

  29. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Anatomically, your brain isn’t a muscle; although it contains a bit of muscle, it’s predominantly gray and white matter, with cellular structure and function far different (and more complex) than that of muscle. However, there’s good reason why many people compare the brain to muscle – in both cases, the “Use it or lose it” principle applies.
    Evidence suggests mental stimulation improves brain function and reduces the risk of cognitive decline and related diseases. Mental stimulation or “exercise” helps the brain grow stronger, faster and better able to complete the millions of daily tasks it is charged with, from memory to problem solving to attention; not to mention controlling every aspect of the rest of the body(Quote)

  30. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    David
    December 1, 2018 2:51 PM

    “@Walter
    Your opinion on the recent acquisition (combination) transaction between Sagicor and the special purpose Canadian is missing from BU”

    David,
    Please do not interpret my answer as being harsh. It is simply an attempt on my part to show you how ruthless we must become in our thinking.

    Right now, Barbados is in “duck’s guts”, as Bajans would say.
    To get out, we need:
    New industries to provide huge additional employment opportunities
    Many profitable Barbadian businesses to spread local wealth
    Companies earning foreign exchange for Barbados

    Thus, Sagicor, a foreign company with a business model aimed at taking as much Forex out of Barbados as it can, does not come on my radar if I am thinking creatively and innovatively to get Barbados out of a rut.

    PS:
    Dodridge Miller, the current CEO, is a Barbadian so we all still feel a sense of closeness to Sagicor. Should Dodridge be replaced by a foreign CEO tomorrow, what would make Sagicor different from Manufacturers Life which operated in Barbados a few years ago, or ICBL for that matter?

  31. David Avatar
    David

    @Walter

    If it is any consolation the HQ is in Barbados.

  32. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    RE Anatomically, your brain isn’t a muscle; PERIOD DUMMY!

    RE although it contains a bit of muscle, THE BRAIN CONTAINS NO MUSCLE TISSUE DUMMY! NONE!

    it’s predominantly gray and white matter, THESE ARE NERVE CELLS—NERVE TISSUE NOT MUSCLE

    with cellular structure and function far different (and more complex) than that of muscle.
    THE BRAIN IS DESIGNED FOR ITS FUNCTION AND EACH OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSCLES ARE DESIGNED FOR EACH OF THEIR SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS

    RE However, there’s good reason why many people compare the brain to muscle – in both cases, the “Use it or lose it” principle applies. THIS DOES NOT MAKE IT A MUSCLE THE “Use it or lose it” principle applies TO OTHER TISSUES AND ORGANS. THE BRAIN CAN NOT BE COMPARED TO MUSCLE AT ALL

    RE EVidence suggests mental stimulation improves brain function and reduces the risk of cognitive decline and related diseases. SO WHAT? THE BRAIN IS NOT MUSCLE!

    RE Mental stimulation or “exercise” helps the brain grow stronger, faster and better able to complete the millions of daily tasks it is charged with, from memory to problem solving to attention; not to mention controlling every aspect of the rest of the body THAT IS VERY BASIC PHYSIOLOGY EXCEPT THAT THE BRAIN DOES NOT BECOME STRONGER

  33. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Is the Brain Like a Muscle? Lessons from Debunking a Seductive, But Incorrect, Idea

    We often reason through analogies. When something is confusing, we can try to tie it back to something we understand better.
    Very often, this process it at the heart of scientific understanding. Charles Darwin formed his famous theory of evolution through natural selection by forming an analogy with artificial selection, the process of human intervention to create new breeds of dogs, cats and corn.
    However, sometimes this process backfires. An analogy which seems productive ends up giving misleading impressions. The solar-system model of the atom (Bohr model), in which electrons orbit the nucleus, was such a theory. It predicted that electrons would be constantly accelerating, and thus should emit light continuously until they fell into the nucleus. A better analogy, with wave functions and probabilistic clouds, took root instead.
    Given this double-edged sword of analogical reasoning, let’s turn to one about learning itself: is the brain like a muscle?
    Measuring the Analogy
    Obviously the brain is not literally a muscle. It’s made of neurons and glial cells, not muscle fibers. So on this level, the two can’t possibly be equated. But what about in its function?
    Here it really depends on what features you want to compare. Muscles can change and improve, and so can the brain. Muscles seem to experience fatigue with use, and although the brain may turn out to be more complicated, I definitely feel tired after solving math problems all day, and I bet you do too.
    However, since two different things can be compared in an unlimited number of ways, the strength of an analogy is never in the analogy itself—it’s what you use it for. And in this case, the analogy saying the brain is like a muscle has had a long history and a very specific implication.
    Prior to the early part of the twentieth century, the popular educational dogma was formal discipline theory. This theory reasoned that the brain was possessive of different intellectual capabilities, broadly defined: reasoning, perception, affect, memory, etc.. Each of these, it was assumed, was like a muscle. If you flexed your reasoning faculty with a game of chess, it was assumed, this would help you with reasoning about mathematics, just as flexing your biceps by lifting weights can make you stronger in an arm wrestle.(Quote)

  34. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    For the Caribbean, were the politicians just pre- and post independence cut from a different (better) cloth than the politicians of today, or was it just they were better salesmen?

    They must have convinced the British that they were capable of steering these new nations.in a succesful manner. Williams, Barrow, ….

  35. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    Georgie Porgie
    December 1, 2018 2:46 PM

    “Walter Blackman sIR!
    I GOT KNOCKED OUT OK? ”

    Georgie Porgie,
    I am here visualizing you as a boxer, lying on the canvass, and giving me your answer after I asked you what happened.

    Actually, those were also T. Inniss’ words immediately after his fight with Artaxerxes.

    LOL

  36. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    David
    December 1, 2018 4:50 PM

    “@Walter
    If it is any consolation the HQ is in Barbados”

    David,
    We do not need consolation. We need sustainable economic growth. Headquarter status will not get us out of our deep troubles.
    Having lived in North America, I know how much the Canadians would enjoy working at tropical headquarters from Sept – March.

  37. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    TheOGazerts December 1, 2018 3:24 PM

    @GP
    You get some opposition on posts that are religious or about Trump and that does not stop you.

    THIS IS TRUE
    TRUMP STUFF IS FUN—–MUST HAVE FUN
    BIBLE STUFF IS IMPORTANT– GOT TO PROCLAIM THE TRUTH

    RE Your contributions as a medical professional would be valuable and desired.
    BUT YA CANT MOCK MY POWER POINTS THAT I SHARED SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE ILLUSTRATIONS
    I WORK HARD AT MY PPTS TO MAKE THINGS CLEAR
    WONT HAVE DUMMIES MOCKING
    BETTER TO LEAVE THEM OUT AND FORGET EXPLAINING MEDICINE
    I DONT HAVE TO DO THAT HERE
    NOW THE OPPOSITION CAN TEACH

  38. David Avatar
    David

    @Walter

    That consolation is one Sagicor management seems comfortable giving to the public.

    We have to forget Sagicor, it is gone!

  39. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    Whaloss…oh me miserum and all that …I hope we can agree that the erectile tool is a muscle and when we males cannot suitably control the flow of blood there we do tend to get miserable, argumentative and sometimes real dread…all that awesome muscle memory teachings we diligently practiced now means nada…😂 What a sad taste of life!

    So yes Mr Blogmaster you are so right that as we get older … it will unfortunately leave some members in a spot of bother.

    Some of us will be lucky and can resort to a more vigorous exercise regimen to improve the health; some are too far gone and go on an endless ‘diet’ of medication.

    And then there are those who abuse those “miracle cures” and seek a new youthfulness of activity…a few have given new meaning to that old Western movie term of “dying in the saddle”… or for the westerns movie buffs out there maybe a mismash of ‘Have Muscle, Will Travel’. 😂

    Seriously tho we all have to focus these health issues better…the side show of ‘what is a muscle’ reminds me of the crazy debate which erupted years ago when Dr Fraser (as memory serves) made bold to opine on a new show of the day celebrating the plus size ladies ….

    He took the opportunity to speak on one of his key issues of a growing overweight Bdos and all the related issues highlighted herein but the public debate got sidetracked on the rights of the ladies to express themselves and all that…completely dismissing the REAL concerns….similar to inane folly side path here as well.

    A muscle is a muscle…period…how another organ mimics that or the theories on it cannot alter the basic biology…good Lord…Hal fully understands and has noted that. … In a similar context plus size ladies so look gorgeous but their basic physiology has not much too do with the substantive debate of too much greasy, unhealty food used by folks who now drive everywhere, eat to excess and value exercise as ‘show n tell’ badge for endless cell phone gossip.

  40. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @Hal, you were taken to task for your remark about the brain as a muscle…muscle memory would be the lighthearted retort! …However, I would like to ask you about another of your ‘loose remarks….you described a blogger (maybe) as a psychopath!. REALLY!

    To quote you: I am not a doctor, nor a neurologist, but I know a psychopath when I see one, even if he is a qualified doctor.… What grand exaggeration.

    Bloggers here are rude, disturbing (and disturbed), reprehensible and a host of other words…but, but to call someone a psychopath just from the behaviour here or what nastiness they described from their past is a bridge too far…even for you!

    Bro change ur glasses, get glasses or otherwise treat your eye problems…if are seeing…“a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior”…or “… a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egotistical traits” just from stupid, often puerile blogging then you are very good.

    Some may see that there is a mirror effect in play with…persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egotistical traits… Just saying, bro.🤣

    We can agree that lots of us here can become “unstable and aggressive” as the term is INFORMALLY defined at times, but no one here I would hope is anywhere near that of a psychopatic personality!

  41. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    THE JACKASS DPD IS BRAYING AGAIN ABOUT THINGS WHICH HE KNOWETH NOT
    BUT HE IS A GREAT SOURCE OF MIRTH

  42. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    91 POSTS AND NOTHING REALLY SHARED ON HEALTH ISSUES FOR BARBADIANS – DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, ALZHEIMER, ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

    WHERE ARE THE LUMINARIES?
    WHERE ARE THE TEACHERS SINCE GP STOPPED CASTING HIS PEARLS BEFORE THE PROVERBIAL SWINE?
    WHERE IS THE MARIOCOPA SCHOLAR?

  43. lawson Avatar
    lawson

    type 2 diabetes not unreasonable on island as everything is a sugar explosion and people are overweight. Dont believe me look at the independence parade. certainly not like kadooment parade
    type 1 diabetes genetic date outside the family
    alzheimers from named after dr alzheimer you say I have been trying to forget that.
    cant get it up …. take up golf
    hypertension….your going to feel really stupid dying in the hospital of nothing go with it.

  44. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Georgie Porgie “I HEY ENJOYING MY BREAKFAST….I GETTING ABOUT 20 SALT FISH CAKES! MURDAH…”

    Georgie Porgie December 1, 2018 10:22 AM “…SS THE EXPERT IN CONTEMPORARY TREATMENT OF LICE, TB AND OTHER SUCH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES WILL NOW COME FORWARD AND GRACE THE FORUM WITH THEIR FORMIDABLE KNOWLEDGE ON THESE TOPICS, WHICH CAN NOT BE REFUTED OR CHALLENGED.”

    My medical advice to you is Do NOT eat 20 fishcakes for breakfast. One or two, but not 20.

    But you don’t have to take my medical advice, because I had pudding and souse for breakfast. Lolll!!!. Made it myself too.

  45. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Hal Austin December 1, 2018 12:32 PM “Nice to see that as the nation goes down the plug hole we are discussing erectile dysfunction.”

    But Hal, without hard doggies, we have no children, and without children we have no nation. So hard doggies are very, very, important.

  46. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    Hal Austin December 1, 2018 12:53 PM “Our problem as a nation is getting it up too much. The brainis a muscle too.”

    Nope.

    I put it to you that our problem as a nation is NOT getting it up enough. Our birth rate is only 1.8, well below replacement level.

    Only 5 babies born in Barbados yesterday, whereas a generation ago 12 to 15 babies would have been born.

    We are NOT getting it up enough I say.

    Oh and by the way, the brain is NOT a muscle.

  47. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    If Hal had ever worked on a farm as I have, and had seen all kinds of brains, fowl brain, pig brain, sheep brain, turkey brain, duck brain, rabbit brain.

    He would know for sure that the brain is NOT a muscle. In fact brains have ZERO muscle tissue.

  48. nineofnine Avatar
    nineofnine

    It is time to graduate from the linear understanding and exercises of the modality, medicine and become effective in curbing the challenges of non communicable “diseases”.

    Salt, the fraternity excuse to points their fingers at as probable cause.
    The anatomy requires TWELVE (12) SALTS, for optimum performance.

    Will the medical fraternity admit that 90% of all manmade chemicals are added to foods and drinks as “additives and preservatives”, which accumulates in the anatomy at a rate GREATER than that which the liver is unable to cleanse adequately, becoming congested and burdened, unable to maintain a healthy functional environment, resulting in a CHEMICALLY TOXIC and DISEASED CONDITIONS in the body. Other factors are also at play here.

    The Brain is not a muscle, but a cellulose membrane of sorts that housed neurological networks and pathways and synapses that interprets nerve signals and issue related responses. Also it can create, develop or manifest new networks according to impulses and stimuli.
    If by definition, that cells do differentiate in those of brain and muscle as cells collectively contracts and expand muscle, can the heart be determined a muscle as well as an organ? Similarly, to sever the spinal column, where all nerve impulses are channeled to the brain, what is it that keeps other organs
    functioning?

    Aging, is not about less/shortened telomeres but about cell division, diet and conscious affirmations.

    Non communicable diseases are curbed, firstly by acceptance of the condition, the belief that it can and will be reversed, to observe ones diet and change that diet if it is acidic in nature, use fructose instead of a sucrose based diet, most importantly is the DETOXIFYING of the LIVER as well as a good alkali or ionic foot bath.

    For Alzheimer..
    Listen to binaural beats (high pitch sounds) using the isochronic pulse of 1.45Hz, which is associated to the tri-thalamic entrainment formatting the disintegration of the plaque in the brain which can benefit dyslexics and people with Alzheimer’s, and also using multiple binaural beats that range from 3Hz to 10Hz.

    Those who are sick need find a physician, still, as directed.. “Physician, go heal thyself”.. familiar words indeed, above all, we are shown that WE CAN HEAL OURSELVES…. BY CONCIOUS DIRECTIVES towards our bodies, more so now than ever before.

  49. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Bentley “diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer, erectile dysfunction.”

    Don’t know much about Alzheimer’s, but it seems to me that there might be a strong genetic component. Some families seem to have multiple cases of Alzheimer’s over several generations and some families seem to have none. And social isolation might increase the likelihood.

    Diabetes both type 1 and type 2 seem to have some genetic component, especially type 1. That said most of us nowadays are probably drinking and eating too much high sugar foods, like a friend who dranks a two liter container of carbonated beverage/sweet drink every day. I bet that eating and drinking like that is very bad for the health. I would say drink water if you are thirsty. And eat some meat or fish and some vegetables, fruit, ground provisions/whole foods when you are hungry. I would say as well, exercise regularly. Walk, run, swim, hit the gym, or like me hit the ground/garden with a hoe for a couple of hours every other day or so.
    And the same food exercise regimen for hypertension, and reduce your salt intake, especially watch out for salt sneaked into your foods by commercial food processors.

    And finally I would say that the same regimen that is good for delaying or keeping away diabetes and hypertension is also good for the penis, what Mac Fingall referred to as the “unicept” because if the heart and the circulatory system are in good nic, the unicept will continue to do you proud, and if it does not check with your doctor who can prescribe a little something to help. And have a real nice loving person in your life.

    But all of these things only work for a time. Hasn’t George Bush left? We will all leave at sometime, but perhaps there is no need to leave at 50, or 60, or 70, maybe not even at 80.

  50. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    hear this rubbish “use fructose instead of a sucrose based diet”
    so what is sucrose if not fructose + glucose
    so whats the difference when they enter glycolysis?,
    ya does read some shite pun BU THOUGH

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