Day 66

BREAKFAST
Bowl of cereal whole grain cheerios mixed with shredded wheat and banana, along with the usual fresh ground cup of java.

LUNCH

After my usual walk, had a veggie burger with tomato, mustard, and pickle.

For those of you that don't live here, thought I would post a couple of current photos of what it looks like at the St. Vital Bridge just down the road from us

The first one has flood tubes filled with water, they are pumping today so the road does not flood. They also opened the floodway gates (diverts water around the city) more than yesterday to keep the levels steady. In the second photo around the middle, there is a shed of some sort which got caught in the high water and ice.

Another health type article

After examining prescription records of nearly 6 million children and adolescents experts found prescriptions for blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol medication increased by more than 15% among children from 2004 to 2007. The study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, showed separately diabetes medications rose 23% and blood pressure medications 15%, but cholesterol-lowering drugs dropped 23%. Scientists attribute the drop to bad press associated with medications like Crestor and Lipitor. However, the rise in childhood obesity and doctors’ willingness to prescribe medications to young children is being blamed for the increase; HealthDay News investigates.

Actually, a recent study showed overweight children as young as age 3 may start showing signs of cardiovascular disease, so it’s easy to see why doctors would dole out pills, but a family-based approach to good nutrition is best for keeping kids healthy and off drugs.

And here’s some of bad press on cholesterol-lowering drugs. In January, Lipitor, Zocor and Crestor were found to cause eyelid droop and double vision as potential side effects

YIKES!

DINNER

Katie started her next course toward a Business Analyst Certificate and went straight from work, so I had left over Shepard's Pie....It was really good!

more later....