{"id":2030,"date":"2009-06-08T23:50:23","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T21:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2009-06-08T23:50:23","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T21:50:23","slug":"older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/older\/","title":{"rendered":"You Know You’re Getting Older…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…when you go to a family gathering on the other side of the state, and one of the guests is your brother-in-law’s cardiologist.<\/p>\n

No, seriously… he even complimented me on my high HDL\/low LDL\u00a0cholesterol level.<\/p>\n

In addition to having high cholesterol, my bro-in-law evidently has\u00a0elevated blood pressure, high uric acid, high fasting glucose\u00a0and kidney stones.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He’s 7 years older than my husband, John.\u00a0 He’s lost a bit of weight recently, and is trying to control his health issues through diet and exercise now, but the jury’s still out on how successful he’s going to be.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0the drive back, John thanked me for helping him lose weight and get into better shape…hanging with his brother\u00a0gave him a glimpse of an alternate future, but – since he started getting it together\u00a0several years\u00a0ago – he’s pretty confident he’s on track to dodge those particular bullets.\u00a0 Diet and exercise can do a lot to treat health issues, but prevention is even better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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