Keekee Speaks

Most prescribed states?

Did you know that there are some states that prescribe more medications per capita than others?  Well there are.  West Virginia came in first, followed by Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky.  The least prescribes states were Alaska at the bottom followed by California and Hawaii.  Isn’t that odd?  You would think a cold place like Alaska would have more need for medications than a warmer climate and California didn’t count the street corner pharmacists that a lot of people go to.  That wasn’t fair to California, now was it?  Those types of pharmacists (drug dealers that is) are everywhere unfortunately.

Well what does that that tell us about either the states or the doctors in those states?  There’s a great article at http://health.msn.com/health-topics if you want to know what all this seems to mean.  Why is it that southern states take more medications than others?  Could it be the method of cooking or what they eat?  It’s an interesting read.

Isaac Hayes

I know Isaac Hayes from Chef in South Park.  No I don’t watch the show but I know several people that do and they are always telling me something about what they saw on the show.  What I didn’t realize is what a musical giant he was.  The original movie Shaft, or I should have said the theme song from the original movie Shaft, won Isaac Hayes an Oscar for best theme song in 1971 I believe it was.  It was a bit of a shock to hear that he passed away.  Especially so close to another famous entertainer passing away which was Bernie Mac.  It has been a sad week for the entertainment industry with the passing of these two men.  In fact, we have lost some of our greatest entertainers this year like Bo Diddly, George Carlin and too many more.  The world will be a duller place without their stars shining.

Diet by blood type

In going to health food stores with my friend to try and find wheat free foods for her, she came across a book about eating by your blood type.  She is a blood type O positive and according to this book, she isn’t supposed to eat wheat and a lot of other grains.  Isn’t that an odd coincidence or is it that she just happens to have a wheat allergy?

Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo is the author of the book and there is also a small version you can carry in your purse to use as a guide for when you go to the grocery store.  She’s going to start trying to follow the diet in that book and see if it makes any difference in the way she feels.  According to the book, it will make her feel much better in many ways.  If it works for her, I just may give it a try myself.

I try to stay healthy

I’m not a health food nut but I do try to eat healthy and hopefully stay that way.  I don’t eat a lot of processed foods, I prefer to make it myself.  That way I know what is really in it.  Well that is if I know what is in the ingredients I put into what I make.

A friend of mine has developed allergies like crazy and one of the allergies she has is to wheat.  Man I had no idea just how many things had wheat in them.  There is even a disease called Celiacs Disease that is caused by an allergy to wheat.  I had never heard of it until I started helping her check into wheat allergies.  Even if a label doesn’t say wheat on it, they hide it in words like gluten, and emulsified.  She’s having a terrible time finding things she can eat other than plain meat and salad.  Even salad dressings will have wheat in them if you don’t check very carefully.

We take too many things for granted when it comes to our foods.  Someone needs to come up with some sort of legislation that makes the food manufacturers put in plain english what is in their products and not hide some ingredients with fancy names.  It could be the difference between life and death to some people with food allergies.

Absolutely amazing man

Professor Randy Pausch is a man like no other I have ever met.  To me, he falls right in there with the truly great human beings like Gandi and Mother Teresa.  Each of them tried to teach the world how truly blessed it is and how to live and love like there’s no tomorrow.  Unfortunately, there is no more tomorrows for Randy Pausch.  He leaves behind a wife and three small children.  What a tragedy his loss is to them but what an honor they had in having a man like him in their lives.  God bless them all!!!

I would only hope that more people would go out and buy his book ‘The Last Lecture’ and try to live their lives in some small way the way he did.  The world would truly be a better place if we could.