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    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Saturday, August 03, 2019 14:09:40
    Ezetimibe works better in conjunction with statins.
    That may be, but Richard can not take statins at all... I read the info

    I wonder if the niacin therapy would go with
    ezetimibe, whether they'd augment each other
    or cancel.

    on the clinical studies, though, and while ezetimibe made the statins
    work better, there was at least one study done just with the Zetia alone
    (on a group that weren't already taking statins, or couldn't take them,
    so that having some on placebo wouldn't be a case of removing them from care)... and patients on the Zetia alone did at least as well as those
    on the combination therapy, with fewer side effects... a very
    reassuring study for us...

    We have to be careful about picking and choosing
    studies, as that's what the drug companies and
    their advertisers do.

    Flying has been one of the obsessions of the
    forward-looking since basically forever.
    True... including Leonardo Da Vinci... :)
    Probably many before him, too, but they all ended
    up a heap of bones at the bottom of a cliff.
    At least if they tried out their contraptions.... ;)

    I'm guessing that the true pioneers did their
    experiments without contraptions.

    The Smithsonian Air and Space museum has a couple
    examples that actually flew and drove. At that time
    the roads weren't so crowded that you couldn't spread
    your wings and fly (along the Alcan highway, Swisher
    and I saw planes parked by the side of the road, so
    that condition still obtains in some of the remoter
    parts of our world).
    And that's an area that can benefit from having such... along with the amphibious ones... with the much vaster areas to be covered and the
    terrain and all.... :)

    Yeah, and flying might be more cost-effective
    than driving those distances.

    I didn't see any in the Carrefour or the Super U, but
    Letitia brought her own supply of Weetabix and Walker's
    from wherever.
    Ok, so I did see them in the UK Imports aisle at our Wegmans... a few varieties of McVitties... plain digestives, digestives with milk
    chocolate covering, and digestives with milk chocolate and a caramel
    layer under the chocolate... the last jumped into my cart for tastings later.... ;) Alas, though, no dark chocolate.... Forgot to look at
    Lori's today when we went for supplements... maybe next time...

    As I recall the foreign food section at Weggie's
    was klein aber pretty fein.

    The Carrefour viennoiseries (27c each in packs of 10)
    were inferior enough that I had to use up a substantial
    bit of the chocolate to remedy their shortcomings, though.
    Is this perhaps in France...?

    Indeed, though the first Carrefour I went to,
    with somewhat different inventory, such as
    durians, was in Singapore.

    My preference for kitfo and gored gored is, of
    course, for raw, but I wouldn't cry if offered
    cooked..
    As long as not too much overly done... ;)
    I prefer too little overly done myself!
    Of course... :)

    Or too much underdone! Though I had a kebab that was
    too rare recently - that's because it was marinated,
    and raw marinade is not a great pleasure. Sadly, the
    beef, which didn't need marinade, was and was cooked
    rare, and the chicken breast, which did, wasn't and
    was cooked ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

    Pate de country
    Looks good... :)
    It was better than the (not bad) pate we got at the
    Super U.
    Doesn't really surprise me that much... :)

    An okay handmade product is generally going to
    beat out a good commercial one.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

    Title: Belgian Endive Salad
    Categories: Salads, Mushrooms, Victoria, Cyberealm
    Yield: 4 servings

    MMMMM--------------------------MARINADE-------------------------------
    1/3 c White Wine Vinegar
    2/3 c Olive Oil
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Sugar

    MMMMM--------------------BELGIAN ENDIVE SALAD-------------------------
    4 3 ounce Belgian Endives
    Assorted Wild or Pickled
    Mushrooms
    Assorted fresh herbs and
    Pesticide-free edible
    Flowers
    Pickled Ginger, sliced
    1 Plum Tomato

    Marinade:
    In a screw-top jar combine wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and sugar.
    Cover and shake well. Set aside.

    Belgian Endive Salad:
    Cut Belgian endive into fan shapes. Using a large knife, cut each
    endive lengthwise from endive tips to base, cutting to but not
    through the base. Turn endive a quarter turn and cut lengthwise
    again. This now forms 4 large "petals." Cut each quarter lengthwise
    again to form 8 "petals" that are still held intact by the base.

    Run cold water into center of each endive. Drain. Arrange in a shallow
    dish. Shake marinade and pour over endive. Marinate 10 minutes,
    spooning marinade over endive twice. Remove endive from marinade with
    a slotted spoon. Drain on paper towels, patting gently to remove
    excess marinade.

    On each of 4 serving plates, spread out an endive "fan." Scatter
    mushrooms over endive. Decorate endive "petals" with fresh herbs and
    flowers to resemble a flower arrangement. Arrange ginger on each
    endive near base. Halve tomato crosswise, using a zigzag cut. Remove
    pulp and seeds. Cut each tomato half in half again, lenghtwise. Fit a
    tomato quarter over base of each endive to form a "vase."

    Source: Victoria Magazine, April 1994
    Typed by Katherine Smith

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Wednesday, August 07, 2019 19:53:00
    Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 08-03-19 14:09 <=-

    Ezetimibe works better in conjunction with statins.
    That may be, but Richard can not take statins at all...
    I wonder if the niacin therapy would go with
    ezetimibe, whether they'd augment each other
    or cancel.

    A very good question... Richard never tried the niacin, so I don't have
    any empirical data there to work with...

    I read the info on the clinical studies, though, and while ezetimibe
    made the statins work better, there was at least one study done just
    with the Zetia alone (on a group that weren't already taking statins,
    or couldn't take them, so that having some on placebo wouldn't be a
    case of removing them from care)... and patients on the Zetia alone
    did at least as well as those on the combination therapy, with fewer
    side effects... a very reassuring study for us...
    We have to be careful about picking and choosing
    studies, as that's what the drug companies and
    their advertisers do.

    I wasn't picking/choosing... that was but one of the clinical studies
    reported on in the "thin-paper" manufacturer's drug insert... :)

    Flying has been one of the obsessions of the
    forward-looking since basically forever.
    True... including Leonardo Da Vinci... :)
    Probably many before him, too, but they all ended
    up a heap of bones at the bottom of a cliff.
    At least if they tried out their contraptions.... ;)
    I'm guessing that the true pioneers did their
    experiments without contraptions.

    Possibly... :)

    The Smithsonian Air and Space museum has a couple
    examples that actually flew and drove. At that time
    the roads weren't so crowded that you couldn't spread
    your wings and fly (along the Alcan highway, Swisher
    and I saw planes parked by the side of the road, so
    that condition still obtains in some of the remoter
    parts of our world).
    And that's an area that can benefit from having such... along with the amphibious ones... with the much vaster areas to be covered and the
    terrain and all.... :)
    Yeah, and flying might be more cost-effective
    than driving those distances.

    In some areas, to be sure... :) Definitely a time-saver... :)

    I didn't see any in the Carrefour or the Super U, but
    Letitia brought her own supply of Weetabix and Walker's
    from wherever.
    Ok, so I did see them in the UK Imports aisle at our Wegmans... a few varieties of McVitties... plain digestives, digestives with milk
    chocolate covering, and digestives with milk chocolate and a caramel
    layer under the chocolate... the last jumped into my cart for tastings later.... ;) Alas, though, no dark chocolate.... Forgot to look at
    Lori's today when we went for supplements... maybe next time...
    As I recall the foreign food section at Weggie's
    was klein aber pretty fein.

    Yup.

    The Carrefour viennoiseries (27c each in packs of 10)
    were inferior enough that I had to use up a substantial
    bit of the chocolate to remedy their shortcomings, though.
    Is this perhaps in France...?
    Indeed, though the first Carrefour I went to,
    with somewhat different inventory, such as
    durians, was in Singapore.

    A little far-flung... :)

    My preference for kitfo and gored gored is, of
    course, for raw, but I wouldn't cry if offered
    cooked..
    As long as not too much overly done... ;)
    I prefer too little overly done myself!
    Of course... :)
    Or too much underdone! Though I had a kebab that was
    too rare recently - that's because it was marinated,
    and raw marinade is not a great pleasure. Sadly, the
    beef, which didn't need marinade, was and was cooked
    rare, and the chicken breast, which did, wasn't and
    was cooked ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

    Sigh. Worst of both worlds....

    Pate de country
    Looks good... :)
    It was better than the (not bad) pate we got at the
    Super U.
    Doesn't really surprise me that much... :)
    An okay handmade product is generally going to
    beat out a good commercial one.

    And a good handmade one will for sure... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... I took my kids to the children's zoo...but they wouldn't take them...

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