Kindness with Amy

I have been watching some of Amy's podcasts about veganism, on her "Kindness with Amy" YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@KindnesswithAmy-yd5nu/featured

I recently had a blood test. Don't like going to doctors, but wanted to get a professional opinion about my itchy skin. The skin is very sensitive, and if I scratch an itchy spot, it flares up. He prescribed a couple of products -- which didn't have any effect -- and also had a blood test. On the follow-up visit, he went through the test results and it was mostly very good.

I was quite impressed with the comment he made, "the test results are good, as expected from someone on a vegetarian diet". Not a comment that I would get from most doctors. I've been a vegetarian for over 50 years, a "lacto vegetarian"; that is, someone who also eats diary products such as milk and cheese. Also eat eggs sometimes.

There was just one test result that needs attention; cholesterol is a little bit high. We talked about what can be done to lower cholesterol, and first up, I decided to cut out the store-bought iced coffee. I had become addicted to this, drank it every day; apart from containing milk it is also has a lot of sugar. Went cold-turkey on that, now drinking just black coffee, one small cup per day.

We also had a discussion about causes of skin itchiness. Our water is heavily chlorinated and is a possible cause of skin irritation:

https://acaai.org/allergies/allergic-conditions/chlorine-allergy/

He also showed me that my skin is very dry, a possible indication of chlorine sensitivity.

He recommended water filters, both under the kitchen sink and also attached to the shower-head. I said that I could buy spring water in bottles, and he replied no, don't do that, as they are plastic bottles.

My place has an outside water tank, with runoff from the roof, but that tank is plastic. Sigh... But if the tank is flushed a few times, perhaps that will reduce plastic chemicals migrating into the water.

Anyway, regarding diet, reckon will move more toward the vegan end of the diet spectrum.     

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