Nobuhiko Shibata writes:
There are three major risk factors common to Mr. and Mrs. Mine's lifestyle. To prevent disease, for example, cancer, arteriosclerosis, heart disease and so on, they should overcome the following risk factors to decrease their risks. First, they eat high cholesterol foods. Mr M's lunch is usually a hamburger or fried chicken or fried fish. At lunch, usually Mrs M eats some meat (usually beef or pork) and a sweet dessert, cake, cookies or ice cream, and at dinner she eats a combination of snack food and sandwiches very often. Besides she especially likes cheese or eggs and butter or margarine on her bread. When Mr. M comes home late at night, both Mr. and Mrs. M share fast food like as pizza, yakitori or Chinese noodles with eggs, pork and chicken. These are all high-cholesterol foods. So they should switch to less fatty foods, or their diet style will contribute to arteriosclerosis and serious disease. Another risk is that they have few natural vitamins. Vitamins are essential to the normal functioning of our bodies. They are necessary for our growth, and help regulate metabolism, convert fat and carbohydrates into energy, and assist in forming bone and tissue. Judging from Mr. and Mrs. Mine's diet, they do not take enough vitamins to maintain their health. The next major risk is that they do not take enough fiber. Low fiber intake contributes to higher levels of LDL. High levels of LDL give rise to arteriosclerosis, etc. So they should take more vegetables, fruits, and another fiber rich foods to decrease LDL. And the last major risk is that they skip breakfast. This contributes to an irregular pattern of eating. Irregularly life style lead us to unhealthy conditions. So they should take their meals three time a day to stabilize metabolism.
In addition to the above, Mr. Mine has two risk factors. First, he likes smoking. But smoking is linked to heart disease and other serious disease. We can find the high incidence of lung cancer, laryngeal cancer and esophageal cancer in people who smoke. So he has to stop smoking. Next, he don't get much exercise. This contributes to high cholesterol. To exercise is a good for decreasing LDL levels. So he should make it a rule to exercise everyday for 30 minute or so.
Besides the above, Mrs. Mine has two risk factors. First, she has a family history of cancer. This contributes to higher levels of LDL. So she should make all possible efforts to decrease her LDL level in her daily life. For example, doing exercise, eating low-fat food, not eating fast food, etc. Next, she is overweight. She takes food two times only a day. So her body increases her the absorption rate more than if she were to intake food three time a day. As a result, she intakes more calories than if she ate taking three times a day. As I have previously stated, they both should take their meals three time a day. But especially Mrs. M should take her meals three time a day. And she should do exercise to decrease LDL levels.
The most basic sort of advice can be summarized as follows: (1) Don't intake fatty food, and switch to less fatty foods (Mr. and Mrs. M). (2) Eat more vegetables and fruits to intake vitamins (Mr. and Mrs. M). (3) Take more fiber rich foods like as potatoes, konnyaku, etc. (Mr. and Mrs. M). (4) Do exercise for 30 minutes a day to decrease LDL levels (Mr. and Mrs. M). (5) Don't skip breakfast and take meals three times a day to stabilize metabolism (Mr. and Mrs. M). (6) Stop smoking to prevent serious disease (Mr.M).
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