PASSION
My last word about Stinking Gout.
| Gout surge blamed on sweet drinks | |||
Men who consume two or more sugary soft drinks a day have an 85% higher risk of gout compared with those who drink less than one a month, a study suggests. Cases in the US have doubled in recent decades and it seems fructose, a type of sugar, may be to blame, the British Medical Journal study reports. UK experts said those with gout would be advised to cut out sugary drinks. About 1.5% of the UK population currently suffers from gout and there has been an increase in numbers over the last 30 years - although the condition is more associated with Victorian times. The symptoms of painful, swollen joints, mainly in the lower limbs, are caused when uric acid crystallises out of the blood into the joints. US and Canadian researchers said the increase in cases had coincided with a substantial rise in the consumption of soft drinks. Previous research had also shown that fructose increases levels of uric acid in the bloodstream. Diet To look in more detail, the team carried out a 12-year study of 46,000 men aged 40 years and over with no history of gout, asking them regular questionnaires about their diet. Over the period, 755 newly diagnosed cases of gout were reported. The risk of developing the condition was significantly increased with an intake level of five to six servings of sugary soft drink per week. This link was independent of other risk factors for gout such as body mass index, age, high blood pressure and alcohol intake. | |||
Blogging"Look beyond, see beyond outward appearances,
words and behaviour.
See the beautiful human beyond beyond beyond ...."
I went for a walk today.
Despair ... a girl of 13 in a police van
Only the many teams of workmen preparing Durban for the gaze of World Cup visitors must continue their heavy toil in temperatures exceeding 30°C.
With 76 days to go before the eyes of the world fall upon this city, time is running out.
It is a great listen - honest ....
Kirsty Young's castaway is the writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce.
His film credits include Hilary and Jackie, Welcome to Sarajevo and 24 Hour Party People. He's also written TV soaps, radio and stage plays and children's novels.
These days children are his main audience and, as a father of seven himself, he should know what they want. He not only tests his ideas on them, but they keep him focused: 'I need them in the house to make sure I'm not watching telly, or having a four-hour bath - the fact that they're there makes me work.'
With 21,000 people, music, campers and traders aplenty, Greenbelt might look like any other Festival. But scratch beneath the surface and you find something special.
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james
26/03/10
podcast, palestine, brian mclaren, obama, emerging church
In our third podcast of 2010, we catch up with Brian McLaren during a recent flying visit to the UK. Greenbelt Trustee, Simon Hall talks to Brian about about his recent ...
tom
25/03/10
wallspace, cole moreton, all hallows on the wall, book, book launch, wolfshead and vixen, goth, morris dancing
Cole Moreton's new book 'Is God Still An Englishman?' is an examination of the relationship between God and Englishness, looking at the state of the country he lives in, ...
tom
22/03/10
art, Faith, winchester, cathedral, exhibition, antony gormley, reimagining treasures, hyde abbey
Greenbelter Ian Davies recently visited the Reimagining Treasures exhibit in Winchester. Here's what he thought... One of the (many) great things about our venerable cathedrals is their continuing engagement with ...
How do you move on from being Dublin's rock'n'roll Lucifer? By becoming U2's 'aesthetic midwife', outdressing 50 Cent and roping in the Salvation Army for your latest album. Mike Atkinson meets Gavin Friday
'I have a fear of grown men in short trousers' … Gavin Friday Photograph: James Mooney
I like this article/interview in the Guardian
I am not feeling well
missed blogging
not at ease in front of my mac.
My left ankle has swollen
just like a major twisting.
Don't recall a twist
but it is killing me
also it has gone to my head and emotions.
Can hardly walk
Limping human before you
I hate it.
And still not back to energy -
whats that all about?
Fixed to see the Doc but have to wait till Monday.
What do I need to do?
My mind is dysfunctional
I am a restless wolf.
I started Wednesday
a minor feeling
but as I was out in London with Joy,
she was my personal shopper/stylist,
It got worse and worse.
stink.
I even hate typing now ....
I met up with Peter B at Da Mario,
favourite Italian restaurant,
(what a great friend - I could tell you lots about his beauty)
with a pile of shopping bags
and an aching foot - and not feeling
at my best at all.
I even didn't have a desert!!
It got worse on a 3 hour train journey,
stinking delayed, and started to balloon on d train.
So much to spill.
But clocking off.
AND decide what to do .............
Dear Pip
 Teenagers need at least nine hours sleep a night, say experts |
Going to bed earlier protects teenagers against depression and suicidal thoughts, New York research suggests.
Of 15,500 12 to 18-year-olds studied, those who went to bed after midnight were 24% more likely to have depression than those who went before 2200.
And those who slept fewer than five hours a night had a 71% higher risk of depression than those who slept eight hours, the journal Sleep reports.
It is estimated 80,000 UK children and young people have depression.
Many years ago I asked youthwork guru Pip Wilson a question. The question was, “How would you describe your churchmanship/theological position?”
I remember that Pip frowned. Maybe he didn’t want to answer. Maybe it wasn’t important to him. It was important to me…at the time. I wanted to have the whole thing nailed. So shortly after I joined a religious ‘Movement’ that had it nailed. No questions asked.
I still remember Pip’s answer. I must have asked a lot of people the same question around that time, but I remember Pip’s answer. After some thought, Pip said, “I am a Radical.”
I didn’t know what he meant at the time but I do now. It’s taken me twenty years, but I think that now I am getting it.
‘Radical’ means to get back to the root (radix [Lt] – root) of a thing.
So, what is the ‘root’ of this whole Jesus thing?
Love, that’s what.
I have just this minute stumbled upon Pip Wilson’s ‘Mission Statement’, which kinda sums up the whole thing. Talk about going full circle!
I really want to share with you my personal Mission Statement. I know It is a risk to share it…but I trust you.
Me – Pip Wilson – Mission Statement
- I will be an effective lover.
- I will live to love.
- Modelled on my developing commitment, understanding and faith in God.
- I will continue to believe, behave, and affirm that all individual persons are unique, special and valuable – beautiful human persons. I will demonstrate that, verbalise that.
- I will live to love myself, family, friends, colleagues and active socially and cosmically.
Pip Wilson, a Beautiful Human Person who became an Adult when he was 40
I don't believe in Charity
Charity is so vertical.
It goes from the top to the bottom.
Solidarity is horizontal.
It respects the other person and learns from the other.
Most of us have a lot to learn from other people.
Eduardo Galeano
"To the untold millions who knocked on doors and made phone calls, who organized and mobilized out of a firm conviction that change in this country comes not from the top down, but from the bottom up: this moment is possible because of you."
(On the day the Health Bill was passed)
Barack Obama
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I will certainly change my advice to patients and I suspect the number drinking fructose is quite large 
