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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Fishead soup wrote: |
| bacasper wrote: |
| Fishead soup wrote: |
See a doctor in Seoul. I used to go to the International clinic in Iteawon. The guy speaks English without an accent. High blood pressure is nothing to fool around with it's known as a Silent Killer because usually there's no symtoms. You can feel perfectly well and still be sick. Once you start taking the pills your pressure will go down. But some have side effects.
Once you find the right combination of pills you can get your doctor to write enough pills for three months so you can go to the clinc less often.
Don't see a doctor who stresses you out as you will always get high readings. You should see a doctor who makes you feel comforatable. |
If you'd rather not be sentenced to a lifetime of taking pills, I recommend seeing Naturopathic Medicine Dr. Jou in Seoul. He will take a detailed history, do a hair analysis, and make specific recommendations to get your pressure down.
And he speaks excellent English. |
And eat nothing but tasteless plants, and enjoy teetotaling nights talking about Yoga and meditation with brain dead hippies. I'll take my chances with the pills. Even if it means fathering children with 3 heads. |
I don't know who you are thinking of, but it is not Dr. Jou. I have been a vegetarian for decades, but after evaluating me, and to my shock and dismay, he recommended I eat a certain amount of meat (among many other recomendations).
I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss someone just because he is an alternative practitioner. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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You know, a lot of Koreans these days, especially my students, are eating fast food daily.
Do you think Korea could became an obese nation within the next 10, 20, or even 30 years? |
Yes, I taught part-time in a hogwon, and the kids were getting very chubby. My uni students (in 2002) told me there were no chocolate bars, sweets, etc when they were kids. And that that had changed immensely in just a few years. The next generation is already having problems, and you will see more and more young fat Koreans as the years wear on. Unless there is a concerted national effort to reverse it of course. But how likely is that to succeed?
I look at some of the little fatties in my kids' day care centre, and I worry about how I'm going to keep my two on the straight and narrow (forgive the pun). |
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