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Thanks for the responses. I do eat oatmeal quite a bit for breakfast but definitely not every morning, which would give the full health effect wrt cholesterol. I've heard about the benefit of red wine but alas, I'm not drinking alcohol these days.

Protein+salad is a pretty good paleo diet, it's more or less what my dad used to eat every night years ago. He liked to cook steaks and chops out on his charcoal grille on the patio and they were delicious, (usually ribeyes chopped for him by a butcher), unfortunately they were always charred on the outside and pink on the inside which may have contributed to the type of cancer he eventually got, in his throat. Charred food plus acid reflux is my guess.

As for as how I feel on this diet, I feel fantastic. I definitely eat too much sugar and carbs as well, I love bread. I need to work on that. I have had kidney stones in the past, more than once, I know that I'm not following the anti-stone diet very well. But the steak doesn't make me feel sluggish at all and my digestive system is running like a Swiss watch for the most part.

I need to step-up the exercise and cut back on the fat and sugar in my diet. I'm inspired by our Seahawk and his "wog" regime, (walk+jog), anyone can do that regardless of fitness level and benefit from it. Ive done soma good long bicycle rides this summer when I'm down in Minneapolis and chores up here but it's not steady enough.

Lastly, everyone's genetics are different, even though general advice wrt healthy diets is legitimate. I'm blessed w good health genetics, I see people my age who are far older in biological terms than me. Their health and vitality is gone...it's sad and has to effect mood.