Has Colombia made you healthier?

umm says on Jan 18, 2005, 21:23:

With the year round warm weather: are you referring to Bogota?


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pink_lotus says on Jan 18, 2005, 21:56:

HEll yeah it has. A live in maid for 100 dollars a month. Fresh squeezed orange juice in the morning brought to your bedroom!
Hell yeah it's making me healthier and stress free.
Pimp this country with my dollars out all the way!

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kernow62 says on Jan 18, 2005, 22:26:

To be honest I got the shits whilst in San Andres, but hey shit happens.

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Bruce V. Shrader says on Jan 19, 2005, 01:45:

Diabetics I live part of the time in Cali, Colombia
and part of the time in Florida.

I have noticed that my blood sugar runs
lower, while in Colombia, than it does
while in the United States. I have also noticed that
the Doctors (in Colombia) are more concerned
about their patients (and curing them)
than they are in the U.S.

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Dan says on Jan 19, 2005, 02:20:

Food I'd say my health is better in Colombia. I loose weight (although I don't need to) without even trying. Then, when I come back to the US, my stomach is all screwed up for a few weeks getting used to all the grease, sugar, salt and what ever else is put in the food. I'm trying to watch what I eat more now so it's not too bad. I normally have no problems going TO Colombia, only coming back.

God Bless America!

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chicharron says on Jan 19, 2005, 06:21:

vital signs What with the FRESH fruit, soups, fish & vegs.., the Colombian diet has got to be good for you- and the thing I always notice is how my nails start growing - I swear its the Aguila ?!

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LaloG says on Jan 19, 2005, 10:48:

Absolutely!!! When I arrived here in Bogotá last Feb. I weighed in at 285lbs. Yesterday I checked, and I am right at 200lbs now. No diet, just eating healthier food, and walking.
I´ve developed a theory as to why I couldn´t lose the weight in the states. The big difference in the food I eat here, and the food I ate in the states, is that here none of the vegetables have been dipped in preservatives as they are in the states. I don´t and didn´t eat a lot of animal flesh, but when I do, it is usually chicken or fish—never beef or pork. It was the same in the states, but there again the majority of an imal products there have been fed a diet of growth hormones, and the once killed, drenched in preservatives.
LaloG

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ARMacleod says on Jan 19, 2005, 11:04:

Bogota does! If you breathe deeply (altitude) and eat only well cooked/prepared food.

Being of unsound mind and dubious disposition, I cannot be held legally liable for any indiscretions."¡El diablo me hizo hacerlo!" But don't worry, be happy.

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vladimiro says on Jan 19, 2005, 11:12:

Lost wieght and I don't know why I lost 8 pounds from a recent 2 month trip to COlombia. Its interesting because I ate whatever I wanted just like in the US including chicharron atleast 3 times a week(I love good chicharron). I mostly ate (typically fried) Colombian food, chorizo, chicharron, pork, beans, rice, avacado, fried bananas, fried chicken, etc. I would walk to a nearby Frutera for fruit with cream and ice cream, or a salpicon practically every day. But I think I must have walked a lot more than I do in the US. Walked to a mall and restaurants nearby and my apartment complex doesn't have an elevator and I live on the fifth floor...

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:27:

I don't know if Colombia has made me any healthier overall (I'm pretty healthy anyway) but one thing I have also noticed when in Colombia is that my hair grows faster and gets shinier and my nails also grow faster and are stronger.
Cheers,
Desi

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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Gomezman5 says on Jan 19, 2005, 13:45:

I think it depends on--what you're doin' Yes...it's a life style thing.

When I, go to Bogota, I am vacationing. For one thing, I don't have a car, so I tend to do a lot of walking. Here in Chicago, when I go to the grocery store 3 blocks from my house, I drive.

But in Bogota, I like to walk, from one place to another, and check out the ladies, flirt a little, and I think all that time on my feet adds up. It's not aggresive aerobic exercise, but it adds up to burning calories. I think I eat less too. Definitely more fruits...but no too many more veggies. Colombia is not exactly the place you want to go to if your diet is heavy in veggies. Sure it's in the stores, but no too much in the restaurants

Also, because I am there visiting......I'm happier. No work. No clients...No arguing. Just a non stop good time. When I am less stressed, I eat less. When I eat less, I loose weight.

So for me, it's not really Colombia so much, as it it a change in lifestyle.....I see the same thing happening to me when I go to Mexico.

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Dan says on Jan 19, 2005, 14:12:

Like what Desi said, I've noticed my finger nails growing a little faster. I think that come from having a good diet, but not too sure on that. Maybe it's some type specific?

Dan

God Bless America!

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Thededalus says on Jan 19, 2005, 14:26:

I lost weight too I lost 15 lbs over the course of a year (155 to 140 lbs), and I made no conscience effort to any of it. In fact, I ate plenty of El Corral hamburgers, and other junk, as I lived with another college student. I definitely walked more in Bogota, but I don't think that was the whole difference. Either way, being now in the US, I have to watch what I eat or the lbs come back.

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Lionheart says on Jan 19, 2005, 14:36:

all about diet "Fingernail growth is a product of diet. During the summer months most people change their diet and this could reflect in the amount of nail growth that is observed. Nails are mostly calcium carbonate or a relative, so examining the amount of calcium in the diet."

I assumed it had something to do with Calcium, as I had read something about hair as well. But looking though food charts I didn't find anything special on tropical fruits etc. Milk and related products are #1 calcium supplier.

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YEP says on Jan 19, 2005, 14:44:

Well I'm no expert but the SUN is a great catalysator ;-) so if you provide your body with a reasonable varied diet you "doomed" to improvement in your general health ;-)

Combine that with a less stressfull day and increase in (also little) physical activity - well nothing more to add really ;-)

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goosekirk says on Jan 19, 2005, 16:37:

I also lose weight I visited Bogota once for 9 days, and lost about 7 pounds. And that was with eating big meals at night, ice cream nearly every day, all kinds of snacks and sodas and junk... I don't fully understand it, either. Probably a combination of altitude, fresher food and more walking.

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lpdiver says on Jan 19, 2005, 16:47:

Oxygen drives appetite It would be interesting to see if there is a correlation to altitude and a relative deprivation of oxygen. For example Bogota verses Cartegena?

"cook some rice!"

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