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Losing Weight

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I am 82 and minimally obese, with a BMI of 30.9. I live with atrial fibrillation and minor congestive heart failure, which limit my ability to climb stairs or push my bicycle past a heart rate of 150 bpm. My cardiologist’s office notes mention “weight reduction needed,” though he has never raised it with me directly. Why?

Perhaps because my last serious attempt at dieting — a fasting regimen I carried out all wrong — ended with me in the hospital with sepsis. Or probably because many doctors, even cardiologists, are reluctant to engage deeply with weight-loss strategies beyond general advice.

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Best Eating Habits for an 80-Year-Old Man

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Drinking Cranberry Juice Reduce UTI

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I have heard that drinking cranberry juice is a way to reduce UTI. Is that true? What recommendation should one due to reduce UTI if he or she has a history of annual incidents of UTI?

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Cranberry juice and UTIs is one of those health topics where the “yes, but…” answer applies.

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