I'm vacationing in California and I saw something pretty amazing! There's a machine that moves the concrete Jersey wall that divides the highway lanesThe Jersey wall has been previously cut into blocksThe machine moves along the road on a track over the blocks and moves the blocks of concreteIt makes three lanes in the morning going in one direction and moves the wall to make three walls in the other direction in the afternoonIt's on a bridge out hereI've never seen anything like it! It's really neat to see! There's no stopping allowed on the bridge so I couldn't get a very good picture of itI did get a pretty good picture of the concrete blocks that it picks upI can't find any information on it anywhere on the 'netDoes anybody know how this machine works? Help! I'm really curious.
High fiber foods (likes oats, bran, whole grains), have a modest impact in lowering cholesterol by binding bile acids (made from cholesterol) in your intestinal tractThis is always a good option to incorporate into your diet, for more reasons than just cholesterolThe most effective natural remedy is niacin (a B vitamin), but it is not without side effectsNiacin can cause people to have facial flushing (you get very red and feel warm), some people experience this more than others and you may be able to decrease this by taking it with food and an NSAID (aspirin or ibuprofen)The best niacin products are available by prescription only, I suggest talking to your doctor about thisIt is also safe to take niacin with ezetimibe (but your doctor should know)There are other natural products that claim to lower cholesterol like garlic, but most of these methods have very little evidence to support their use and have their own set of side effects as wellI am in my sixth and final year of pharmacy school, I hope that you find this information usefulPS ezitemibe has a lower incidence of muscle pain than the statins, you should give it a shotGood luck.
The best would be fruits vegtables.
Grains, especially oats are meant to be goodAlso vegetables.
Stay away from salt if you have high blood pressureSee your doc if it's at a dangerous levelOatmeal, whole grain cereals, low-fat whole grain bread, chicken, lots of vegetablesUse Take Control or Benecol spread for your breadExercise.
The machine the picks up and moves the blocks works similar to a dry cleaners rach systemAs the machine moves forward, it picks up the block, suspends it from under the machine, and carries it to the opposite side of the machine on a diagonal, where it sets it back down, a full lane width awayI've seen them used in California and in Hawaii, where it is not practical (or there are too many constraints) to build new travel lanesThe reversable lane lets you optimize the capacity that the highway or bridge already has to carry traffic, by increasing the number of lanes of traffic in the peak direction.
