Jun 23, 2019 Features / Columnists, – By Adam Harris
I have seen a lot of people who are suffering from hypertension and diabetes. It is as though almost everyone has developed these diseases.
When I was a young man, the only people who seemed to have high blood pressure were those who drank a lot of alcohol and smoked excessively. These were the middle aged men. But then again, people did not set much foot to doctors. If they felt a twinge or out of sorts, they resorted to herbal teas and medicines. They would not tell anyone who asked that they were not feeling well.
Surprisingly, I did not see many victims of strokes. But then again, not many people lived very long. They died a few years past seventy. But that was considered old age back then. Continue reading →
