Cut down on that sugary goodness!

I was just done with Endocrine block so today is the first day of the new block, Genitourinary system, which is also the last block before my exam. 

In the Endocrine block, I have learned that diabetes mellitus is a totally on the must avoid disease list. It all started with hyperglycaemia which means high blood sugar due to some problems with your B-cells of your pancreas that produces insulin which helps lower your blood sugar. If you don't control your blood sugar now, for people who is already diabetic, the next thing you know your big toe will get amputated because of infections or the next thing you know is that you already have heart failure, and it all begins with too much of that sugary goodness in your blood. 

Start controlling what you eat today or you might risk having chronic diseases when you're older which is when your immune system is much, much weaker. 

O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.{Al-Baqarah, 2:168}

Anyway, my family have a history of hypertension(high blood pressure) and diabetes so yeah, I really need to watch what I eat and my lifestyle also contributes a lot if I want to avoid getting chronic diseases. I really should exercise more but for now planking is enough to make me feel like I have just ran a marathon. FYI, I used to run marathons and short distance sprinting for all lengths (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m) but those were back in the high school days. When I entered college all the running stopped so it had some effects on my body which involves intermittent lower back pain and depleting stamina. Now I can't even run a full 100m without feeling like all the air got sucked out of my lungs. So yes, I really should go back to exercising so that I won't end up being an old woman physically before the supposed time.

By the way, The Long Song is starting to get boring but I must finish it or else I cannot start on other books that have been queuing for my attention which are :

• A spot of bother, by Mark Haddon
• The road less travelled, by M.Scott Peck, M.D
• Where the streets had a name, by Randa Abdel-Fattah
• A quiet belief in angels, by R.J. Ellory
• Ruso and the demented doctor, by R.S. Downie

These are just some of the many books that I have bought that I manage to bring to USM. Others are sitting quietly on the bookshelf back in my room in Seremban, just waiting for me to finish all in the previous list so that I can bring them to USM.

I am guessing most book lovers have this habit of being stuck because they just have to finish the present book before they can actually move on. This reminds me of a list of something about book addicts. Yes, definitely a list.

I have Pathology & Physiology of Glomerulonephritis and Immune mediated renal diseases lecture today starting at 9. I need to get going. Bye and assalamualaykum warahmatullah.