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What would you do if a family member you loved...

iamnikki · 2018-10-25T22:14:55-04:00

Community - What would you do if a family member you loved... ...continued to eat bad, processed food all... (16 replies).

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help them eat better

let them continue ruining health

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...continued to eat bad, processed food all the time (which is full of sodium), despite having high blood pressure?

I'm concerned because heart problems and hypertension run in my family and this family member, my MOM, has high blood pressure. I'm not sure if she doesn't understand or just doesn't care that this stuff is majority of the reason she has high blood pressure...

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SW-User

I would do my best to try and help them eat better, but you can't always be around to check up on them, so they have to take responsibility for themselves.

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SW-User

@Overwatch6 Well good luck...

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Mondayschild · F

My parents would never listen to me. I stopped and let them enjoy the rest of their lives.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@Mondayschild what did you tell them? What were their health issues?

Mondayschild · F

@iamnikki they both had high blood pressure. I tried to get them to stop frying stuff,eating salt and cut out the restaurant biscuits filled with meat. Southern food is tasty but dangerous on the heart. If they want to get recipes for a good heart healthy diet you might find one on the internet

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@Mondayschild thank you. My problem is that my mom doesn't like to cook real food. Everything she buys is out of a box. Same as it was when i was growing up. There were times when , as a younger adult, I'd go to the grocery to buy items for a recipe. I'd have to stop to google some foods or how to pick and prepare them because mom never used them😕

lulaluboo

Help them if they would accept help.

Byron8by7 · M

Let her know that you are concerned.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@Byron8by7 I've done it before though. doesn't seem to care. everyting she buys is in a box. She loves telling people " I [she] don't cook, I don't like cooking". But you need to, processed junk isn't good.

Byron8by7 · M

@iamnikki That's a tough one. Do you live near her? Could you meet her for a serious talk, sort of like an "intervention?" Offer her some alternatives. There are many types of healthier processed lower sodium / lower fat foods. This is out of my league. I have cooked from scratch for decades, and I am careful about my diet, for the most part.

4meAndyou · F

I tried to cook three meals a day for my former alcoholic diabetic father in law who was dying of cirrhosis of the liver. He complained bitterly, told me the special diabetic foods I was fixing for him tasted like sh!t, and ended up moving out after four weeks living with us. He got to go home and drink himself to death, which is what he wanted.

You have to realize in a very hard way sometimes that you are not in charge of anyone elses body unless its your own or your own childs.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@4meAndyou I know I'm not in charge. I'm just wanting to help. Some people don't realize that food can help and heal and can also ruin health. That's all. I'm only in charge of me, I'm well aware.😐

4meAndyou · F

@iamnikki Do what you need to do but be aware that some people don't really want to be helped.

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