Warm feet (Was Re: Noise, Numbers, Correlations, and Mistakes 2)

trigonometry1972@xxxxxxxxx | <trigonometry1972@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 1, 2:46 am, Chris Malcolm <c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's not too cold or unpleasant to go out for walks in autumn or
winter, it's just too cold or unpleasant to go out in your warm
weather gear. Properly clothed a walk in the cold or rain is
enjoyable. The difficulty is that in our modern largely urban
societies most people have no idea how to dress so as to be
comfortable out of doors in inclement weather.

--
Chris Malcolm

OK, I'll get some exercise.
I got a bit of exercise yesterday and tinkered with
my supplements such that something my lowered
the BG somewhat. Still it wasn't enough.

For cold weather I use polyester fleece and wool.
And for the most part my local climate isn't really
suitable for the old down parka though some days
are exceptions. Some of my winter boots are full size larger.

With respect to keeping feet warm in winter an interesting thing has
happened to my feet. They've got naturally much warmer and more cold
resistant.

It's because I took up wearing sandals many decades ago as a way of
trying to cure a skin fungus infection in my feet. It not only worked,
it seemed to improve my general foot health so much I kept up the
sandal wearing and found some really good tough comfortable
sandals. As the years passed I discovered that the autumnal date at
which cold feet made me stop wearing sandals got later and later.

And when I do need to wear boots and socks in order to tramp around in
snow I can quite happily just wear one pair of socks and my feet stay
warm. Whereas before I would have to wear wear thicker warmer boots
and at least two socks and still get cold feet.

Of course wearing sandals is not a good idea if diabetes has reduced
the feeling in your feet to the point where some small stone or thorn
might get into your sandal and trodden into your sole without you
feeling the injury. That had started happening to my feet in the last
year or so before diagnosis, although I didn't realise how bad it had
got until the podiatric diabetic assessment. But since diagnosis and
reducing my post meal BG spikes by diet my feet have recovered their
feeling.

I'm hoping warmer feet means improved blood circulation in the feet
which is something to bank against possible later diabetic or age
related loss.

--
Chris Malcolm
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