Trump, not especially vigilant on diet, declared 'in very good health'

By Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo

 

BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump was declared "in very good health" by the White House physician on Friday after four hours of examinations in what amounted to a test of whether his doctor's order that he follow a healthier diet has paid dividends.

 

Specific details on Trump's weight, cholesterol levels and blood pressure were not released in a statement from White House physician Sean Conley after Conley and 11 specialists put the 72-year-old president through a battery of medical tests.

 

"While the reports and recommendations are being finalised, I am happy to announce the president of the United States is in very good health and I anticipate he will remain so for the duration of his presidency, and beyond," Conley said.

 

Trump underwent his second physical exam as president at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland. Conley said Trump did not undergo any procedures requiring sedation or anaesthesia, meaning he did not have a colonoscopy.

 

Little more than a year ago, Trump's doctor declared him in "excellent health." But the president was directed to try to lose 10 to 15 pounds (4.5 to 6.8 kg) by eating better and starting to exercise. There is little evidence to indicate he has lost a significant amount of weight.

 

Aides said he now eats more fish than he used to but still enjoys steaks, well done with ketchup on the side, and fried potatoes prepared by the chefs at the White House and at the Trump International Hotel in Washington. Trump also has long had a well-documented fondness for fast food.

 

Trump has admitted he has not hewn closely to his diet plan. Nor has he been known to enter the White House gym for a workout.

 

"The president received a diet and exercise plan last year after his annual physical, but the president admits he has not followed it religiously," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said.

 

Trump weighed 239 pounds (108 kg) at last year's physical. His resting heart rate was 68 beats per minute (bpm), his blood pressure was 122/74, and his total cholesterol was 223 (HDL 67, LDL 143). In last year's exam, a stress test found above-average exercise capacity. A cognitive assessment was normal.

 

Trump daily takes a 10 mg dose of the drug Crestor to lower cholesterol, 81 mg of aspirin for cardiac health, and 1 mg of the drug Propecia for prevention of male pattern hair loss.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-02-09

11 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Specific details on Trump's weight, cholesterol levels and blood pressure were not released in a statement from White House

You can be certain the Dems will be having the FBI look into this &  see why this info was not released.

My own guess is that Russia is yet again responsible for this. ????????????

Edited February 9, 20197 yr by mania

23 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

, I am happy to announce the president of the United States is in very good health

Meh, in a country full of 'morbidly obese' people (ie: eating yourself into an early grave) the news that this tub of goo is in good health is not shocking.

 

47 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Nor has he been known to enter the White House gym for a workout. 

I wonder what would happen if he went through a cardiac stress test. Better have Pence and the bible ready.

Edited February 9, 20197 yr by RotBenz8888

Let’s hope McDonald’s does it’s magic soon!!!

56 minutes ago, Tug said:

Let’s hope McDonald’s does it’s magic soon!!!

Like making the burgers disappear?

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

1 mg of the drug Propecia for prevention of male pattern hair loss.

He is definitely not a good advert for that drug then. 

Agree with this fantasy doctor. He is a super sexy man and good health is an understatement. A true model for the population. Keep up the good work.

He cut back on the hamberders.

 

Still a svelte 239 lbs. 

 

Wonder if he'll wear the huge overcoat year round?

 

Paging Dr. Rony to the pharmacy.

 

 Orange skin color = good genes. AKA, the winter tan.

 

Exercise: swing, step into the cart, step out of the cart, take a gimme.

 

At least he wasn't declared "fit".

 

His second favorite Colonel, after Vladdy...

 

 

Edited February 9, 20197 yr by mtls2005

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

... I am happy to announce the president of the United States is in very good health and I anticipate he will remain so for the duration of his presidency ...

Wow, the poor fella doesn't have long to go then.  No matter what you think of him, we should all show some sympathy and hope that he can spend his last remaining days peacefully with his family.  I wonder if the judge will let them share a cell?

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Trump has admitted he has not hewn closely to his diet plan. Nor has he been known to enter the White House gym for a workout.

But it must be a good work out to briskly storm down to the gym to "bawl out" some poor White House staffer because he is having a bad day.

 Saddening to hear these positive results

Maybe his wife keeps him fit? 

11 hours ago, mania said:

You can be certain the Dems will be having the FBI look into this &  see why this info was not released.

My own guess is that Russia is yet again responsible for this. ????????????

Naa, I would rather have a mental health report ... oh, and his tax records!

1 hour ago, Monkeyrobot said:

Maybe his wife keeps him fit? 

Sexercise....

10 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

 

I wonder what would happen if he went through a cardiac stress test. Better have Pence and the bible ready.

Well yes Pence to read a linked scripture from the bible.

 

And Pence to tell us that it's all god's will.

 

Can't go wrong...

 

Why on earth would I believe something as silly as that?

4 hours ago, natway09 said:

 Saddening to hear these positive results

That’s the wrong way to look at it.... completely wrong. this is great news. The best ever news. I hope he lives till he’s 100, at least, longer if possible, so he can enjoy more time looking out thru the bars of his cell

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Yes. It was probably some former kin of this doctor that declared that Mr Trump had heel spurs which

made him not eligible for military service in what the Vietnamese call "The American War".

Remember that Mr Trump attended a military college. With bland academic results apparently.

This would have given him a behind the lines desk job, supervising army clerks.

Even this potential safe job put the fear of God into the current supreme commander.

So he got the magic doctors certificate to absent himself from military service. 

Amazingly, after the Vietnamese booted US out of Vietnam, the same doctor declared the spurs to be completely gone.

A total miracle in medical science. 

GAWD - Not only is HE a pathological liar but his doctor is, too!

7 hours ago, chokrai said:

Why on earth would I believe something as silly as that?

You would if you were Republican.

Good to go for 6 more years. Looking at the opposition so far, this is going to be fun.

Too much "Executive Time"?

 

Trump famously slams "exercise" stating that his body is like a battery (AAA?) with a finite amount of energy.

 

His Prayer Breakfast teleprompter speech this week indicates his battery is all but drained?

 

 

Mental health not included in report


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“During the rectal exam—now this is serious, folks—the doctor thought he felt something. But turns out it was just Sean Hannity”

 

Bill Maher.

11 hours ago, Prissana Pescud said:

So he got the magic doctors certificate to absent himself from military service. 

Amazingly, after the Vietnamese booted US out of Vietnam, the same doctor declared the spurs to be completely gone.

A total miracle in medical science. 

And the medical miracles keep on comin'. Most 71 year old guys are on restricted diets, exercise and blood pressure and heart medicines, and still come up with less than stellar medical exams. This guy lives on Big Macs and cokes and is pronounced in very good health. 

 

I'm sure the medical truth about the guy's fitness is about the same as the bone spurs story.

I loved Trump's long-time doctor, who "wrote":

 

"If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency...?

 

And Dr. Rony said last year Trump might live to be 200. Can't imagine DJTJ, Eric and Ivanka are pleased to hear that?

1 hour ago, keemapoot said:

And the medical miracles keep on comin'. Most 71 year old guys are on restricted diets, exercise and blood pressure and heart medicines, and still come up with less than stellar medical exams. This guy lives on Big Macs and cokes and is pronounced in very good health. 

 

I'm sure the medical truth about the guy's fitness is about the same as the bone spurs story.

 

Whateverthe truth of his physical condition, the real sickness is in his rancid soul.

8 hours ago, quandow said:

GAWD - Not only is HE a pathological liar but his doctor is, too!

It must be a localized thing to do with proximity..... forget the cone of silence, we now have the cone of liars.