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

By Steve Holland

 

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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.

 

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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?

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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.

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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...

 

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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.

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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?

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