新緑の環境、そして、適度な運動を心掛ける

　今日６月４日から「歯と口の健康週間」です。病の多くは口から侵入と考えるとき、口腔衛生ほど大切なものはありません。歯は痛くなると歯科に行きますが、平素から食後の歯磨きを励行、そして、定期的に歯科の診断を受けます。

　昨日は、涙が２回出ました。長嶋茂雄さんが天に召されたとことが朝９時のトップニュースで伝えられたときです。私の青春時代より、攻守に大活躍され、敵味方なく「誰にも慕われる人柄の良さは敬服そのもの」です。しかも、娘の長嶋「三」奈さんの誕生日の「３」日に亡くなられ、どれ程か娘さんが大切だったのでしょう。現役時代は背番号「３」として、しかも「３」塁主として「ボールを掴むや否や１塁へのかっこよい投球スタイル」が目に焼き付いてます。心よりご冥福を祈ります。

　一方、昨日は、先日受診した高崎市による健康診断結果が分かりました。実は、長期に亘り一人暮らしであることから栄養面の偏りが心配でした。担当医は「カッキーは１００点です。」と言われました。私は内心「よかったと、ホッとし」涙が出ました。特に嬉しいことの一つは男性の死亡原因１位である前立腺がんの「ＰＳＡ値が０．４２」と極めて低かったことです。私の年令では４．０９以下が「異常なし」ですから、かなり低い値です。血液検査結果、他の内臓も異常なしと言われました。

　これからも、今まで通り、美味しいものという観点より、健康食材を求めます。本当の美味しさは「空腹であってこそ」と考えます。天気が良い今日も適度な運動に心掛け、よい空気を胸いっぱい吸い、がん対策として早朝のトマトジュースを一杯です。

Dear my friends who are crazy about health and great music.

　Today, June 4th, is the beginning of "Dental and Oral Health Week". When thinking that most diseases enter through the mouth, nothing is more important than oral hygiene. Generally, when we have a toothache, we go to the dentist, but we should brush our teeth after meals and get regular dental checkup.

　Yesterday, I cried twice. It was when the 9am headline news announced that baseball player "Shigeo Nagashima" had passed away. He was a great player on both offense and defense from my youth, and his good personality loved by all, friend and foe alike, is truly admirable. He passed away on the 3rd, when the birthday of his daughter, Mina Nagashima, so I imagine how important she was to him. During his active career, he wore the number 3 on his uniform, and as the 3rd baseman, I still remember him with a cool style of pitching to first base as soon as he caught the ball. May he rest in peace.

　On the other hand, yesterday I received the results of the health check by Takasaki City the other day. Actually, I was worried about my nutritional imbalance because he had been living alone for 20 years. As the result, the doctor in charge of me said, "Kakky is 100% perfect." I was relieved and cried inside secretly. One thing that made me especially happy was that my PSA value for prostate cancer, which is called the number one cause of death in men in Japan, was extremely low at 0.42. At my age, a value of 4.09 or less is considered normal, so my result is a very low value. The blood test results showed that there were no abnormalities in my other internal organs.

　From now on, I will continue to seek out healthy foods than what tastes good from the perspective of health. I believe that true deliciousness is only possible when we are hungry. Today, with the weather being nice in Japan, I will make an effort by moderate exercise, intake in the fresh air, and drink a glass of tomato juice early in the morning as a cancer prevention measure.