No, no, thanks for the advice! It's great stuff, and I'll look for opportunities to casually mention it all, and take my cues from her response.

I love this about livejournal, that I can ask a question and get experienced perspectives in response. For example, I totally didn't know that sugar was bad for people with equilibrium problems, and that'll come in handy with my father as well; he has balance problems too, and while he doesn't eat tons of sugar, I wonder if he knows this information. If he doesn't, I bet he'll take the info and run with it!