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Old 02-22-2012, 04:18 PM
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Just to throw a little bit more into this particular discussion of what one eats and the state of health or unhealth....consider that genetics play a big part in our life span, not accounting for accidents. My Dad, bless his heart, passed away about two years ago at the age of 97. His Mother, his Grandmother, also lived into their late 90's. Their diets were beyond anything one would consider good....lots of meat, butter, fried foods, cold cuts, little dairy, not much on veggies, plenty of white bread, Dad and Great Grandma smoked, they drank, not heavily, but did have liquor now and then. For years and years, food fried was fried in hot lard.

I have nothing against eating good for you foods, however, as time passes, foods once considered to be bad for us are now on the good list...remember nuts, oils, wine... chocolate ....now on the good list.
Even Adelle Davis didn't live forever.