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Originally Posted by Barefoot
Pooh, your comments make sense to me. I also think that laughter, loving life, and having a positive attitude have a lot to do with good health.
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Both Barefoot and Pooh's comments also make sense to me.
Obviously, we've all witnessed the longevity of loved ones who did NOT follow a vegan diet, but DID eat a lot of natural foods and veggies in their day , which was pre processed foods era..........and I can say for mine, that besides following what is now called the MEDITERRANEAN DIET, that they also had a strong faith in some mysterious guidance from above........so perhaps, ultimately, not worrying or nit picking over every little thing, might also contribute to a longer life.
By the time my own mother was in her 60's, retiring at age 62, she told me that "All the things I worried about never came to be".........so her new philosophy was not to worry about anything.........she passed at 91.
I would think that would include worrying about prolonging one's life span on earth............she always said, "When your number's up, your number's up". She died on my dad's birthday, having outlived three husbands.
Obviously, she had married "older men".
She ate everything from all the food groups, but according to her internist, she was in excellent health as far as all her major organs and bones, etc............Alzheimers was the cruel "long goodbye"......
When we'd visit the Alzheimers unit, at the end of her life, we could see it spared no one........there were teachers, engineers, regular folks and highly intelligent (at one time) folks, as their families would tell us.
One could have the healthiest body.......and then the brain is destroyed insidiously. The "end" is not a pretty sight. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Just saying, you could have the healthiest perfect body and something else can sneak into your life...........
Better to just enjoy life and not worry about it all, or prolonging it, etc.