Gracie, why are you interested in my farts?

Good post and good point about being a grump. Wasn't there a movie called "Grumpy Old Men"? If I remember correctly, men tend to get grumpy when they have low testosterone. So they need to get that checked out. :icon_wink: (They know who they are.)

Just trying to insert a little humor and a breath of fresh air into this thread.

Well, you know what I mean.:ohdear:

I can hear the enthusiasm in this post. Having a great fun-loving attitude is surely one excellent way to enjoy the golden years!

Not bad PT. Although, my number 1 on the list would be "eat healthfully". And number 2 would be "exercise mind and body". For number 3 I would combine 1 and 6.

Are there any guidlines for your healthy diet, or is it the ever popular "American moderation diet" that allows for anything that feels good short term.

I guess joyfulness and happiness are interchangeable. I'll call it "happiness". Which comes first? Does wellness lead to happiness? Or does happiness lead to wellness? Being that happiness is a relative term, does anyone know how much happiness it takes to be well? I don't have any health problems (I pretty much have total wellness) so should I therefore conclude that I am sufficiently happy? Is that the measure one should go by?

Do you see a medical doctor every six month for tests on cholesterol and sugar and thyroid?

Has a medical doctor ever told you that you need any prescription medication? I have a friend who claims to take no medicine but it isn't because her doctor hasn't prescribed it. She just ignores his advice.

Fresh air? Really? :yuck:

How about some FRESH documented information: There seems to be (perhaps) some difference of opinion on what roll genes play. So here goes:

The World Health Organization (WHO) puts out a World Cancer Report. Their research indicates that about 4% of cancers are "inherited or genetic". The rest (various types of cancer), are caused by the environment, diet and lifestyle and are thus preventable.

Another source: "The China Study" states that only 2 -3% of all cancers are genetic.

"The Biology of Belief" by Bruce Lipton is basically in agreement. He's a biology professor. He says the deseases we can't prevent are those that are caused by a single defective gene like Huntington's and cystic fibrosis. And there are relatively few of them.

But the common degenerative diseases like cancer and heart trouble are caused my a complex interaction of many genes plus environment, diet and lifestyle. So the genes must be triggered; they don't just carry out a genetic program.

The conclusion: We are largely in control rather than our genes controling us.

Do you see a medical doctor every six month for tests on cholesterol and sugar and thyroid?

Has a medical doctor ever told you that you need any prescription medication? I have a friend who claims to take no medicine but it isn't because her doctor hasn't prescribed it. She just ignores his advice.

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You didn't answer these questions, so I am bumping this.

Sorry, you got it wrong. Living alone and being lonely are two different things. You made an assumption based on YOUR feelings and then proceeded to believe your assumption, as if I said I was lonely. To the contrairy, I have said that I cherish my solitude. I do whatever I want to, whenever I want to. I eat what I want to when I want to. You get the idea.
As a comedian once said, "I don't have to get permission to open a window".


More healthy than who? Perhaps more healthy than unhappily married people? I wouldn't be afraid to compare my health with anyone, married or unmarried.

You shouldn't try to judge others based on your regimen. If you have a condition, and your doctor asks you to get checked every 6 months, then perhaps it's called for. When I get a yearly check up, they schedule me for the following year.

No. I guess good health is so rare at my age (71) that people think I must be playing tricks on them.

It must be cholesterol medication. I've known a few like your friend. My diet is about 99% vegan so I don't need medication to lower my cholesterol. It's well within normal range. And, as I have said before, my blood pressure (taken at my doctors office) is very consistent at 100/50 (without medication).

No, I'm not offended.

:)

I am glad you are happy and most particularly healthy on your diet and your lifestyle. I was just going to ask you to come over and sit on our porch. We have the best time there. We three and the neighbors stop by and it really, really adds to our happiness and probably doesn't hurt our health either.

No drinking alcohol, soda, cow's milk,no eating meat, no fish from Far East, no drugs,no smoking, stay out of long exposure to the sun,and be careful of the doctor's and hospitals you go to.

I think eating is only a portion of the problem. How do you answer the following?
Do you die your hair?
Do you get your nails done?
Do you use deodorant?
Do you use skin cream or lotion?
Do you use cleaning chemicals around the house?
Do you breath the gas fumes when filling your car?
Do you walk around barefoot on you lawn?
Do you wash you hands to remove chemicals as soon as you come off the golf course?
Do you use sun block rather than limiting sun exposure?
Do you use perfume?
What shampoo do you use?
On and on and on, etc.,etc.,
How you answer those questions are as important if not more so than how you eat. We are systematically poisoning ourselves with daily consumptions of chemicals that no one has researched. They may have researched how their own chemicals impact us but no company can go out and research how they all react together from one brand to the next. If all the vegan are watching for these things along with eating the way they do then congrats, but I think eating is only a small portion of the big picture. I have no proof, but believe that many of our current day illness are environmental, because we do not take the time to look ate what we are exposing ourselves to.
And lastly do you wear your seat belt?
And do you drive when you have drinking?


Food for thought?

All contributing factors I'm sure, but more so perhaps for cancer related issues, mostly.

As you said no specific research to prove those associations, and if you did all that and were a vegan you still can get hit by a bus.

However, there is research on eating a vegan diet, rock solid!

Oh vegans can & do drink, (not driving)

Quill, do you ever watch or read Dr. Oz books? There's alot of research that's been done on WHAT we put in our bodies DO cause cancer, diabetes, heart problems, strokes, etc, etc. Yes, alot of environmental chemicals also do harm as well, I try very much to avoid most of those that you mentioned in my everyday life. :-)

I would too. :wave: