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It's not all about nutrition. Having a social network of supportive friends also contributes to a long and happy life. And this has been statistically proven. Even the love of a pet will help reduce blood pressure. I personally believe that living a life filled with zest and joy helps the immune system to fight disease.
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A recent newspaper article about a centenarian birthday party in Sun City, attended by about 20 some celebrants, asked the age old question to one 101 year old man. What advice do you have to live a long life? His reply "I can't give any advice since I still smoke and drink" he said as he climbed in his car and drove away. This guy, in my opinion, will eventually die with a big smile on his face.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humanin...member/2111580 Notice how few men are in the photo. |
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We are in reruns here. |
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I bet I could find a lot of faults with your diet. But one would have to be confident to put their diet out for everyone to see. And I don't know of anyone else who has done it. |
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The lowest calorie whole-foods diet yields the longest lifespan, on average. And to the extent you increase calories, lifespan gets shorter. And it doesn't mean you have to count calories. You just have to be aware of the difference between high calorie processed foods and natural whole foods. |
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That's why the 25 year study and the book are so valuable. It's a snapshot in time of a healthy lifestyle. In the future, we may never have another example like it to follow. As far as eating a lot of pork: That may very well be true today but at the time of the study, their total consumption of animal protein was only about 15 % of their diet, on average. By comparison, the total amount of animal protein consumed by Americans was about 52%, on average. Sweet potatoes: Back in the very early days when there was a drastic shortage of food, they ate a lot of sweet potatoes to keep from starving. |
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At best, a dog might shave a couple of points off of high blood pressure. So it's not a cure for high blood pressure or cardiovascular disease. Zest and joy, oh boy! :) That's definitely a plus but lets put it together with a healthy diet. Let's not eat all the wrong foods and then try to fix it with "zest and joy". I've seen people try to do that and it works up to a point but then they develop all kinds of health issues in their older years. |
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There was a story of a woman in France who lived to be about 115 or older. When they asked her to what she attributed her longevity, she said she quit smoking when she was 100 years old. But the media never try to get the whole story. I believe she lived in the country where people grow and eat their own fruit and vegetables and don't eat processed foods. Also, no one knows how much they smoked. When I was in high school, my best friend's father smoked exactly one cigarette per day, after dinner. He would get it from his son who smoked a pack a day. About dying with a smile: I only smoked for 15 years but I grew to hate it. I hated it but had a difficult time quiting. In my opinion, there's nothing to smile about when it comes to smoking addiction. It stinks! Quote:
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Originally Posted by Villages PL That's why I went back and changed the word from "deserve" to "qualified". If you're satisfied with moderate health and a moderate lifespan that's your choice. I love life and expect to have the best health and live a long long life. Quote: Originally Posted by Villages PL ...And it has been proved scientifically... Quote:
In ones own mind and in their own mental world anything can be true to them, no medical credentials, medical training, or experience here to base anything on...much less science...just conjecture based on opinion, biased surveys to promote a cause, and self serving half truths..there are many many more contributing factors to health than just diet. Good diets do not guarantee good health, bad diets do not guarantee bad health, and good diets do not guarantee we will live longer. God will decide how long we live not us by eating a certain way. If one is blessed with good heath they should be thankful instead of disparaging others, guess the previous post had the best idea..the least said the better... |
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I did find some information in the book, "The Okinawa Program", that was based on the 25-year study of Okinawa. It was conducted by 2 American doctors and 1 Japanese doctor, and they were the authors of the book that came out in 2001. You can say it's outdated if you want to, but the point of the study is to provide a snapshot in time of a healthy lifestyle.
At the time of the study, the world rankings for longevity were as follows: (And the source of information was the World Health Organization, Japan Ministry of Health and Welfare) ....................Average Life expectancy 1) Okinawa...............81.2 2) Japan...................79.9 3) Hong Kong.............79.1 4) Sweden.................79.0 8) Italy......................78.3 10) Greece..................78.1 18) United States.........76.8 The authors claim that every city, town and village has had reliable birth and death statistics since 1879. And based on those statistics, Okinawa had the highest concentration of centenarians. In a population of 1.3 million, they had 400 centenarians. That's about 34 per 100,000 population. In the U.S. it was 5 to 10 per 100,000. That's a big difference. The 3 doctors spent 25 years doing this study, they put their reputations and credibility on the line, so I'm sure they gave careful thought to providing accurate statistics. |
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I love reformed Smokers, Drinkers, Born Again Christains and diet experts.
I may say that PL has many valid points but sometimes our zeal for a thing gets in the way of others hearing the message. |
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Absolutely not, faith, salvation, and a relationship with God are a heart work and not a work of the mind. With our hearts we believe and have faith, not our minds. Psalms 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. There is no purpose here except to argue and say look at me, me, me........how great I am doing and how bad you are doing if you are not like me and believe everything I say because I read a book, LOL...fact is everything is being taken from some other source, there are no personal qualifications to endorse anything.... |
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As far as "zeal" getting in the way, I kind of doubt it. I prefer to call it "being highly motivated". :thumbup: |
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When we pick an eating plan in an attempt to prevent cancer, all we can do is pick a plan that offers the least amount of risk. When it comes to diet and health there's no such thing as a "perfect diet". It's always about reducing risk. |
VP you are right on your view of the proper diet. Like me, many others just can't live with a proper diet. I eat too much of the wrong food and drink to much etc. etc. Different from some of your tormentors on this thread, I know you are right, I just am a bad boy and do not follow the right diet. Not sure why so many choose to say you are wrong. Guilt perhaps or inability to admit to failure. Again, I have a terrible diet regime, but I do know that you are right so stick to your plan and you will outlive most of the ones on this tread that disagree with you.
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