Seventh Day Adventists are vegetarians
 

Their average life expectancy is 88, beating the rest of us who live to 78.
I'll have to check into exactly what they eat.

They're vegan.No meat, dairy,sugar, alcohol, coffee, smoking and drugs.

Only about 35% of Seventh Day Adventists are vegetarians. Most do avoid alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs and caffeine. Their healthy lifestyle certainly contributes to their 4-10 year increase in longevity.

They would probably also tell you it's not a mortal decision as to when we die, or by what means.

Originally Posted by Villages PL

Their average life expectancy is 88, beating the rest of us who live to 78.
I'll have to check into exactly what they eat.


Can I eat meat and drink wine until I'm 77, then switch?

We all know people who are devoted meat eaters and live beyond 88+ The problem with all of this is that given the variables involving some 7 billion people suddenly the Seventh Day comments appear to be toö small of a sample to report anything of a medial certainty.

IMHO folks respond to what emotionally soothes their worries concerning their mortality. So if I believe mud bathes are healthy well then mud is my thing.

My emotional smoothie "moderation in all things

Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. From hundreds of animal experiments, using all kinds of small to medium sized animals, it works best when started early in life. So it appears that we don't get away with much. In general, we reap what we sow. Lots of diseases start long before they are detected, like Alzheimer's, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer and heart disease.

Better late than never though. The sooner you start the better your chances are.

Note: On June 11, 2013, there was an article in the Lifestyle section of the Daily Sun about prostate cancer. There was a box with the following heading: "Facts about prostate cancer". It said prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men. It also said red meat and dairy raise your risk. What it didn't say, but should have, is that your risk would be raised for the more aggressive form of prostate cancer.

What fun is that?:icon_bored:

It's so you can spend the last 5 years of your life in a nursing home eating pablum with no teeth

That is so funny. I spit my drink over the keyboard, jblum.:a20:

We all know devoted meat eaters who live beyond 88+? How big of a study was that, compared to 7 billion people? Since I started this thread, I found a large-scale study of Adventists that was funded by the N.I.H.. It was a study of 73,308 Adventists. If you want to look at it, the heading was: "U.S. Study of Adventists finds vegetarians live longer"

The Adventist study I mentioned above was not about emotions, it was about science.

Do you think we should have "fun" now and worry about the consequences later?

That outlook is too pessimistic. Those who live healthy lifestyles and live long lives usually don't end up in nursing homes. From what I have observed it's usually the other way around.

i have recently become more interested in vegetarianism or at least healthier diet. am off to the brownwood farmer's market tomorrow morning to get some organic veggies!
don't particularly like raw veggies but will make the effort to change old habits in order to feel better in the allotted time i have remaining :)

Life is for living - we only pass this way once

I exercise and eat healthy foods, and enjoy doing both, so intend to have fun now and for the next few decades.

I recommend a PC diet - portion control. Eat/drink slowly, savouring each bite/sip and you'll get far more pleasure from it than from knocking back large quantities - whether it is meat and wine, or tofu and water.