WAKE-UP CALL ! (article) by Tom poesyco.th@gmail.com on AuthorsDen

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Reviewed on February 1, 2014

Tom, I'm a meat and potatoes kind of guy also.
I am 79 and do not have: High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, and Acid Reflux! and smoked two to three packs a day until age 40 and am overweight about 20 Pounds and, outside a bad ankle and every now and then a hitch in my right hip, I feel great. Having a home style one man business I still work whenever work comes my way. So, I think it's really about what one inherits from their parents and them from their parents and, unless those inherited genes are terribly abused...?
Great article, though, Tom
Mark

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on February 1, 2014

You are so right! And exercise doesn't hurt either. Walking is best for those of our age. Unfortunately, although I have an exercise machine, I haven't walked for 20 years.

My father was a meat and potatoes man and smoked for 20 years. In spite of a bad heart valve, he kept active, playing softball into his late 50s and playing golf after that, walking and riding bicycle. Unfortunately, he developed congestive heart failure and suffered for the last 10 years until he died at 85 after an infection set in after heart valve repair and a bypass.

I'm nearly your age, but after I was paralyzed at 20, I developed lactose intolerance, so I could no longer eat all of my mother's rich creamy desserts, put milk in my cereal or even eat sauces or gravies made with milk. I never liked fat and my favorite meat was filet mignon or round steak. I always ate salads and vegetables, and, for the last 20 years only raw vegetables for lunch.

The result of all this is that all my health parameters are normal, while my twin brother has to take blood pressure medicine.

Ron

Reviewed by John Martin

Reviewed on February 1, 2014

I agree Tom, always eat your veggies...raw is best..and like doctors' advice..always add a few grains of salt. A couple weeks ago the oldest living American World War Two combat veteran celebrated his 107th birthday. When asked, "What do you attribute your longevity too? He replied, "I always smoke ten cigars and drink about a pint of Jack Daniels every day. It reminded me of George Burns.

I saw George one night on the Johnny Carson Show. He had just celebrated his hundredth birthday. When he took a cigar out of his pocket and lit it, Carson frond, " You still smoke? George smiled, "I still smoke ten cigars everyday like always. Carson queried, "Didn't your doctor ever tell you that's bad for your health, George replied, "Back when I was in my early 50s he did..he said it would take years off of my life. Carson asked again, Why didn't you stop? George replied, Well, I was in my early fifties and he was in his early thirties. Carson asked, "Well what does your doctor think about your smoking now? George smiled, I really couldn't tell you, he died about twenty years ago.

Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci

Reviewed on January 31, 2014

Don't breathe the air!

Love ya!

Jane