On 1/27/2014 11:15 AM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:37:16 -0600, Leon wrote:

You just can't point to all of those other
conditions or life patterns as the culprit for everything that happens
to people. Stuff just happens - it's part of life.


You are exactly right! But if you take care of your self the odds of
living a longer and healthier life increase significantly in your favor.

Genetics plays an important part. Just how much is still being studied.





This is true too.

But consider in the cases where twins are concerned, one takes care of
himself the other does not and the differences are pretty obvious.

And or take my mother and her two older sisters. Both sisters did not
take very good care of themselves and did not adhere to their
maintenance drugs. All three smoked until until they died.

The oldest sister died of heart problems at 76. The middle sister died
of basically the same problem at age 75. Their father died of a heart
condition around 66.

My mother did take better care of herself by comparison and took her
drugs as prescribed and died at age 87 from stage 4 lung cancer. FWIW
she was diagnosed with cancer on December 10, 2009 and died 58 days
later so she did not suffer long with the disease.