While I agree that most research on diet and exercise increasing longevity is questionable at best, I have seen one interesting fact about longevity pop up in several good pieces of research. That fact is that the factor which correlates highest with living past 100 years old is people who have consumed chronic, life-long low calorie diets. Of course, this has NOTHING to do with happiness and quality of life, just how long it takes reach the eternal dirt nap. So along with karma, you need to be really hungry most of the time too ; )
John >From: ghill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: ghill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: track list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: t-and-f: running bad for you? (was street) >Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:21:44 -0700 > > > > > From: Keith Whitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Keith Whitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:08:36 -0700 (PDT) > > To: Track Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: t-and-f: running bad for you? (was street) > > ...... > > Our Primary Care Physician is 80 years old > > and still runs nearly every day and is healthier and > > happier as a result.>> > >happier maybe, but how do you know healthier? Pretty tough concept to >prove. > > > > So GH, what do you do for fitness/exercise? Don't be > > an early heart attack bro!>> > >I'm from the karma is karma school of thought. You play the hand nature >dealt you. If you got good genes, you'll live a long time. Bad genes, a >short time. And all the attempts to manipulate the system through diet >and/or exercise is pretty much a fraud. > >Heard one syndicated doctor on the radio recently saying that he believes >the only significant thing to increasing longevity is mental. Being happy >and getting rid of stress in your life. He said there were some studies >which suggested that the real benefit of exercise is that it takes your >mind >off the stresses which make you nuts; the phyiscal part was a very minor >component. > >gh > >ps--12-ounce curls, many reps. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
