What Would You Consider To Be A Healthy Life Style?

[nailedit]

Following on from 3T's post last night (in news) concerning the death of a vegan.
I lost both my dad and brother in law as a direct consequence of smoking.
And yet I know a 93 yr old who smokes like a chimney and is fitter than I am.

I know of someone who virtually bragged that he never once went to sleep sober, who was in his eighties when he died. (of a completely unrelated death)

There are videos of a doctor on line who lived to be over a hundred (and many more)
who were either vegan or vegetarian.

Same with meat eaters and 'A tot of whisky and a smoke everyday' types.

Do some people just have good genes?
One of my former work colleagues died last year, aged just 60 (just 3 yrs older than me).
She didnt smoke, drink or do drugs.
Her eating habits were considered healthy by government standards.

Do some people just 'luck out' because of bad genes?

[rowanwitch]

And some would overlook the rest for the money.... I don't think I could,

[nailedit]

My alcohol consumption over the years has been excessive.
(Its no secret that I have an alcohol addiction)
And my present alcohol intake is in the region of 30 units a day.

Ive lost so many friends in the past for drinking FAR less than that.
Ive had so many liver tests etc, that have all come back normal.
I just don't get it?

Why did I lose my dad at 70 (After giving up cigs years before)
to a smoking related disease, while a 93 yr old carries on smoking and is in perfectly good health?

[rowanwitch]

One thing I do recall from my time on the liver itu, when I started(1995) the average age of those presenting with end stage alcoholic liver disease was around 50 , by the time I left ( 2002)many of those we were tying to save were late 30s early 40s, but the common factor was the age at which they started abusing alcohol mostly around 15-20 years before admission with the youngest patients admitting drinking to get drunk from as early as 10 years old. I suspect other diseases of abuse have followed a similar pattern.

[bobbinwales]

//Why did I lose my dad at 70 (After giving up cigs years before)
to a smoking related disease, while a 93 yr old carries on smoking and is in perfectly good health?//
Because we're all different ... theres lots of other factors like lifestyle, fitness, luck, job, poverty, hereditry factors
Your dad might of died at 65 if he'd carried on smoking ... and maybe he smoked more than the 93 year old,
The 93 year old might die at 95.... but who knows he could of lived to 110 if he'd never smoked

[rowanwitch]

Some people also have compensatory behaviours too, for example the heavy smoker whose wife ensures his diet is full of fruit and veg, may get some protection from anti oxidants,

[fripfrip]

If i remember correctly keith richards you to have his blood changed regularly in the 1970's,and don't forget they all could afford the best/latest medical attention to help them with their excesses.

[Barsel]

Rowan //Just think when women say not if he was the last man on Earth we know who we are thinking of....//
I don't, who do you mean?

[douglas9401]

These doctors who keep ordering liver tests for someone with no liver issues, are they drunk?