Thought this was interesting.

[digitS']

Having my breakfast, 15 grain cereal & oranges.

No, I'm not asking for much. Empowerment ... over the lazyboy.

Decathlon record holder Aston Eaton from Oregon has ultimate strength, agility and endurance. He is 6'1" and 185#.

Steve
who walked the Indoor Mile yesterday because there were wind gusts above 35mph. he covered the mile at his usual pace, insufficiently inspired by Eaton who can run the 10 hurdles of the 400 meter in 49 seconds.

 

[journey11]

Having my breakfast, 15 grain cereal & oranges.

No, I'm not asking for much. Empowerment ... over the lazyboy.

Decathlon record holder Aston Eaton from Oregon has ultimate strength, agility and endurance. He is 6'1" and 185#.

Steve
who walked the Indoor Mile yesterday because there were wind gusts above 35mph. he covered the mile at his usual pace, insufficiently inspired by Eaton who can run the 10 hurdles of the 400 meter in 49 seconds.

Handsome young fella there. What a difference in conformation. I'd always heard that muscle weighs more than fat. My dad has neither. Just goes to show you really can't go by the height/weight charts to get an accurate picture of health.

 

[Devonviolet]

I believe that it was gastric bypass that killed my Mother. She did lose a tremendous amount of weight - but was also anemic and suffering from malnutrition for the rest of her life. When she was diagnosed with lung and skin cancer (with NONE of the usual causes) she had almost no reserve to fight it.
If the opportunity presents itself, I tell anyone who I hear is considering this to think long and hard and to look years/decades past the quick weight loss.

I'm so sorry to hear about your mother.

Yes, gastric bypass patients can lose a lot of weight. But at what price?

I believe that in order for our bodies to fight & heal from cancer we must have a strong immune system. A malnourished body cannot have a strong immune system.

Our bodies remain healthy & maintain a strong immune system by consuming healthy foods. By healthy foods I mean:
Organic
Healthy fats
GMO & SOY free
Unprocessed
Low temp pasteurized, NOT "ultra" pasturized dairy
NO CAFO meats (Confined Animal Feeding
Operation). These animals are fed
hormones, antibiotics & GMO/pesticide
drenched grains, rather than the grasses
that God intended for them to eat.
Grass fed/organic beef/pork/lamb
Free range/organic chicken
Free range/pasture raised eggs
Whole foods
Chemical free
No sugar
No high fructose corn syrup
No artificial sweeteners
Low carb
Gluten free - even people who are not
gluten intolerant are better off without
gluten. Most grains are now GMO.

These days, our food supply is at least 90% GMO, processed, low quality "food", if you can really call it that. We need to return to the "whole foods" of our ancestors & eliminate all processed foods from our diet. Our world, as a whole would be much healthier for it!

You see, I am passionate about people healing their bodies with whole foods, as well as herbs & supplements, to bring the body into homeostasis, so it can heal itself, rather than take drugs to mask symptoms.

Now you did it @canesisters! You got me on my soapbox! But, I will be good. I will stop here.

 

[seedcorn]

Our ancestors lived to ripe old age of 40+ (depending upon decade) now with GMO, processed foods, etc, we live into 70's. Go on with rant, don't let facts get in the way...

Over weight (except for health and gene issues) is simply too much intake and too little exercise.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i think the updates to medicine & dental services has helped people to live longer & not just the refined foods. genes also play their part in how long you live. my mother's side of the family has a long history of living well into their 80's, my grandmother, who is still alive into her late 80's and my great grandmother who passed at 93. but both sides of my family have history of cancers, so if the cancer doesn't take us out we still have long lives. maternal grandfather passed away from his 3rd case of cancer at age 86.

 

[Carol Dee]

Good genes to inherit @Chickie'sMomaInNH

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

good genes for long life but we are overweight in our family. grandpa was an active man but nowhere at what would be considered 'healthy' by a doctor looking at only BMI. he was a big man but still walked everyday since his retirement about 5 miles around Saugus, MA. when he was diagnosed with cancer he slowly stopped walking due to weakness. my great aunts who i had known a couple before they passed were no skinny minis either.

 

[seedcorn]

No doubt medicine has helped as people can recover from things in past that were a death sentence. Genes are important but we had the same genes in the 1800's.
I believe (too lazy to see if any studies) that people are taller, etc today because of better nutrition and more food. Our family genes are able to express themselves. But once we are done growing, body puts on this better nutrition as fat. Why I need to eat less and work more

 

[digitS']

Well, I (we) can get caught up in things "nutritional." I was wondering the other day what had happened to Carob. You remember Carob ?

I tried that CNN "sooperbread" that Bee's thread on breadmaking inspired me to try. What was it, 20% slowing of the conversion into sugar for the wheat flour? That's not much. I tossed in 20% whole wheat flour.

It might help just to take an interest in food. I go for simple. I'm like that ... I'm a slow, too.

There are things we tolerate in our behavior that make zero sense to me. I'm having my 4hour coffee. DW made waffles for my 2nd breakfast, the apple from the basket was capital! I'm poking at this screen ... I know I'm slow ...

The neighbor has been outside twice since I sat down to smoke a cigarette. Twice!

Steve

 

[bobm]

Another thing that I noticed becides generational longer lifespan. I am 3 1/2" taller than my father, my sons are 2 " and 3" taller than me. 3 of my 4 grandsons are even taller than my sons were at the same ages. Now my daughter is 1" taller than my mother. and only 1 of my 5 granddaughters will be much taller ( a bean pole )than my mother , while the others will be same height or just a little taller. My wife's and my parents , their siblings and grandparents lived into their late 80s , 90.s, and to 100s.