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[quote=Anonymous]Well, in the 70s and 80s at least, as far as I can remember, they were probably stronger and healthier. Lifestyle diseases have run rampant since then due to processed food and a sedentary lifestyle. My Michigan grandparents were outside tending their gardens pretty much every day in spring, summer, fall -- and that is a good workout. They also didn't eat much processed food and ate out very rarely -- I only remembered eating out in restaurants with them if it was a birthday or if it had been a long day at the country club (they had to pay for a certain amount of food there whether they ate it or not -- so we ate there). My Texas grandparents also didn't eat much processed food and my Grandather walked to his office everyday in University Park.

As far as looking older, that is mostly style. And hair coloring was morally questionable to that generation.  (I have no idea why, lol. But there was a big ad campaign for one of the drugstore box hair dyes in the 70s that was "Does she or doesn't she?" -- like it would be gossip about someone dyeing their hair, lol). [/quote]

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