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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is living too long.
People are dying too long. [/quote]

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Exactly. It’s a huge effort to take care of your health the way you need to live well for your whole life. But if you focus on what you want to be able to do at 90 - play with grandkids, hike, swim, ski, walk your active dog - then you can work backwards from there and figure out what you need to do to get there. Which is basically cardio, weights, good food, strong relationships.

We don’t have to age the way our parents are. That’s a totally different model of aging and we know better now.[/quote]

Wow. You are really naive.

My nearly 80 yo dad did all these things-active, clean living, folks married for 57 years now, never smoked or drank and was even playing league ice hockey into his early 50's. He was dx with Parkinsons at 62 and is in the late stage now. He doesn't have to 'hope' to die before 85 because he likely will.

Yet I have to see my lazy, dumb lump exFIL walking around this town in near perfect health. He was a slug when he was the age I am now! Pisses me off no end...[/quote]

Happens more often than we realize. My theory is that obsession with healthy living isn’t natural and nature gets the last laugh [/quote]

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