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This article is complete crap.
[quote This is an epidemiological study, meaning that it proves correlation, NOT causation. In other words, it could be living at a high altitude causes a lower risk of coronary artery disease, or it could be a million other things (more exercise, lower stress, you name it). This article is complete crap.The distinction between correlation and causation seems to be the most difficult hurdle preventing people from making meaningful decisions about life choices. I sometimes wonder if the scientific method's reductive elimination of variables in a valid study or experiment will ever give us an anywhere near complete understanding of why many lifestyle choices have different outcomes in different cultures and locales. Humans and their varying cultures are so vastly complicated that trying to tease out meaningful determinants of health from statistical noise often seems nearly impossible.
Haitiman, I bet the Boomers didn't care about living longer when they were young either! Caring about living longer is usually a middle-age to older preoccupaction (for the most part) because old age and death are usually too far away for young people to obsess about. I'm not trying to outlive everyone I know, but would like to be healthy enough to have a decent quality of life as long as I am alive. Many things are outside of our control and we all know people who live clean and healthy lives only to succumb to cancer (or similar) at a young age. Genetics play a major role but we don't have control over that so we focus on things within our control. My grandfather lived to be 98 and was very active and healthy in his early 90's. He never worked out or watched his diet one day in his life. He smoked cigars for over 80 years, gambled, led a very high stress lifestyle, and ate more salt and fat in his diet than anyone I have ever met. He never drank alcohol in excess (other than homemade wine he made)and he was in the produce business so he ate much more fresh fruits and vegetables than most people but other than that he did nothing to promote good health. When he was in his 90's, his doctor said his cardio was on par with a guy 30 years younger. He suffered from the usual aches and pains of an older guy including arthritis but was generally healthy. He was rushing to the window at the racetrack (horses) and slipped on some coffee someone had spilled and broke his hip. He was over 90 years old and never recovered from the surgery. He spent the last 5 years of his life in nursing homes and eventually died of pneumonia. My grandfather was a really mean dude and I can't say I liked him when he was alive but he taught me the importance of genetics! Unfortunately, most people in my family only inherited his bad genetics (baldness, etc.).
I'm 49. And, no, I am not a Baby-Boomer.
The United States Census Bureau considers a baby boomer to be someone born during the demographic birth boom between 1946 and 1964.[8] The Census Bureau is not involved in defining cultural generations.
My obsession with getting healthy has nothing to do with living to be 100. I just want to be able to coach my son's baseball team and keep up with him on a bicycle when he is 10! Hopefully I will live to see him graduate from HS but I'm taking it one day at a time!
Well said.. You can eat what you want, smoke what you want, drink what you want, and live wherever you please. Your life expectancy won't change much.
Those graphs certainly are eye-opening. It's unbelievable how much the modern diet has degenerated. I feel much better about the order I placed last week for 100lbs of grass fed beef I'm 40 and have only been doing the Paleo thing since the first week of January, but the results of this diet combined with my Crossfit regimen are truly impressive. Together they have been transformational. I play pick up soccer once a week and in the last couple of years have fallen back to a more defensive position due to steadily declining stamina. In less than 9 weeks I'm back in the midfield running and sprinting upwards of 5 miles a game and in the process, embarrassing a few of the twenty-somethings that I play with. Of course, the Crossfit regimen plays a huge role in this, but there's no question the way I'm eating also contributes greatly to how I am feeling. As for living longer, I can't say. But I can say for sure I will feel better in the years to come by removing as much as I can of the processed, refined, pesticide-laced, hormone and antibiotic saturated foods from my diet. It's common sense really.
What is Crossfit? Is there a website with more information? Thanks!J
I like the approach that is advocated in the Primal Blueprint for exercise - several days of just walking around, punctuated by an occasional day of high intensity interval work (sprints), followed by more walking, followed by high intensity lifting, followed again by several days of walking. He also estimates that diet is about 80% responsible for body composition, and exercise only 20%. Judging by how he looks, I believe him! http://www.marksdailyapple.com
