Originally Posted by
Jim3k
Let's hope you turn out to be right. At age 62 I was swimming a mile every three days. Even at 70, my blood chemistry was excellent and my swimming still good. Didn't stop the heart from malfunctioning at age 66 even as the chemistry remained (remains) good. Warfarin started then; still on it six years later. Check with devildeac to see how that happens. Don't totally rely on the numbers. Keep listening to your body.
Good wishes to you, sir!
Out of curiosity, and not to be too personal for the sake of it, did you have any of the childhood infectious diseases when you were young?
My father (75) has low body mass, a so-so, not-terrible history of cardiovascular problems in his family in previous generations, has exercised like a nut most of his life...and had to have a 4x bypass at age 65. His cholesterol was usually "high normal," not high. He did grow up in the era of eating trans fats for no reason. He had measles and I think something else when he was young. I have read, and he is obsessed with, articles that argue that those inflammatory diseases that most young Americans don't get anymore greatly increase lifetime risk of cardio disease. They all had measles, him and his brothers. One had his first heart attack at 48, and the other at, I'm not sure, about 50. Unlike my father, they were heavy though. He's also rejected the statins they gave him because he doesn't like the side effects.
I need to lose weight like it's my job.
Brevity, the Onion article you linked I think is in their all-time top ten. Still LOL-funny a decade later.
There's a simple solution to this razor blade problem, folks. Shave but 10% of the arable territory on your lower cranium. I've been using mach 3 since they came out, and one cartridge lasts me about a month.
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