ohiosmith
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:18 PM
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What is the BEST "thing" in your family's health/ genetic legacy that you're aware of? |
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Edited on Tue Oct-30-07 01:18 PM by ohiosmith
The men tend to keep their hair into their 80s.
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:19 PM
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My Great Grandmother was 97 when she died and my Grandma was 92.
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:20 PM
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:20 PM
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3. Extremely low incidence of heart disease in women in my family. |
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:21 PM
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4. My Nana just turned 102 last Wednesday |
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Her sister lived to 106. I hope I inherit that gene.
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:22 PM
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5. We laugh at ourselves. |
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I'm not sure where this is in the DNA, but it's gotta be there, somewhere. :)
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:24 PM
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6. My paternal grandparents both lived to 93 with no dementia. |
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:24 PM
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7. thick hair, long life, and height |
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My grandfathers lived to 87 and 92, and one of them had thick lush hair all his life.
Plus, my dad's 6'9'' and I'm a scrawny 6'6''. My bro's 6'6'' as well.
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:25 PM
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:25 PM
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9. Most people in my family live long, active lives. When they die |
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it's more like they just wear out and go quickly instead of succumbing to a long illness.
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:27 PM
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10. longevity and native sense |
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Paternal grandfather--dead at age of 94. Paternal grandmother--dead at the age of 82 (emphysema, I don't smoke)
Maternal grandfather--82, showed me all the old stuff in the attic last weekend. His mother--dead at the age of 99. His father died of emphysema in his 70s.
Maternal grandmother--78?, survived cancer and a heart defect from rheumatic fever as a child. Still going strong. Her mother--doing well at age 96. Her father died, age and cause unknown.
On the other hand, my father died of a stroke at age 52. He always was high-strung.
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:28 PM
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:45 PM
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12. My dad is 76 and weighs 300 lbs. |
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and has diabetes and high blood pressure. His doctor says that he is the healthiest person he has ever seen with these symptoms. His mother used to put a big pat of butter on her boiled eggs and lived to be in her 80's. My mother's mother also lived into her mid-80's. My mother's sister smoked and drank alot and never exercised and lived to be 80. My dad's sister smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish and she is 85. My mom is careful about her weight and does not smoke but does still drink.
So I guess I need to gain a bunch of weight, develop high blood pressure and diabetes, put butter on my eggs, start smoking and drinking and stop exercising if I want to live as long as my parents, grandparents and aunts!
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Tue Oct-30-07 01:56 PM
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13. Extremely high alcohol tolerance levels. |
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Tue Oct-30-07 03:03 PM
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14. Longevity, low blood pressure, no heart disease, no cancer. |
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on the other hand, we are all near-sighted.
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No long lingering deaths. We all drop dead quickly and unfortunately all before the age of 70.
So, I'll probably die an early death but at least I'll go fast.
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