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Except it's not about a decade. Good friend of mine died at 30 from obesity induced cardiomyopathy. Then we talk about quality of life. I run, lift, and gene
by zeamaize 10y ago
Except it's not about a decade. Good friend of mine died at 30 from obesity induced cardiomyopathy. Then we talk about quality of life. I run, lift, and generally workout because I want to maintain quality of life as much as length.
My Aunt is 95 and still runs 5k every day. Guess who isn't an invalid in her autumn years?
- krmboya 10y agoThis. Quality of life also matters. There's a term I encountered: compression of morbidity, where the onset of chronic illnesses is delayed until one is close to death.
- careersuicide 10y ago"Do squats when you're young so you can stand up from the toilet on your own when you're old."
- eikenberry 10y agoYou made a pretty big leap there from inactivity to obesity.
- sn9 10y agoIt's not a big leap from inactivity to cardiovascular disease, though. Or diabetes. Or a host of other diseases for which exercise is an often recommended preventative measure.
- eikenberry 10y agoI didn't say inactivity was healthy, just the post you were responding to gave no indication that the poster was overweight, just inactive. And diabetes is related to weight, not activity.
- sn9 10y agoIt's related to both, actually, though primarily diet.
- adventured 10y agoHow much of your aunt's outcome was genetic predetermination? I'd wager the majority of it. You either have genetics that are tilted toward extreme longevity, or you don't. If you don't, nothing you can do will get you to 100.
- sn9 10y agoSounds more like a wager based on rationalizing laziness than a wager informed by knowledge of the research on the factors that contribute to longevity. So what if she has the genes? You have no information indicating whether or not her active lifestyle added 1 year or ten or twenty or zero. We do know that the research shows a causal relationship between activity level and longevity.
- jack9 10y ago> than a wager informed by knowledge of the research on the factors that contribute to longevity. Not the longevity that gets you to 100. The stats on centennials shows it's genetics. - see the Forbes article covering the people studying it.
- sn9 10y agoYes it must be binary. No spectrum of benefits.
- jack9 10y agoSmoking must cause cancer is the same kind of misleading nonsequitor. It misses the point. So no it "mustn't" be anything. It just is.
- sn9 10y agoCite your claims then. Show me even one study that says reaching 100 is 100% due to genetics and no amount of dietary or lifestyle changes contribute in any way.
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- itchynosedev 10y agoThey OP's logic makes sense if you don't consider quality of life and energy levels. I find exercise makes me more energetic in general and improves clarity of mind. Some other improvements (possibly attributed to placebo?) are really hard to put in words, but it feels like my body and mind just crave for energy release.