Comments on: The Vitality Compass: How “Old” Are You? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-vitality-compass-how-old-are-you/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:08:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bonnie Sayers http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-vitality-compass-how-old-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-549609 Bonnie Sayers Sun, 04 May 2008 20:09:12 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-vitality-compass-how-old-are-you/#comment-549609 I got a good score but think I might take it again since I quit smoking 13 years ago and my risk is not low anymore due to the length, so next time will say never smoked. I also said I take sleep meds, but it is just benadryl (rx) for my eczema, so will try to say no as well and see if I will live past 84.9 I got a good score but think I might take it again since I quit smoking 13 years ago and my risk is not low anymore due to the length, so next time will say never smoked.

I also said I take sleep meds, but it is just benadryl (rx) for my eczema, so will try to say no as well and see if I will live past 84.9

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-vitality-compass-how-old-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-554095 Kristina Chew, PhD Sun, 04 May 2008 19:37:13 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-vitality-compass-how-old-are-you/#comment-554095 2 grandparents who lived over the age of 90 and beyond, and one grandmother who died when she was just about the age I am now. Jim was glad to read about this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/nyregion/12longevity.html">study noting that Asian American women</a> in nearby Bergen County had the longest average lifespan of any racial group in the country. Satisfied with my genetics. 2 grandparents who lived over the age of 90 and beyond, and one grandmother who died when she was just about the age I am now.

Jim was glad to read about this study noting that Asian American women in nearby Bergen County had the longest average lifespan of any racial group in the country.

Satisfied with my genetics.

]]> By: Club 166 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-vitality-compass-how-old-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-542562 Club 166 Sun, 04 May 2008 19:21:22 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-vitality-compass-how-old-are-you/#comment-542562 I didn't feel like signing up for something just to take their quiz. These types of prognosticator quizzes (as well as their sister, the books about how to "turn back the clock" and live longer) are extremely popular right now (especially with baby boomers, who feel they are entitled to live forever). While I am all in favor of good health habits, one can't change their genetics (yet, thankfully!) which probably play the largest role in how long one lives. The average age at death was low in American Revolutionary times due to an excess number of child deaths due to vaccine preventable diseases, as well as partly from heart disease, which we have gotten better treating. Yet the likes of Ben Franklin and John Adams (and many others) lived to ripe old ages because they had good genetics. Joe I didn’t feel like signing up for something just to take their quiz.

These types of prognosticator quizzes (as well as their sister, the books about how to “turn back the clock” and live longer) are extremely popular right now (especially with baby boomers, who feel they are entitled to live forever).

While I am all in favor of good health habits, one can’t change their genetics (yet, thankfully!) which probably play the largest role in how long one lives. The average age at death was low in American Revolutionary times due to an excess number of child deaths due to vaccine preventable diseases, as well as partly from heart disease, which we have gotten better treating. Yet the likes of Ben Franklin and John Adams (and many others) lived to ripe old ages because they had good genetics.

Joe

]]>