For decades, studies suggested that moderate alcohol intake could protect the heart, reduce diabetes risk or even help you live longer. Newer research tells a different story.
My dad lived a healthy lifestyle. Worked out everyday except the weekends; even competed in amateur competitions. He followed all the scientist’s advice and ate what was healthy and stayed away from what wasn’t. Still got Stage 4 cancer and died before his 69th birthday.
Point is: we’re still going to die, no matter how healthy we are. If you want to drink, do it responsibly (don’t drive, or text). Enjoy as much of this shitty life as you can, while you can.
I’ve seen it said that your date of death (if natural) is somewhat set in stone by genetics, but the condition you’ll spend your final years in will be the result of your lifestyle instead. So living to excess will fuck you up in your later years but won’t necessarily kill you any sooner.
20-30% of lifespan is based on genetics and 20-30% of health in later years as well. The rest is all lifestyle.
This is controlling for external elements like accidents or disasters.
So somewhat genetics is true but it can be overcome with lifestyle to some degree. Figuring out which lifestyle choices is tricky and one of those times where sciences’ replication crisis makes it all muddled.
Advancement in medicine also plays a role because it can reign in some poor lifestyle choices that were death spirals just a generation prior.
certain cancers like breast or thyroid and certain stomach are genetic.
For everything else age is a huge factor. It’s usually in late 60s a person gets more chances of cancer as your cells age and create mutations.
Certain life styles such as HPV are on the rise because of …well basically free loving in the 70s/80s prior to the vaccine. This is why you’re suddenly seeing a huge spike in throat cancer right now in 60 yr olds. Especially men and a lot of women are getting cervical cancer right now as gardisil was not around when they were most sexually active.
And then you have certain hernias as you age are likely to happen that can lead to stomach cancer as your cells will make more mistakes to try to heal these hernias.
Basically your cells heal. And each time they heal they increase in chances of mutation of becoming cancer. This becomes even more so as you age.
No shit sherlock. Everyone has a different tolerance, sensitivity and trigger points for all kind of problems to appear out of nowhere. But this advice is bullshit.
Having hard facts and learning how it affects the body goes further than “enjoy life, my granny smoked till she was 100 years old, I should be fine with 1 cigarette a day” kind of thinking.
If you ever have any accident by accident, your chances of survival or recovery is diminished for your use of harmful substances. Everything is perfect until it isn’t.You’re supposed to use science as a basis of making things more manageable when dealing with uncertainty. But, you’ll then blame the doctors, saying how you had no any other problems with you and how healthy you were.
You’re the kind of people in hospitals who say “I’ve never had a pill in my life and all these doctors are crazy psychopaths that say crazy things to make money off of me”
Dude. You’re reading a lot more into what you’re replying to, than what is there to be read. I bet “Reddit seems to be leaking” follows you around, huh?
This argument is so odd and it depends on what you take away from it.
Is the message “some people still get sick, so what’s the point”…that’s very misguided.
The point is that all the lifestyle actions you take, give you the best chances, but there are no guarantees with anything in life. You’re still playing the odds, but trying to stack them in your favour as much as possible. If you prepare for an interview, you’re not guaranteed to get the job; but you prepare to give yourself the best chance you can. You can’t decide to do nothing because the outcome is not guaranteed. Concluding “why even bother” is such odd thinking.
The message is meant to be that you shouldn’t waste your time chasing the perfect healthy lifestyle, because in the end you’re going to die. Instead, do things that you enjoy while you have time to enjoy them right now.
Nothing in the above should suggest to go buck wild and live an unhealthy lifestyle. For example, despite my experience with my dad and his chase for the healthy lifestyle, I too exercise, eat healthier, and drink in moderation. I’m certainly not trying to stave off death (who wants to live forever?). Rather, I’m trying to make the best of the life I have so I can enjoy time with my family.
Some things will cause you to probably get cancer like using tobacco heavily but there isn’t any way to make yourself healthier really, if you’re going to have a major medical problem like random cancer it’s going to happen. Being healthier just makes it easier to resist it or have a better chance of survival.
Ya everything is probability and risk factors, nothing is certain. Life is for living, might as well have a good time (within reason/with moderation of course).
Cancer is a bitch because even if we cured everything but cancer…we would still get cancer eventually. Cancer comes for even the immortal. Without that cure, we all would eventually get Cancer.
My dad lived a healthy lifestyle. Worked out everyday except the weekends; even competed in amateur competitions. He followed all the scientist’s advice and ate what was healthy and stayed away from what wasn’t. Still got Stage 4 cancer and died before his 69th birthday.
Point is: we’re still going to die, no matter how healthy we are. If you want to drink, do it responsibly (don’t drive, or text). Enjoy as much of this shitty life as you can, while you can.
Yep, as the saying goes, living will kill you.
My approach is moderation. Enjoy life, enjoy those guilty pleasures, but, do it in moderation.
Everything in moderation, including moderation
I’ll drink to that! (Or anything really)
Right, so I should do some moderate excess then?
Yes but avoid heroin. Some things are in excess even at the minimum possible amount.
Is that a saying? Does anyone other than yourself say it?
Yes. It’s a saying. All things in moderation including moderation.
Yes I’ve heard of that one but that’s not the “saying” we were talking about.
I’ve heard it before, so I’d say yes.
Same with people who smoke or eat bacon every day and live past 100. It’s an odd crapshoot.
I’ve seen it said that your date of death (if natural) is somewhat set in stone by genetics, but the condition you’ll spend your final years in will be the result of your lifestyle instead. So living to excess will fuck you up in your later years but won’t necessarily kill you any sooner.
20-30% of lifespan is based on genetics and 20-30% of health in later years as well. The rest is all lifestyle.
This is controlling for external elements like accidents or disasters.
So somewhat genetics is true but it can be overcome with lifestyle to some degree. Figuring out which lifestyle choices is tricky and one of those times where sciences’ replication crisis makes it all muddled.
Advancement in medicine also plays a role because it can reign in some poor lifestyle choices that were death spirals just a generation prior.
Oh no. My grandmother is 92 and my grandfather is 93 and my great grandfather passed at 102.
I don’t know if I want to live that far. I better start drinkin’.
Getting cancer is largely based on genetics.
certain cancers like breast or thyroid and certain stomach are genetic.
For everything else age is a huge factor. It’s usually in late 60s a person gets more chances of cancer as your cells age and create mutations.
Certain life styles such as HPV are on the rise because of …well basically free loving in the 70s/80s prior to the vaccine. This is why you’re suddenly seeing a huge spike in throat cancer right now in 60 yr olds. Especially men and a lot of women are getting cervical cancer right now as gardisil was not around when they were most sexually active.
And then you have certain hernias as you age are likely to happen that can lead to stomach cancer as your cells will make more mistakes to try to heal these hernias.
Basically your cells heal. And each time they heal they increase in chances of mutation of becoming cancer. This becomes even more so as you age.
Waiting for all the COVID cancers, wildfire smoke cancers, etc. in 60 years
No shit sherlock. Everyone has a different tolerance, sensitivity and trigger points for all kind of problems to appear out of nowhere. But this advice is bullshit.
Having hard facts and learning how it affects the body goes further than “enjoy life, my granny smoked till she was 100 years old, I should be fine with 1 cigarette a day” kind of thinking.
If you ever have any accident by accident, your chances of survival or recovery is diminished for your use of harmful substances. Everything is perfect until it isn’t.You’re supposed to use science as a basis of making things more manageable when dealing with uncertainty. But, you’ll then blame the doctors, saying how you had no any other problems with you and how healthy you were.
You’re the kind of people in hospitals who say “I’ve never had a pill in my life and all these doctors are crazy psychopaths that say crazy things to make money off of me”
Reddit seems to be leaking.
Dude. You’re reading a lot more into what you’re replying to, than what is there to be read. I bet “Reddit seems to be leaking” follows you around, huh?
You’re right, Reddit is leaking.
~You’re Reddit if you’re wondering.~
This argument is so odd and it depends on what you take away from it.
Is the message “some people still get sick, so what’s the point”…that’s very misguided.
The point is that all the lifestyle actions you take, give you the best chances, but there are no guarantees with anything in life. You’re still playing the odds, but trying to stack them in your favour as much as possible. If you prepare for an interview, you’re not guaranteed to get the job; but you prepare to give yourself the best chance you can. You can’t decide to do nothing because the outcome is not guaranteed. Concluding “why even bother” is such odd thinking.
Sorry about your dad though, RIP.
The message is meant to be that you shouldn’t waste your time chasing the perfect healthy lifestyle, because in the end you’re going to die. Instead, do things that you enjoy while you have time to enjoy them right now.
Nothing in the above should suggest to go buck wild and live an unhealthy lifestyle. For example, despite my experience with my dad and his chase for the healthy lifestyle, I too exercise, eat healthier, and drink in moderation. I’m certainly not trying to stave off death (who wants to live forever?). Rather, I’m trying to make the best of the life I have so I can enjoy time with my family.
That’s the point I was trying to make. 😊
Some things will cause you to probably get cancer like using tobacco heavily but there isn’t any way to make yourself healthier really, if you’re going to have a major medical problem like random cancer it’s going to happen. Being healthier just makes it easier to resist it or have a better chance of survival.
Me. I want to live forever, quietly, watching and knowing what where how and when we end up doing whatever we are going to do.
Ya everything is probability and risk factors, nothing is certain. Life is for living, might as well have a good time (within reason/with moderation of course).
Cancer is a bitch because even if we cured everything but cancer…we would still get cancer eventually. Cancer comes for even the immortal. Without that cure, we all would eventually get Cancer.