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.
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.
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.