On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:42:11 -0800, "Nexis" > wrote:

>you'll be okay most of the time. My grandpa ate whatever the heck he wanted,
>including lots of old fashioned fat ladened pork, coffee strong enough to
>stand a spoon in it, and eggs every morning....but he also worked his tail
>off on a farm every day right up until he passed away at 93 from pneumonia.
>(Chest cold my as*, but I digress). My grandma, his wife, lived to 98 the
>same way.

There is a significant body of evidence that supports the theory that
longevity is a question of genetics, and that good genetics can make up for
years of personal abuse in the form of poor diet and exercise.

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Siobhan Perricone
Humans wrote the bible,
God wrote the rocks
-- Word of God by Kathy Mar