105 year old lady, makes it on bacon..

[ironglow]

  This 105 year old credits BACON for her longevity...
        http://www.examiner.com/article/105-year-old-bacon-woman-my-kids-all-eat-it-says-centenarian-on-pork-strips

[DDZ]

See, I knew it, bacon is good for you.

[Goatwhiskers]

There used to be a tall, skinny old man in our rural community who was known to regularly fry a pound of bacon, eat the whole thing, and soak up the grease with bread and eat that.  Lived to be nearly 90 and never had heart trouble.  GW

[SHOOTALL]

makes ya just want to run out and get a pound and fry it up ....................

[guzzijohn]

I think this may point out that genetics has as much or more to do with a long life than lifestyle does as long as you are not doing something totally nuts to your body. Some years back I read about a pair of identical twin women in England that had turned 101. They said they have both smoked unfiltered cigarettes since in their teens and are regular whisky drinkers.
GuzziJohn

[SHOOTALL]

STRESS is the cause some just don't allow it to rule them.

[ironglow]

I believe Guzzijohn and Shootall are both onto something here..  Genetics and stress are 2 major components..

[pastorp]

I agree, the thing we don't know is how stress affects the cholesterol our body produces.  it's not just what we eat.

In scripture God says in the last days mens hearts will fail them for fear. KJV that word fear could probably be better translated stress. In my mind the question is does stress produce bad cholesterol.

If we really listen to the Bible it tells us a lot if we will do the word studies and find today's language meanings. After all English was not the orgional language of the bible. So there all translations to us.

Regards,

[jcn59]

I had a heart attack when I was 59.  My LDL cholesterol  was 115.  Go figger

[Oldshooter]

I dunno, my doctor may be trying to kill me. He says dont eat things like bacon or anything else that tastes good! That really stresses me out. 

[two-blocked]

My grandfater lived to be 105 and never touched anything fried. Imagine how long he could have lived with bacon? 

[jcn59]

genetics,   Genetics,   GENETICS!

[thumper113]

Yep, genetics.  When I was 27, running daily, no fried foods.  Perfect diet.  Perfect fitness routine.  cholesterol through the roof.  Doesn't matter what I do.  Mine just runs higher than most folks.  Now twenty years later I have a sedentary job.  Eat what I want and it's still the same even on meds.  No higher.  No lower.

[facetious]

there's an old saying "genetics load the gun, life style pulls the trigger"

[mauser98us]

My doctor said you could lower your cholesterol by 5 whole points by diet.He said don't bother. My mom was 5 foot 10,130 pounds soaking wet, and her cholesterol was thru the roof. Mine is controled by meds.

[Oldshooter]

Ha mine was 5 ft 2 and 120 lbs of ragin cajun! Same with the cholesterol. Better living thru chemistry!     
 
By the way, she died in 2009 of pancreatic cancer. I hope I have a "friendly" heart attack if ya know what I mean!

[Mike in Virginia]

Rush Limbaugh said a healthy lifestyle is useless for prolonging your life, unless it's bad to an extreme like 2 packs a day or destroying your liver with alcohol, or an accident.  Otherwise, you will die when your genetics say it's time.  All the exercise and fruit and fiber and veggies won't buy you a single day.  Rush says a healthy lifestyle will allow you to feel better while you're here, but that's about it. 

[guzzijohn]

Boy, that Rush. He sure is an expert in many, many areas .
GuzziJohn