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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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’.
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.
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
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.
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.~