I guess my previous, wild alcoholic life is still its reaping havoc. Among
"our people" I will go first. I'm screwed.
Bobby
86.2 but i saw no questions concerning my magnesium.
i take it with zink too.
--- Carla MacInnis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> According to a longevity test I took, from
> http://www.livingto100.com/
> I'm going to live to 97.2 years. I always told my
> family and friends I'm
> going to live to 92 just to piss people off :)
>
> Would be interesting to know how old some others
> among us 'might' live,
> based on the questionnaire- Harvard Med School
> prepared it.
>
> Here is actual article from our local paper: ...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Carla
>
>
> *************
>
> In Afghanistan, it's about 43. In Japan, it's 81.
> And in the United States,
> it's 77. But what is life expectancy but a cold
> statistic used to compare
> countries?
>
> In reality, most of us expertly avoid imagining
> exactly when our number will
> come up. Vague forecasts for the golden years of
> life - even for those in
> the midst of them - are more comforting than the
> digits of destiny. Such is
> the disquieting thrill of an encounter with the
> Living to 100 Healthspan
> Calculator.
>
> Created about five years ago by longevity
> researchers at Harvard Medical
> School and Boston Medical Center, the online
> calculator
> (www.livingto100.com) was recently revised by its
> lead architect, Dr. Thomas
> Perls, to be more user friendly. It is based on a
> lifestyle and family
> history questionnaire that can be completed in
> minutes. Then, after some
> instant data crunching, it displays a number: You're
> personalized life span,
> down to the decimal point. About 4 million people
> have used the calculator.
>
> "I'm hoping it's a bit of an eye opener," said Mr.
> Perls, a Harvard
> researcher and director of the New England
> Centenarian Study, a decade-old
> project that looks at the health and habits of
> people who have crossed into
> triple digits. "It's not supposed to be some crystal
> ball."
>
> True, a fortuneteller would probably deliver a more
> nuanced reading. But
> perhaps the calculator has something in common with
> the medium: Give patrons
> a vision of the potential future so they can take
> steps to change - or
> achieve - it.
>
> "If you do bad things, you subtract years. If you do
> good things (exercise,
> shun cigarettes, learn a musical instrument), you
> add years, or stay where
> you are," Mr. Perls said.
>
> Stay where you are indeed; the main message of the
> calculator seems to be,
> first, do no harm to yourself. Second, hope for good
> genes.
>
> "The calculator was based on the presumption that
> most people in westernized
> countries have the environmental and genetic makeup
> to get them to their mid
> to late 80s. As you get into the really extreme
> ages, genes become more
> important."
>
> As it poses questions with clinical curiosity about
> your vices ("How often
> do you eat sweets such as ice cream,
> cake/pie/pastry, or candy bars?") and
> private habits ("Do you have a bowel movement at
> least once every two
> days?"), the calculator inspires the queasy feeling
> that tends to accompany
> moments of unvarnished introspection about one's
> health habits.
>
> But when the prognosis of, say, 86.5, is conveyed,
> and you're wondering how
> to take this stark quantification of the years
> ahead, at least the
> calculator doesn't abandon you on the examining
> table. It's there with a
> soothing, albeit computer-generated, message of
> support.
>
> "Below," read the words after that numeral in bold
> type, "please find the
> reasoning behind the questions which you answered
> that made your score less
> than it should be . . ."
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