well i thought mine would be lower. i wonder how much
my early retirementplayed with the lower stress level.


--- [log in to unmask] wrote:

> 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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