If you are male and fifty, then there is an 80 % change that you will die a cardiovascular death "someday".
If not that, you might die of cancer. Usually colon or prostate cancer. Maybe in 30 years. Maybe tomorrow.
So here is what you need to do to try and cheat the odds.
If not that, you might die of cancer. Usually colon or prostate cancer. Maybe in 30 years. Maybe tomorrow.
So here is what you need to do to try and cheat the odds.
If you are a well adjusted good old boy, who is happy with himself and not worried at all about his mortality, drink as much booze and coffee as you like, eat whatever you want, skip all medical care completely, and quit reading this web page. Get yourself :
a) A Harley
b) A pickup truck
c) A couple of big mamas with tattoes
d) A two-four of beer
And live happily ever after ! Yeehaw !
a) A Harley
b) A pickup truck
c) A couple of big mamas with tattoes
d) A two-four of beer
And live happily ever after ! Yeehaw !
If you are hopelessly neurotic, have a large mortgage and young children, and need to live to the last possible second then you should:
1) Exercise regularly. At least 30 seconds a day. Yup, 30 seconds, not 30 minutes. More about this later under exercise.
2) Drink regularly. Daily low doses of alcohol decrease your chances of dying. See benefits of alcohol.
1) Exercise regularly. At least 30 seconds a day. Yup, 30 seconds, not 30 minutes. More about this later under exercise.
2) Drink regularly. Daily low doses of alcohol decrease your chances of dying. See benefits of alcohol.
Men who have more orgasms have less heart disease and less prostate cancer (and more fun )
3) Drink three cups of coffee a day. It will decrease your risk of heart attacks and prostate cancer. And Alzheimers. And Alzheimers. See the coffee page!
4) Have sex regularly. Or at least often. It will decrease your risk of prostate cancer. Sex with yourself is good, but sex with a partner works even better ! And some people find it good for the moral !
5) Eat at least 35 grams of fiber a day. It will prevent heart disease, and maybe cancer
6) Eat dark chocolate regularly. Several pieces a day. It is good for your heart and your brain.
4) Have sex regularly. Or at least often. It will decrease your risk of prostate cancer. Sex with yourself is good, but sex with a partner works even better ! And some people find it good for the moral !
5) Eat at least 35 grams of fiber a day. It will prevent heart disease, and maybe cancer
6) Eat dark chocolate regularly. Several pieces a day. It is good for your heart and your brain.
7) Take a whole whack of pills every day: (but not necessarily vitamins )
- a baby aspirin (81 mg) decreases cancer, strokes, heart attacks, and dementia
- cholesterol lowering drugs called statins. They prevent all kinds of cancer, and also heart attacks and strokes, and maybe Alzheimer's
- blood pressure pills called "prils". They are great if you have high blood pressure. And make you live longer, even if you don't !
- take five times the recommended daily doses of vitamin D ( About 5000 mg a day is good. )
- eat a high calcium diet - you will live longer. But avoid calcium supplements - you will die quicker
- if your blood sugar is even a little bit high, start on a drug called metformin. You will live longer.
- take a drug called finasteride. It prevents prostate cancer. And baldness. Although it may decrease libido. But if you are over fifty, who cares anyway ???
- a baby aspirin (81 mg) decreases cancer, strokes, heart attacks, and dementia
- cholesterol lowering drugs called statins. They prevent all kinds of cancer, and also heart attacks and strokes, and maybe Alzheimer's
- blood pressure pills called "prils". They are great if you have high blood pressure. And make you live longer, even if you don't !
- take five times the recommended daily doses of vitamin D ( About 5000 mg a day is good. )
- eat a high calcium diet - you will live longer. But avoid calcium supplements - you will die quicker
- if your blood sugar is even a little bit high, start on a drug called metformin. You will live longer.
- take a drug called finasteride. It prevents prostate cancer. And baldness. Although it may decrease libido. But if you are over fifty, who cares anyway ???
- takes lots of Vitamin E. It won't do anything for your heart, but may decrease dementia.
- be as skinny as possible. Maybe even skinnier. The fewer calories you eat the longer you will live. By up to 30 %
- do not take multivitamins. They seem to make people die more
- get a "shit on a stick" test every second year. You will never die of colon cancer !
- eat a "Mediterranean Diet" with lots of wine and cheese and olive oil and nuts. You will live longer
- be as skinny as possible. Maybe even skinnier. The fewer calories you eat the longer you will live. By up to 30 %
- do not take multivitamins. They seem to make people die more
- get a "shit on a stick" test every second year. You will never die of colon cancer !
- eat a "Mediterranean Diet" with lots of wine and cheese and olive oil and nuts. You will live longer
Get a yearly flu shot. And a pneumonia vaccination once in your lifetime. It protects you against 23 kinds of pneumonia. And a tetanus shot every 10 years is a good idea too. And a Gardasil vaccination ( against the genital wart virus) if you are young. And a Zostovax injection ( against shingles ) if you are older.