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Vegetarians have ‘substantially lower risk’ of five types of cancer, a major study found
(www.theguardian.com)
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Okay, but who wants to live a long life these days? Do you have any idea how many crises I would have to go through just for choosing a healthy lifestyle? No, gentlemen, I will not give up carbonara in exchange for more years of life.
People who die at 60 tend not to have very enjoyable 50's.
I want to live a high quality life at least to 75, if not 80, and I'm guessing that will make it much more likely that I end up living to 90 or 100.
What a foolish question. You sound young.
I'm 50. I've had six heart attacks, a below knee amputation, and I'm on dialysis after my kidneys failed. Life is not easy, and yet I still wish it to go on. I am probably going to die within a decade, and I hate that. I should have 2-3 more, dammit.
Also the years you lose/gain don't come from the end, they come from wherever you are now. If you're 30 and start exercising you feel better and younger longer in addition to living longer, the inverse if you decide to start smoking.
Yeah, do you want to live long enough to find out if you'll suffer from senile dementia?
Well, here's the thing. Some people get dementia and others don't. While I'd prefer not to get dementia, it seems foolish to commit suicide right now for fear that I might be one of the ones that get it.
No one is asking you to commit suicide, just to eat carbonara.
A fate worse that death! :)
Bad luck if you have ancestors who live reaching 100s, most likely will passed down.
If you're only consuming meat in carbonara you're pretty much vegan to me.
You don't know how much carbonara I can eat.