How To Live Forever Part 3
This is the “I told you so” part. via Boston Herald, Israeli researchers say even octogenarians can add years to their lives by exercising. A little goes a long way. Up to three years more life expectancy for active 85-year-olds.
Let’s see. On Sunday, my fitness freak cop brother-in-law made me and our sons run six times up and down Coast Guard Hill, knocking out a bunch of pushups and crunches between each run, after which we jumped in the ocean. Yesterday, four-mile run around the cranberry bog and back. Today, 14-mile bike ride up through the hills, then up and down the length of Humarock. Tomorrow, maybe I’ll just walk. Or run that little 1.5-mile route with three hills on it.
We have a lot of hills around here. They are a really excellent workout aid.
OK, if an 85-year-old gets three years from moderate exercise, and I’m 49, then according to my calculations, as long as I keep drinking beer, I should live roughly … um …. forever. Either that, or die tomorrow. Like I said, the important part isn’t so much whether or when you’re going to die, it’s whether you’re flipping off death when you go.
Also, don’t forget the Mediterranean diet. I prefer the Middle East variant. Lots of shawerma, hummus, tabouli, etc., plus olives. Just like Jesus ate. If they don’t have that stuff in heaven, then I don’t want to go. But I’m pretty sure they will.
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Posted by Jules Crittenden at 1:50 pm Comments (2) on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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September 15th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
:) I have learned that there are restorative powers in consuming cheeseburgers, but that my just be me.
September 15th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Mediterranean and Middle Eastern are fine, but if there’s no barbecue in heaven, then I’m not going either.