X-Message-Number: 13607 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:29:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: risks and life insurance In Message #13600 mgdarwin <> wrote: >I bring this up to point out that genes are NOT everything, and that foolish people who *do known* they are doing self-damaging things like smoke or drink excessively will often say things like: "Both my parents smoked 3 packs a day since they were kids and they are still alive and well at age 75." This used to be my colleague Jerry Leaf's standard line to me: Jerry is now pushing up bubbles in LN2 in Phoenix, AZ, having had an MI at age 50 which resulted in sudden cardiac death (no standby and transport and lots of ischemia). < Mike does it again with a great turn of phrase. I'd like to add that not all risky behaviours are what you'd expect. Possibly the most risky dietary sin, with an expected decrease in life expectancy rivaling that of smoking is not eating nuts: peanuts and tree nuts. This is a surprising finding, but is now well supported in recent medical literature. Another sin derived from Japanese data, is not consuming at least 10 glasses of green tea per day. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13607