Bad habits take a decade off life: study

[onehandle]

Source: APF

PARIS (AFP) – Middle-aged male smokers with high cholesterol and blood pressure die, on average, a decade sooner than peers without any of these heart disease risk factors, according to a study published on Friday.

Many studies have shown that not smoking, eating healthily and exercising cut heart disease rates.

The study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), found that the men who faced a triple risk threat at the outset were two-to-three times more likely to have died of a heart-related problem than men free of all three risk factors.

On average, their lives were shortened by a decade, the study found.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090918/hl_afp/healthdiseaseheartlifespan

[Javaman]

1. ...

:popcorn:

I'm waiting for the "I-live-the-way-I-live,-so-tough-shit-if-I- want-to-die-younger-than-I-should" crowd to chime in. :)

okay, continue.

:popcorn:

[tularetom]

2. Uh oh, what if you're only 2 for three

I don't smoke and I get plenty of exercise.

Will god cut me some slack on that "eating healthily" thingy"?

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. My father passed away just before his 96th birthday

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I'm 58 now,

I'm OK with 85

well, until I'm 84, I might change my mind . . .

:silly:

[SpiralHawk]

4. I remember meeting a man who was 105 years old

I asked him how he managed that. He took a drag off his cigarette and winked at me, saying "I married a younger woman." Then he burst into laughter. His wife -- age 99 -- also cracked up when he said that. Me, too.