Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 7:46pm:


As I have stated elsewhere, I did NOT gain any weight after giving up smoking. Some people do though.

You die because that is what happens to ALL of us, eventually. There is nothing you can do about it .... except to enjoy life as much as you can BEFORE the end of the road.

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 31^st, 2014 at 4:50pm:



herb I am a bit of a bionic women metal in the right ankle and now the right hip...and I am almost pain free.. I did to all the physio...which is painful but my god it works..if this lady didnt do that and some dont as you have to make the effort  then of course she would never walk correctly...I was a cripple before the hip was done.. sitting standing nothing worked it was all pain...I would never wish I hadnt had it done...

its up to the person herb dont care what you say...its the same with being over weight....you can only help yourself....my dad almost lost a leg to smoking...he did live his last years in a lot of pain and he smoked till he died.. it was his choice.

Black Orchid wrote on Dec 31^st, 2014 at 5:38pm:


Absolutely correct.

It's almost entirely at the dictates of your genes. I was a chain-smoker most of my adult life.

My brother smoked only very moderately all his life - sometimes not at all, and stopped 10 years before he died of cancer of the gums.

The Professor of Oncology at the RPA in Sydney told him the cancer was caused by stimulation of the gums from only a very few beers at the club each week. The alcohol triggered the development of cancer. It had nothing to do with anything else.

The_Barnacle wrote on Jan 1^st, 2015 at 12:35pm:


Correct!

But ONLY if you have the genes that make you vulnerable to environmental factors.

Mesothelioma can be left out of this. It's entirely a different phenomenon.

Case in point: Japan's population once had the highest incidence of smoking in the entire world ... but the lowest incidence of cancer.

The Hunza people live to a ripe old age, and their secret? Smoke like there's no tomorrow and don't worry about any thing.

You couldn't lose 5kg in one week, even if you did an intensive training and strict diet. For that to be possible, you have to be obese like myself. But you really need to put in the effort and discipline to lose 5kg in 7 days. 5/7ths of a kilogram per day is not likely, no matter who you are.

AiA wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2015 at 1:11am:


Cancer is the product only of a failing immune system. When your immune system begins to deteriorate with age ... that's when the cancer cells begin to win the battles.

Over the past century the average age of death has increased enormously ~ taking a much higher percentage of the population into the years when the immune system is not as effective as it once was ... with the result that the incidence of cancer has trended up exponentially over the past century.

I did absolutely everything during my lifetime that leads to cancer.

Worked in the unhealthy environment of the manufacturing industries.

Smoked 2-pack a day.

Did rotating shifts for decades.

Drank to oblivion for 12 solid years.

Lived alone.

Felt stressed all my life.

Took psychiatric medication for most of my adult life.

etc.

These are known indicators that lead towards the likelihood of cancer ... and yet I've outlived my entire family, including uncles and aunties by more than 10 full years.

Reason? Genetics. A radically different set of genetics than all those who have died. An Export Quality set of immune anti-whatevers.

10 years ago I sat in my GP's office where we made preparations for my imminent demise. In his own words: "You have a big target on your back". I was then scheduled for routine checkups for various kinds of cancer. After two years we abandoned this.

I don't diet and I don't do any exercise ~ and apart from a paunch I'm as healthy as a scrub bull. At 72 this year I can still swing from the chandeliers.

And it's all about ... genetics.

cods wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2015 at 5:35am:



Wonder no more, fair maiden.

Genetics is responsible for the quality and the effectiveness of your immune system.

It's that simple.

My neighbour's son did his motor mechanic's apprenticeship 40 years ago during which time he spent a combined total of many hours grinding and shaping asbestos brake pads with his head shrouded in a fine dust of this lethal powder.

Today at 60 he is one of the fittest people around. Not a sign of sickness of any sort.

Genetics.

Lord Herbert wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2015 at 5:12am:


Even with increased life expectancy factored in, cancer rates are significantly higher than 100 years ago.

Cancer among the young is way up as well.  Look at all the young women today who are diagnosed with breast cancer yet it didn't touch their great-great grandmothers.