62 here, have had nutrition well-managed since my teens thanks to my grandmother's advice and teachings(READ: I survived the abuse put on myself in my 20's during the long hair and spandex crazy rock band daze). The past 3 years had another big nutrition change going from SAD(standard American diet) to LCHF(low or no carb and high fat) and intentionally avoiding a ton of carb/starch foods. Weight went from 162 to 142, A1C is normal as are all other CBC testing results(4 per year, 2 at employer, 2 at normal doc). Cholesterol? I don't care as the standard tests do not classify the types correctly. If I want to or have to "fit" the current insanely lower numbers I can eat oatmeal every day at lunch and take 100mg of flush niacin twice per day....BOOM...numbers are perfect for the imperfect testing.
START OPINION COMMENT HERE: Current cholesteol numbers are lower to sell statins IMO. Statin kills muscle(heart and others included, depletes CoQ10 that is required by mitochondria<<the "dilithium crystals" of our cells). Correlate statin sales with Viagra sales and users of both. Then look up profits for selling those 2 drugs. Draw your own conclusions.
Inflammation causes the problems. Nutrition can prevent and correct that.
END OPINION HERE
Two huge key posts are these:
"It's not the years, it's the mileage." --Indiana Jones
Depends on genetics and how well you look after yourself.
When you local doc for decades says : "I never see you in here except for physicals. Don't know how you do it!" and you tell the cashier "All these supplements are cheaper than meds and better for me" when she looks funny at all the supps you just bought AND you see yourself spending a LOT of money on nutrition, it starts to make sense.
Still have a busted hip(arthritis under control with nutrition), rotator cuffs on both arms torn and semi-healed, one hernia(no plastic screen door mesh repair for me thank you), and a couple of other things to carry. We still move our own gear and do 70 to 90 gigs per year on top of full-time careers. After about 55, I told my wife after falling 5 feet off of our elevated deck one day onto my right shoulder(hurt for 2 months): "If it is still hurting after 6 months, it's permanent".
@fingerguy
1) You'll get immune to it if your immune system is strong
2) See # 1
3) Exercise more, specifically push ups and pull ups(upper body)
4) Get it fixed or get dentures and quit chewing on rocks(J/K)
5) Good! Watch the movie "Gran Torino" starring Clint Eastwood
6) More ginkgo and practice mental math.
7) Even more ginkgo and, if you do alcohol or do left hand cigarettes, stop. Brain cells beg you!
Good luck and take care of yourself.
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