longevity

LONGEVITY
i  have written several times about what you can do to live
longer
eat right stop smoking drink moderately exercise sleep well
keep weight down control blood pressure control cholesterol
control diabetes be happy

now an insurance company has created a calculator
where you put in your age
answer questions about your health
then it makes adjustments on your longevity
ie that activity could make you live longer

here is the link to the longevity calculator. click on it
and
answer the questions and see how life style changes
can affect your life

so i went to the website
typed in my age and sex
78
doesnt leave me much time does it

typed in my ht and wt
bmi 26
ok so my pants have got a little tighter since i retired
oops lost 1 year
77

no history of heart disease before 55 in a family member
gained 2 years back
79

blood pressure under control with medicine
79
if i didnt have high blood pressure it would be 82

stress not a issue
gained a year
80

exercise every day
gained 2 years
82

eat 5 fruit and vegetables a day
gained 3 years
85

wear my seat belt
gained a year
86

driving record for accidents is clean
well in the last three years
gained a year
87

drink less than two drinks a day
gained another year
drink too much and you lose 4-7 years
88

dont smoke
gained two years
90

dont use recreational drugs
seems willie lost some on this one
gained a year
91

so if i do those healthy things that i recommend that you do
i can increase my longevity by 13 years
if i lose those love handles i could gain a year

so i recommend that you click on the longevity calculator game
and
calculate how you are doing
see what a life style change could do for your health

when i looked at this though
i thought
what if it asked are you at high risk for alzheimers disease
i would lose all those years and more
no way would i make it to 91
however
it would slow down the progress of the disease
and delay its onset

try the calculator
put your partners information in there
so
you have something to use to encourage them

the organicgreen doctor

how long you got left

HOW LONG YOU GOT LEFT

(www.scientificamerican.com)

thats the question that everyone wants answered

now the northwestern mutual insurance has a new link 

for what they call the longevity game

where you can calculate how much longer you got

so i went online and plugged in my age

looks like 79 for me but i plugged in my wife shes age and she

gets to go to 81

well i always wanted to go first anyway

lets see what a few life style changes could do to how long i got

i then plugged in my height and weight

didnt help any lost a year

thats the weight ive gained since i retired 2 years ago

i then lost 15 lbs and gained two years

then gained 15 lbs and lost those two years

so maintain that body weight index at normal must help some

next no family members with heart trouble before 55

gained those two years back

score 79

next blood pressure

if normal i gain to 83

i now have controlled mild blood pressure so its 79 still

uncontrolled blood pressure would make it 76

not knowing my pressure would make it 77

so far its still 79 for me

stress in my life is not bad

in fact im laid back most of the time

give me another year for that 

now im at 80

too much stress would knock it to 78

exercise at the level i do moves me to 82

i could gain another year to 83 if i did more vigourous activity

couch potatoing would knock me down to 77

my wife she and i eat mainly a vegetarian diet with some

scattering of eggs and meat 

this bumps me up to 85

if i ate fast food etc a lot it would knock me down to 77

next i always wear my seat belt gives me another year 86

next i did get a speeding ticket recently so that made me 

stay the same

if that cop had given me a warning i might live another year longer

getting a dwi makes you lose 13 years of longevity

next since i drink a glass of wine at night i gain another year to 87

drink 5 drinks at a time only once a month and you lose 7 years

next i quit smoking 40 years ago so i gain 2 years to 89

if you smoke over 2 packs a year you lose 10 years

now i know thats not right as few people who smoke that much 

make it to 79

then finally i dont use recreational drugs so i get another year to 90

if i did i would loose 9 years

sorry willie you dont have much time left

final score then is 90

then these thoughts

living right by controlling your weight blood pressure stress eating 

correctly drinking in moderation not smoking living a less stressful life 

and family genetics

can make you live longer 

and be healthier along the way 

of course there was no alzheimers questions

that will cost me 10-15 years

interesting though that these life style changes are the same things that 

people can do to slow down the development of alzheimers disease

so i plugged my wife she into the longevity calculator and she

came out to 97

so i guess i have to recalculate her financial retirement plan so she 

wont run out of money since she is going to live so long

the organicgreen doctor