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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

The near starvation may be overstatement but that is
term used the first time I ever encountered that idea.
 The term may have been writers' license but I believe
the author was a doctor or researcher.
I don't remember ever reading about longevity that
genetics was not listed as a major factor.  I suppose
it is possible that is something everyone assumes.
I hope that is the case as my family tend toward long
lives...L..
Van Dell



--- Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> > First one is stated with tongue in cheek.. that is
> to
> > choose your ancestors carefully.  genetics seem to
> be
> > the biggest determining factor.
> 
> Perhaps I need to go back and read those four
> articles again. What I  
> took from them is that scientists are mostly agreed
> that physical  
> characteristics such as color of skin, hair and eyes
> and shape of  
> nose and ears are genetically founded, as are some
> racially- 
> attributed disease characteristics and some other
> diseases, but  
> longevity is not primarily determined by genetics.
> More and more, I  
> feel that health factors attributed to genetics are
> more likely the  
> result of family habits regarding quality and
> preparation of food,  
> exercise, attitudes and social activity. The
> physical and mental  
> condition of a mother during gestation is critical,
> perhaps more  
> important than what the resulting person chooses as
> their lifestyle.  
> If a young mother was born to and grew up in a
> family of strong,  
> positive health habits, the child may well be more
> strongly resistant  
> to common maladies. Who among us would choose to be
> born of an obese  
> alcoholic smoker or drug addict?
> 
> > The third amazes me even though I
> > have did understand, but have forgotten, the
> > scientific explanation, that is to eat a near
> > starvation diet.
> 
>  From The 100-Year Diet, by Walford, to recent
> articles based on  
> decades of research, the emphasis has not been on
> deprivation,  
> certainly not near starvation, but very gradually
> reducing caloric  
> intake after full growth is attained.
> 
> Caloric diminishment fits with typical modern
> lifestyle choices which  
> are well-known to cause obesity and a plethora of
> disease. If, and  
> that is a big if, one keeps up an energetic physical
> life in later  
> years it would appear that higher caloric intake is
> appropriate.
> 
> 
> 
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