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EC is a wonderful place for anyone to get help with issues, disorders, conditions, ailments and so on. In fact it is hands down better than any other site or medical doctor!
I would sooner use a site like this than go seek medical consultation with a white coat!
But, I have a few questions and I guess a statement...
First, Are people taking stock of their health and fitness? Or are people just looking to sites like this when they are ill?
I find as an Veteran, many of my ex and current soldiers 'let themselves go', then complain about things not related to service. They become overweight, then start having issues. They get lazy, sit around all day, and get issues. They eat garbage packaged food, fast food, then get issues.
Now of course people will say, as you age you get issues. Nah, I dont subscribe to that at all. Nowhere does it say you get issues just because your 50,60,70 or more. It doesn't have to be.
People need to take stock and take a good hard look at their life and tell themselves the truth.
Quick story from my life.
20 years service, many regions in the world. Been places and did things no one wants to do but a select few. We did them.
Our thanks, ptsd, depression, 6 fractured vertebrae, compressed and damaged left hip, perm nerve damage, headaches, episodes of fear and hate.
That was at 42, when I retired. They told me I would never walk without a cane, and most likely be in a wheelchair by 50. Lost my drivers license, spent 6 months in traction, meds and treatments for years.
Today perfect heath, 54 years old, no meds, 205 pounds of muscle, less than 10 percent bodyfat, can run 10k before left foot gets tingles, can squat over 400 pounds, hit the gym 6 days a week. No sign of anything else. Yearly check up on my back its almost completely healed. Bones healed, discs back in place, nerves good.
SO what I am getting at, is that no matter what crap comes down on you, and no matter how old you are, or what you think is 'normal' for your age, there is something you can do about it. If you eat right, exercise, take vitamins, and if religious-pray-you can overcome anything. Nothing is age related! Nothing can not be prevented. You don't need to get sick.
We need a massive worldwide push to get off meds, get away from the medical establishment, and start looking after ourselves BEFORE we get ill or sick.
Sorry all, I just needed to get it off my chest.
Best health for everyone!!
I think a general page on aging in "ailments" might be useful...I keep looking, for years, and there keeps not being one, LOL!
(somewhere, europe)
05/28/2025
Nope. While I believe in good, clean, healthy living genetics play a HUGE and major role in what comes down your way as you age. I've always been a heavy exerciser, then COVID took me down. I now have long COVID fibromyalgia and that means EVERY nerve in my body is affected. Yet I treated my body as if it were a Temple but an organism so small we can only see it with an electron microscope changed my life forever and killed millions of others. There's that saying "Never underestimate the little ones, they're spicy"..
(Eu)
05/29/2025
No, I am sorry but science does not support your assertions.
First and foremost...covid has never proven to be more than the cold/flu. Second there is a doctor in the US that had studied over 500 people with long covid and it is not long covid, but long vax. All were vaccinated. It is long term vaccine damage.
Second...many scientific publications/studies have proven that genetics only play a minor role in your health. It is environment and lifestyle that turns those genes (if you have the genetic marker) on/off.
Take your time to research and understand that the whole 'your genetically predisposed to get a/b/c etc', is just a cop out.
You may have the gene for heart disease. But as you will see in the links below, what YOU DO, decides whether or not you will get a/b/c.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4841510/
https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/genes
The cleveland clinic also did a study on cancer using genetic markers and found less than 3.4 percent of people who have a genetic marker for colon cancer, developed colon cancer. If these individuals ate poor food/fast food/junk food, then they could activate the marker gene. But eating good food and exercising maintained gene suppression.
The blind belief that you will get what your parents/grandparents/great grand parents had, is just malarky.
Your health depends on you, not your family! Eat well and exercise, you will live long and healthy. Eat bad and sit on a couch all day, and yes expect to get ill. Humans are not made to lead a sedentary lifestyle.
Wow. That's an awful lot of self-righteous and just plain mean snark. We don't often see that here.
Good luck with the karma that comes with THAT!
(Eu)
05/29/2025
Sorry if you think that way, but it is not self righteous-its science fact.
I am never mean or snarky. It is your perceived idea that I am being snarky or mean. But I assure you I am not.
Regards,
I have long Covid and have never had the vax, so his research is 'off"...
As for science, science has been corrupted by politics long, long ago. I do believe in studies being done outside of America though esp where there's no agenda behind it.
(Eu)
06/04/2025
A groundbreaking study published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine has upended long-held beliefs about genetic determinism, revealing that lifestyle choices can outweigh hereditary risks and extend lifespan by years.
After tracking 353,742 adults over 13 years, researchers found that individuals with genetic predispositions for shorter lifespans could offset their risk by more than 60%—adding up to 5.5 years to their lives—simply by adopting four key habits: never smoking, exercising regularly, prioritizing sleep, and eating a healthy diet. The findings challenge Western medicine's fatalistic view of genetics and empower individuals to take control of their health outcomes.
This is just another study that debunks genetic predisposition. I do not understand why people believe that their health is determined by their parents/grand parents etc. That just takes the accountability off of people. So they can say 'it runs in my family to get cancer in your 50's', or 'obesity runs in the family'. No, not at all. It does not. Obesity according to the medical books affects 3.1 percent of population from birth. But can be regulated and modulated to reduce its effects for your life. Obesity like almost every other one out there, is caused by yourself. It is and they all are lifestyle diseases.
Think about it. If your obese...what do you eat? How much do you eat? Do you eat calories according to your activity level and needs? Is the food you eat healthy? Full of additives and sugars?
If you have diabetes...are you engaging in too many carbs? Too much sugar? Going to diet this or zero that drinks thinking its good!
Once again, EC is a wonderful place and I am glad its here to help those that go searching for it.
But...we need an accountability wake up call to most people. When the statistics came out last year that Canadians/Americans are 68 percent obese, 83 overall are overweight, 71 percent on meds, and the rate of severe illness is 1 in 2 people......man, if that doesn't wake you up to lifestyle changes and a slap in the face to get up and change your life no matter how hard it will be-then nothing will!
Minus a small portion of society that is ill from other uncontrollable factors...stop blaming genetics or other reasons for your issues/problems. You want to see the problem, take a good hard long look in the mirror. I know its hard, but it can be done! With the help of EC and motivation you can do anything.
Ah! Well, perhaps it just seems so to a joyful person because, yikes!
Mind your well-being, folks! It is your best remedy!
