The smokers & drinkers in my extended family died in their 40’s 50’s & 60’s. Half of those deaths were ‘sudden’ cardiac events. The other half were after a cancer diagnosis and some treatment that brought time (perhaps) but no remission.The non smokers who took in very little alcohol, maintained a healthy weight and kept exercising were dancing at 80. Dancing and getting lost while driving at 85.  Unable to feed themselves at 92.  Their reward for all that good living was a ninth and tenth decade, in which to deplete their life savings on home health aides.You will die young or you will age.And if you age, keeping the body maintained will make life inside of an older body more comfortable. If you simply want to look younger, in addition to avoiding cigarettes and alcohol, tell your twenty-something self to stay out of the sun. That 40 year HS reunion is an eye opener. When it’s too late, it’s too late.

The smokers & drinkers in my extended family died in their 40’s 50’s & 60’s. Half of those deaths were ‘sudden’ cardiac events. The other half were after a cancer diagnosis and some treatment that brought time (perhaps) but no remission.The non smokers who took in very little alcohol, maintained a healthy weight and kept exercising were dancing at 80. Dancing and getting lost while driving at 85.  Unable to feed themselves at 92.  Their reward for all that good living was a ninth and tenth decade, in which to deplete their life savings on home health aides.You will die young or you will age.And if you age, keeping the body maintained will make life inside of an older body more comfortable. If you simply want to look younger, in addition to avoiding cigarettes and alcohol, tell your twenty-something self to stay out of the sun. That 40 year HS reunion is an eye opener. When it’s too late, it’s too late.

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