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@FoFa, it is all the same.My Granny grew up eating bacon and eggs for breakfast, some type of fried meat and veggie, with homemade biscuits for lunch, and then the same for dinner. Â She did this everyday, until she was 95. Â But she was active every day, and a small woman. Â No major health issues. Â Moderation in everything, and daily exercise. Â All the nonsense about this or that being bad, is all a fad. Â People just need to use a little common sense. Â
@Fallon:
Actually some things are bad, the chemicals they use in foods. Eat real food. Like real butter, not margerine, real eggs, not boxed eggs, real bacon, not this bs they make that you don't have to cook or refrigerate. Real chicken without growth hormones, not those nasty mcnuggets and any other mystery meat. Know your food.
@Francita: While I think processed foods are generally not as good for you as unprocessed, I'm not sure how much impact it really has. Cases in my family are: Grandmother and grandfather, never had any processed food, non-smokers, died of heart attacks in their 50's. Other grandmother, lived to 90, was not a processed food eater, had colon cancer in her 50's, smoked lucky strikes for almost 70 years, died of lung cancer. Wife's side of family: Grandmother lived to mid-80's, lived on farm, all food home grown/raised/butchered, died from heart troubles. Grandfather lived to mid-80's, same farm, died of colon cancer. These represent a small sample size, but point to little direct relationship between food and longevity. Genes are a big factor.
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