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........and live to a ripe old age, well Im not convinced but it would probably seem like it!!!lol

and die of bordom...oh no Auntie Roxanne did I spell that right....not the brightest of BC's kids

the best advice i can give is. .....everything in moderation. bryan.

Bryan, Very true, I dont smoke but do enjoy a nice glass of wine in the evening!!

I don't drink or smoke, eat the right spreads, trying to cut out hydrogenated by cooking own cakes where possible. Just had blood test today for chlorestral and potassium (have high b.p.). Last reading 6.1 and 3.8. Husband not so careful at present (heart attack 13 years ago) dosen't take drugs any more for this, has chlor. of 5.5 takes drug for this because of heart. He does walk a lot my reading was 5.8 when I walked to school with sons. I think this is probably one of the main causes of these things. No exercise. Rosemary.

Rosemary, true!!excercise is a great way of keeping fit and healthy!! Roxanne xx

Dear Marj, I do all those things, but my halo gives me bad headaches. what am I to do? happy days.

Harry!!!lol very smug,lol i bet you do too!!! x

Hi Roxanne I've just had a fry up and now I'm having a fag. I may have a tipple or two later on. So if I'm not here tomorrow you know why! lol Jeanette x

Jeanette!!tut tut!!lol

What a load of rubbish! my mum is 81, still smokes, eats the way she was brought up, ie cooking in lard, doesnt use low fat spreads or that rubbish, and is still working and has no arthritis or any heart complaint. she has no illnessess whatsover. When she went the nurse about her cholestral she told the nurse straight. Im not changing nothing, at first it was slightly high and still not cutting anything out, the next time she went it was normal without using low this and that. So its all a load of rubbish. Regards Yvonne

As for myself.. well I want to die on a dance floor.. p****d to the eyeballs with a fag in my mouth. At least Ill die happy not miserable, worrying about what if this is full of this or that, do I look thin enough for my coffin. Oh no! when I die I wont even notice cos Ill be too busy looking good. Yvonne

I think the older folk knew how to eat better. Meat and two vedge and dessert. We had no snacks when I was a kid none available. Try to follow same. I feel better it I don't eat too much of the wrong food. Have lost weight, one and half stone in about two years ( I get hungry) I feel better now. But winters coming (will I put on like last year). Kids were thinner once when school meals were based on trad style, then they introduced chips etc. If they kept to same they would get used to it wouldn't they. Were kids kept happy with little thought of their health. Rosemary.

Carol, Jeanette & Yvonne I'm with you lol. I smoke and drink and like me bacon fried:)) My gran cooked everything in lard for about 3 hours and lived to 95. I've known smokers and drinkers who have lived to long healthy ages and died peacefully in their sleep and fit young healthy living people who have died horrible deaths with cancer. I believe your time comes when it comes:)

Yvonne... You gave me such a laugh...and I'm with you all the way! Unfortunately for me, though, all my lot keeled over at an early age .... every one of 'em smokers and lard eaters! And I do get a frisson of fear every time I light another cigarette! And I deffo drink more than the recommended amount of red wine per day. Still...whatever we do, the fact is we will still die at some point..so can I join you in the last dance......? In the words of the DJ at a BBQ I went to yesterday.. 'Keep shaking what your Momma gave you.....!' Dee x

I know someone who died at the ripe old age of 103. His secret - everday he sprinkled his cereal with a little gunpowder. His Obituary said that he left 9 children, 26 Grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and a 15 foot hole in the crematorium wall!! Anna

Love you replies folks!!lol I guess its a case of each to their own, I always think its in your 'genes' what will be will be, lifes too short for worrying!!! live long and prosper!!! xxx

Of course our diet and lifestyle affect our health, and so does our genetic makeup, which is why some people are predisposed to certain things and others aren't. My relatives seem to die of heart disease and stomach cancer. nell

My mum had bad stroke at 70 dad mild ones at later age which is why I'm careful. I'm 62, sister had breast cancer op. at 68, 2 yrs ago. As I said earlier I don't smoke and drink. Just never liked doing either. If you're happy doing it then of course it's your life but my son's worry about their dad because of his history. Rosemary.

I was brought up to eat lots of fruit and fresh vegetables, and when it became 'fashionable' my mother switched from cooking with lard and dripping to 'healthy' oils, although she'd never stop using butter. Once I had my own home, I continued eating lots of fruit, veg and salads with lean meat, poultry and fish. These days, I have the healthiest diet of anyone I know, and yet every time I go to my GP's, I'm ticked off for having a high cholesterol level and they try to get me to take tablets to reduce it. My elder brother has had a supposedly high cholesterol level for many years. He's smoked like a chimney for the past 50 years or so, but he's still fit as a fiddle. He tried to bring the cholesterol level down by dieting and became almost skeletal. It made no difference at all. I think some people are born with a pre-disposition to heart disease and circulatory problems, while others aren't. My GP reckons that food intake ony accounts for about 15% of blood cholesterol, and the other 85% is inherited in the genes. CB >|<