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pan6467 · 06-07-2006, 10:35 AM

Are you as healthy as your parents and grandparents?

I look around today and yes, my generation (the 30-40) may have a longer life span but, we don't seem as healthy as our parents. And if we are physically healthy, then we have the mental health that we are taking meds for.

It also seems that we have a lot more "rare" diseases and health problems than we faced in say the 60's through 80's.

It just seems that something is wrong here to me. Maybe it's lifestyle and the people I associate with. maybe it's because there are more people and thus more rare diseases become known not because the %age went up, but because just the numbers grew.

I mean athletes seem to be falling apart faster, people seem to be out of shape and suffer from more gastro problems, breathing maladies, and so on.

Has anyone else noticed this and what do you believe is to blame.... lifestyle, eating habits, environment, the pharmaceuticals pushing their ever increasing catalog of drugs onto us..... what?

06-07-2006, 10:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Are you as healthy as your parents and grandparents? Are you as healthy as your parents and grandparents? I look around today and yes, my generation (the 30-40) may have a longer life span but, we don't seem as healthy as our parents. And if we are physically healthy, then we have the mental health that we are taking meds for. It also seems that we have a lot more "rare" diseases and health problems than we faced in say the 60's through 80's. It just seems that something is wrong here to me. Maybe it's lifestyle and the people I associate with. maybe it's because there are more people and thus more rare diseases become known not because the %age went up, but because just the numbers grew. I mean athletes seem to be falling apart faster, people seem to be out of shape and suffer from more gastro problems, breathing maladies, and so on. Has anyone else noticed this and what do you believe is to blame.... lifestyle, eating habits, environment, the pharmaceuticals pushing their ever increasing catalog of drugs onto us..... what? __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?" Last edited by pan6467; 06-07-2006 at 10:46 AM..