Comments on: U.S. Life Expectancy Lags. Why? http://www.cafebabyboomers.com/blog/health/us-life-expectancy-lags-why-11 An online source information for Baby Boomers Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:21:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Health Sceptic http://www.cafebabyboomers.com/blog/health/us-life-expectancy-lags-why-11#comment-4 Health Sceptic Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:31:37 +0000 http://www.cafebabyboomers.com/blog/health/us-life-expectancy-lags-why-11#comment-4 Every year the life expectancy in this country inches upward. Constantly we are bombarded with how we are killing ourselves by eating to much of this or that, not exercising enough etc. This week coffee is bad next week it is good, fat is bad, fat is good. What are we to believe? If we are killing ourselves how come we keep living longer? I would also submit that most countries that have higher longevity rates than this country have a more homogeneous DNA pool than the US does. Their populations are not subject to some of the race or hereditary factors that affect certain groups in this country. The health care system in this country is not going to get any better when the power hungry politicians and bureaucrats become the administrators our health. Government is notorious for cost overruns, mediocre service and poor planning. Imagine health care personnel with all the compassion and attitude of the DMV doing heart surgery on you. The system is not going to get fixed by lowering the standards of care for those that can afford it just to make it fair to the minority of the population who can't or won't pay for it. Every year the life expectancy in this country inches upward. Constantly we are bombarded with how we are killing ourselves by eating to much of this or that, not exercising enough etc. This week coffee is bad next week it is good, fat is bad, fat is good. What are we to believe? If we are killing ourselves how come we keep living longer?

I would also submit that most countries that have higher longevity rates than this country have a more homogeneous DNA pool than the US does. Their populations are not subject to some of the race or hereditary factors that affect certain groups in this country.

The health care system in this country is not going to get any better when the power hungry politicians and bureaucrats become the administrators our health. Government is notorious for cost overruns, mediocre service and poor planning. Imagine health care personnel with all the compassion and attitude of the DMV doing heart surgery on you.

The system is not going to get fixed by lowering the standards of care for those that can afford it just to make it fair to the minority of the population who can’t or won’t pay for it.

]]> By: Another Health Nut http://www.cafebabyboomers.com/blog/health/us-life-expectancy-lags-why-11#comment-3 Another Health Nut Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:50:28 +0000 http://www.cafebabyboomers.com/blog/health/us-life-expectancy-lags-why-11#comment-3 Most of the countries that do better than the US do not eat anywhere as much red meat or fast food as we do. I believe it is as simple as changing your diet to more complex carbohydrates (not empty carb calories), to include as much organic label as possible. Most of the countries that do better than the US do not eat anywhere as much red meat or fast food as we do.

I believe it is as simple as changing your diet to more complex carbohydrates (not empty carb calories), to include as much organic label as possible.

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