My grandfather passed last month at the age of 92.. He loved hot dogs, ate bacon like it was going out of style, enjoyed burger king and mcdonalds and smoked like a chimney for over 70 years..

I call bull [BLEEP]..

I think a lot of it has to do with genes..

My grandmother was an old southern farm girl from rural Georgia.  Pan fried almost everything.  Cooked with lard.  She lived to 98.

Some does have to do with genetics, but you are increasing your chances of problems by not showing at least some restraint from what you eat.

Everything in moderation. Cripes, drinking too much water will kill you. I have to imagine there's an upper limit to how much salad one could eat before it gets unhealthy, too, but I think the problem is there's too much other good food out there for anyone to resist the temptation and overindulge on leafy greens.

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Sometimes its not about living longer but feeling better while you're still around. Yeah you can get hit by a bus tomorrow but if you're on five prescription meds with all of their side effects making you feel craptastic because you won't control your nutrition and get moderate exercise is it worth it? My FIL is that guy who will not change his diet. My MIL cooks somewhat healthy food but they're southern and southern cooking takes a lot of nutrition out of food. He, actually they are both on several RX meds and suffer from side effects and drug interactions. A change just in how they cook their meals would reverse many of the problems (over time) that have them on the meds in the first place. And they both desperately need to eat low carb.

I had to go low carb and completely cut sugar from my diet earlier this year to control silent reflux. I don't really miss anything except the pumpkin and dark chocolate chip muffins I would get from the local health food store. Those things have crack in them, I swear. The reflux is under control, I actually lost weight I had gained after colon surgery in 2018, and feel better. Being a woman "of a certain age" now also brings hormone imbalances that cause all kinds of chaos if not treated and a nutritionally dense diet is part of that treatment. If I have to live another 40-50 years I want to feel good doing it.

My husband went low carb/keto before I did to stave off high blood pressure and diabetes (bad genetics knocking on his door) and he only takes one RX now for asthma. He also lost about 15-20lbs and says his body odor doesn't smell as nasty as it did before.

...don't think that we didn't notice that you kept your own judgment out of that statement  

You're right, though, I've seen my dad especially have to make a lot of changes as his health is less something he can take for granted. And for those of us who generally don't it makes you feel like a doof when you plan a big meal and realize dad can't have this thing you made because it's breaded and deep fried and he can only drink water because all the sodas are sweetened, and this is why mom usually just brings a dish to the gathering.

sucks to get old, but I'm sure glad we're getting the opportunity to do so!

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RIP, Nathan’s hot dog champ. It was nice knowing you.

The key is to yodel your groceries once the trophy is in hand.

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I had two hotdogs while I floated the river yesterday. Didn't wear any sunscreen either.

Living dangerously!

Had I done this, I would have been redder than the hoddogs. I might have confused my fingers for seconds!

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My grandmother was an old southern farm girl from rural Georgia.  Pan fried almost everything.  Cooked with lard.  She lived to 98.

Some does have to do with genetics, but you are increasing your chances of problems by not showing at least some restraint from what you eat.

Everything in moderation. Cripes, drinking too much water will kill you. I have to imagine there's an upper limit to how much salad one could eat before it gets unhealthy, too, but I think the problem is there's too much other good food out there for anyone to resist the temptation and overindulge on leafy greens.

Definitely nothing wrong with a good bowl of leafy greens.

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I'm condescending. That means I talk down to you.

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I had two hotdogs while I floated the river yesterday. Didn't wear any sunscreen either.

Living dangerously!

Had I done this, I would have been redder than the hoddogs. I might have confused my fingers for seconds!

It took some attention away from my itchy lungs from breathing in all the wildfire smoke 

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No wonder porn stars die young.

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