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To: JimRed

I would suggest that you ask Dr. Jim Fixx about heart issues but unfortunately he is deceased. He wrote a book about exercise. He died at 43. They found him in a ditch near his home. He was jogging and dropped dead.

Your story shrinks beside my story:

Triple-bypass in 1988 after years of eating what I wanted when I wanted in large doses. Yes, that is 19eighty-eight! Not a typo. Two or three heart attacks since then.

The original surgeon told me that genetics is the controlling factor - not lifestyle, diet or any other factor. He said that I would have had a heart attack even if I had been a monk.


11 posted on 12/31/2018 10:38:05 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

My doctor said the same thing. His point was diet, smoking can exacerbate things though.


16 posted on 12/31/2018 11:19:41 AM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
The original surgeon told me that genetics is the controlling factor...

Dad was a career Army man and a smoker; died of a heart attack at 73. Mom passed at 95. Depends on whose genes I got.

23 posted on 12/31/2018 3:53:35 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

I read Jim Fixx’s book when it was first published, and was quite shocked when he died that way.


25 posted on 12/31/2018 4:02:57 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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