“Then what clogged my arteries and required a quad-bypass op?.......”
My father and I lived completely different lifestyles. He smoked, drank, ate whatever. He was not, however, overweight. I was a jogger and weight lifter most of my life. He died of a heart attack at 58. I survived a massive heart attack/cardiac arrest at 59. Genetics are grossly underrated in health concerns. I don’t think you can beat them, either. Now I have to worry about my mother’s death from cancer at 63.
My mom died from cancer at 57. I am 69. She was not obese, but smoked, drank a bit, did not eat well, and did not exercise. Wish she had taken better care of herself.
“Now I have to worry about my mother’s death from cancer at 63.”
Good luck. There are some things we can do, but as a doctor told me, “It mostly depends on who you picked for parents....”
In my case, all my family on my Dad’s side lived into their 90s (except Dad, who died in Vietnam). On my Mom’s? They lived long but all had cancers and heart issues. Didn’t kill them, but crippled them.