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Short Arms And Legs Linked To Risk Of Dementia, Study Shows
Science Daily ^
| 5-6-2008
| American Academy of Neurology.
Posted on 05/05/2008 9:28:23 PM PDT by blam
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I'm waiting on the long arm/legs - small hands/feet study.
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:28:24 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:29:35 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Probably explains why Yosemite Sam is the way he is.
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:29:38 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(America! It looks like it's all downhill from here!)
To: blam
I’ve got long arms and short legs. Great for swinging from trees.
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:30:24 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: blam
People can go nuts from trying to reach stuff on high shelves.
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:30:31 PM PDT
by
tickmeister
(tickmeister)
To: blam
Gee, perhaps they forgot about Ronald Reagan.
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:31:43 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: blam
So if they tell you your arms are too short to box with God, they mean you’re nuts.
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:35:24 PM PDT
by
exit82
(People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
To: blam
These “studies” (Read: Income Grants) are BS.
Remember the ones in the ‘80s? Any man with male pattern baldness or creased earlobes ( or, God Forbid, a combination of the two) was destined to die of a heart attack by age 50.
Many MDs are brilliant. Unfortunately many are like shrinks; worse off than half of their patients.
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:37:42 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: blam
I have monkey arms. I guess (with enough chocolate and wine and coffee...for the antioxidants, doncha know) I’m gonna live forever.
To: blam
But they say if you’re short you live longer. My wife’s 4’10”, so odds are she’ll live to be 110 and be nuttier than squirrel poo.
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:44:29 PM PDT
by
elmer fudd
(Fukoku kyohei)
Er...and be sharp as a tack until the end. Maybe by then I’ll have the patience to actually read articles with care. ;-)
To: blam
So it’s all about eating a mediterranean diet and getting plenty of fresh air and exercise.
Nothing to do with the KTHULU gene and the LRRP5 gene after all.
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:51:37 PM PDT
by
sinanju
To: FlingWingFlyer
Hmmm...
To: buccaneer81
they start out wanting a job paid for by a grant so they dream up some standard scenario about how thin people or tall people or white people or people from Northern climes are better somehow....and that people that are obese or God forbide obese in the WRONG places or people that are short or dark colored or from the South are somehow deficient...
dream up a scenario...make your data comply ...that's what modern research has come too....
I am waiting for the study about how long a man's penis is can predict his height, his weight, how much money he'll make in his life, how successful his kids will be and how long he will live....waiting, waiting, waiting...
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posted on
05/05/2008 10:00:32 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: tickmeister
"People can go nuts from trying to reach stuff on high shelves."At 5'3" I'm a little short on one end. So I use my long kitchen tongs as arm extenders. They work pretty well, actually. Don't try it with heavy stuff, of course, but spice bottles and Tabasco sauce are easy prey.
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posted on
05/05/2008 10:34:54 PM PDT
by
redhead
(I want my two DOLLARS!)
To: blam
Peter D'Adamo's most recent book titled, "The Genotype Diet" has some very interesting body geometry metrics that are traceable to genotype AND epigenetic differentiation during gestation. Ratios of upper/lower leg length, ratio of leg to torso, length of ring vs index finger and fingerprint patterns are indicators of exposure to hormones and nutrients. Jaw shape and angle, patterns of cusps on teeth and scooped incisors are also observable traits. These easily measured/observed characteristics correlate with other characteristics as well. D'Adamo boils people down to 6 general "genotypes": Hunter, Gatherer, Teacher, Explorer, Warrior and Nomad. It's best to start with your blood type, then add the other details to differentiate where you land in his general classifications.
The "payback" for the analysis is identification of foods that are "healthy" vs foods to be avoided for the genotype. Recommendations for ideal vitamins, supplements and exercise patterns are also provided.
The book caused me to take a completely new view of how higher organisms achieve their final form. Genetics is just a starting point. The epigenetic exposures during gestation can induce significant shifts in the final product. "Identical" twins don't have the same fingerprint as fingerprints are a running "log" of exposures to hormones and nutrients.
I mapped out as a "Hunter". My fingerprints bear fine crossing lines (like razor cuts) that appear as "white lines" in a fingerprint. My ridge are fairly flat as well. It turns out that those characteristics are observed in people with digestive problems and gluten intolerance. That was no surprise...just consistent with other symptoms and experience.
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posted on
05/05/2008 11:04:00 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: FlingWingFlyer
To: blam
Don’t let the Democrat National Committee find out about this before election day.
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posted on
05/05/2008 11:57:00 PM PDT
by
Junior_G
To: blam
My dad was 5ft 3 in and died at 85. He was sharp as a tack his last day. This kind of stuff makes me sick. This is where the earth is heated by cow farts comes from. Anyone can get money to study anything.
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posted on
05/06/2008 12:36:51 AM PDT
by
chuckles
To: blam
Short arms and legs are also linked to dwarfism.
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posted on
05/06/2008 12:42:26 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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