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To: blam
I'll stick with the too may Ho Ho's theory for an overweight America........

Stay Safe , eat right , live longer :o)

2 posted on 02/17/2002 3:39:43 PM PST by Squantos
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To: Squantos
My Great great Great uncle Ben was born in 1805 and died in 1918. He only lived to be 113 years old.

His advice on his 110th birthday as recorded in the newspaper was to drink less Soda pop and more whiskey.

His breakfast according to my grandmother was Bacon,and Ham with 4 eggs fried in the bacon grease. At least 4 large biscuts made with real lard. And a large serving of Fried potatoes. The biscuts needed to be smothered in gravy made from the rest of the bacon grease. The breakfast would be finised off with coffee mixed half whole cream and half boiled coffee.

Lunch would be ham, cheese, biscuts, fried potatoes a vegetable like green beens or carrots and pie topped with whipped cream. It would be washed down with whole milk and more of the half and half coffee.

Supper would be three kinds of meat chosen from pork, beef, deer, rabbit squirel, ham or wild turkey. He always had fried potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, beans, and whole milk. Typical desert would be Cherry pie with whipped cream whole milk and coffee. he liked his meat with a lot of the fat left on.

My grandfather was kind of puney and only lived to be in his late 90's. His one brother lived to be 103. All of them ate the same way. My dad ate a lot better and died at 90.

I imagine they could have had a long lives if they had only eaten right.

4 posted on 02/17/2002 3:59:28 PM PST by Common Tator
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