Re: Re: Veterans live longer?

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Hi , Of the 69000, by the 2000 census, over 100yo, how many do you suppose are WWI veterans? Admittedly, most centis are women, probably more than 2/3. And there was a draft in 1918. Gases probably shortened a lot of lives.

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According to last week's Figaro magazine there are an estimated 52 (ifI remember correctly)first world war veterans alive in the worldtoday. The short article featured two very lively frenchman at theages of 107 and 109!!! Regretably, no dietary tips were included. Bothwere well educated (one of them mastered five languages, made itthrough several years of front duty), successful, goal oriented men.>> Hi All,> > Does it seem to be that war veterans may have increased longevity?> > For the US, is the report:> > http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/11/vanishing.vets.ap/index.html> > It may be that the veterans were healthier. May it have been thesometimes> deficiency of food. My uncle who was a war veteran was starved inthe war in> Indochina. He was the only known to me survivor into the 90 yearsof age. My> father could not serve due to high blood pressure even in histeen-aged years and> passed away at 68 years old.> > Canada seems to maintain more data on the was veterans, and theirdata is a source> for:> > http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/remembranceday/> > 600,000 Canadian soldiers volunteered to go overseas, and "As ofNovember 2004,> Veterans Affairs Canada is aware of 8 veterans of the First WorldWar who are still> alive. One is a woman. Their average age is 103."> > To use the description "fighting trim" for "Clare Laking, Toronto,Ont., born 1899.> on a farm near Cambellville Ont" may not be completely appropriate,but he does> appear to be trim.> > Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@y...

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Hi , Of the 69000, by the 2000 census, over 100yo, how many do you suppose are WWI veterans? Admittedly, most centis are women, probably more than 2/3. And there was a draft in 1918. Gases probably shortened a lot of lives.

Regards.

[ ] Re: Veterans live longer?

According to last week's Figaro magazine there are an estimated 52 (ifI remember correctly)first world war veterans alive in the worldtoday. The short article featured two very lively frenchman at theages of 107 and 109!!! Regretably, no dietary tips were included. Bothwere well educated (one of them mastered five languages, made itthrough several years of front duty), successful, goal oriented men.>> Hi All,> > Does it seem to be that war veterans may have increased longevity?> > For the US, is the report:> > http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/11/vanishing.vets.ap/index.html> > It may be that the veterans were healthier. May it have been thesometimes> deficiency of food. My uncle who was a war veteran was starved inthe war in> Indochina. He was the only known to me survivor into the 90 yearsof age. My> father could not serve due to high blood pressure even in histeen-aged years and> passed away at 68 years old.> > Canada seems to maintain more data on the was veterans, and theirdata is a source> for:> > http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/remembranceday/> > 600,000 Canadian soldiers volunteered to go overseas, and "As ofNovember 2004,> Veterans Affairs Canada is aware of 8 veterans of the First WorldWar who are still> alive. One is a woman. Their average age is 103."> > To use the description "fighting trim" for "Clare Laking, Toronto,Ont., born 1899.> on a farm near Cambellville Ont" may not be completely appropriate,but he does> appear to be trim.> > Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@y...