Re: To CRON or not to CRON?/social problems

[Guest guest]

Joanne: How many people do you know that have bled to death via a car

accident (or other accident)? And how many that have died due to the

chronic problems of disease as they aged? I know that's anecdotal, but it

might help open the eyes of those who are questioning your choices. Walford

also discusses in many places in his books the overwhelming liklihood of

dying from the handful of diseases that get most of us: i.e. heart and

cancer being the most prevalent.

However the remarks of others are a source of social problems for many of

us. It would be interesting to hear how others handle it. Interesting that

you're not all that skinny and yet you still get the social pressures. As

the public becomes more aware of the problems of overweight/obesity, I would

imagine/hope these remarks would abate.

on 9/25/2002 1:26 AM, somejoanne2002 at bhsnz@... wrote:

> I suppose it's strictly a rational matter of estimating the

> likelyhood of dying in an accident versus dying of one of the

> diseases such as cancer that CR tends to reduce the incidence of.

> Accidents did seem a pretty big number on that list of Alans. And of

> course one may have a greater likelyhood of dying *younger* in an

> accident ....

>

> I've always worried more about dying of a disease of old age than

> dying in an accident though. We all have what we believe are our

> life scripts and our destiny.....