http://www.tombclock.com/
I ran a friend through it and even though they are younger and not as overweight, their clock was 2022. It scared the hell out of me!
I did an actuary quiz for life insurance a awhile back and the results were similar even though it was a 6 page quiz.
If I got thinner and exercised more, I would gain 6 yrs years. At age 98, I am not sure I would want an addition 6 yrs.
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Test is full of beans. BMI in the "overweight" category means longer life that normal or obese, but it says otherwise. Thinks "normal" is better, but numerous scientific studies say that not true. Is based on silly pop "science." Also can't speak Engloish well.
November 12, 2047
Jack- I know that, and you know that but it seems most of the world doesn't.
Despite the BMI, the dates, at least for me, were about the same as the one I took from a life insurance company. The things on that one which shortened life expectancy were non-smoking parents/grandparents dying young, smoking, drinking, being a couch potato and eating processed meats.
Anyway what was your score? You could take it again and give yourself the best weight if you wish.
Laurie-I am glad you will be a round a while.
Your Personal Day of Death is...
Friday, December 12, 2008.
More beans: Test thinks drinking more than 1-2 drinks per WEEK bad, but in real life, 1-2 drinks per DAY part of healthy lifestyle.
Silly test does not even know that December 12, 2008 is a Wednesday and that I won't be dying until Friday, December 14, 2008.
Pretty scary Jack, what have you been up to lately?
That is not at all what I got when I ran you even with the maximum amount of alcohol ;-)
I am finding that longer test!
I do not believe alcohol is essential for a long active life, all my relatives who lived actively into their mid-90's were non-drinkers.
I am sure whatever health benefit alcohol has can also be attained from some other source in fruits and/or vegetables which are not associated with drunk driving, cirrhosis or liver cancer.
Sunday, October 12, 2070... a couple months past 90 isn't too bad. :)
Haha... Jack, you crack me up. :)
My dad sent an interesting link regarding losing weight:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=3922069&page=1
Stand up. Putter. Sit less. Let the fat-burning enzymes in your muscles (particularly in your legs) be turned on and work, because they turn off if you sit.
"Friday, October 11, 2075"
That is, if you consider that I live in a small town in the midst of the "big" city (which I do), I exercise around once a week, and the bit about my allergy/asthma meds not being mentioned because the test believes any medicine is evil - even if it keeps you breathing well (which makes you, ah, live better).
So min. 50-65+ more years? I want more than a century.
Oh, and Jack? Don't die on my Dad's birthday (12/14). Poor timing.
Crinklequirk - I'm going to blog about the sitting down enzyme thing. Fascinating!!!!!!!!!!
(Since you don't have a blog for me to give you credit, I'll link back to Craving Chocolate...)
Hope you're doing well. :)
My word verifier:
quewqeuz
(Sort of like Crinklequirk.)
Laurie,
It's me, Crinklequirk. And this is my Blog (though I have myspace, livejournal, and others, too).
So you could link back to this blog or the northfabric one. :)
Glad to pass it on - I thought that fat-burning enzyme thing was really interesting, too!
Found this link and thought it went well, considering it concerns adipose tissues:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermogenics
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