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09-27-2017, 01:21 PM
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Radical Centrist
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Greater risk factor in death: obesity, or loneliness?
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Psych Central: Loneliness Epidemic Growing into Biggest Threat to Public Health nytimes story on it one article I read says loneliness is about the same as smoking 15 cigarettes a day as a predictor of death |
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09-27-2017, 02:59 PM
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I was reading a book over the summer that talked about the relationship between our lifestyles and the production of telomerase and therefore the length or our telomeres which determines the reproduction (rejuvenation) of our cells, and therefore our susceptibility to disease and early aging.
Loneliness and our social support was mentioned as a major factor in telomerase production. Several studies backed it up. She had a huge list of studies in the bibliography, although I didn't check any of them out. I recommend this book, although what it tells you is stuff that you already know to be true: |
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09-27-2017, 07:07 PM
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The future is unwritten
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Friendship is unnecessary, has no survival value, however it is one of the major things that make survival valuable.
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The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. |
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09-27-2017, 09:24 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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Friends will seek you out when you are missing and maybe save you from peril -mental or physical.
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09-27-2017, 10:10 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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Friendship has massive survival value... you hunt, I fish, whichever one is successful shares their bounty... we lift the logs that are too heavy for one, and build a shelter that protects us both... we care for each other's offspring and ensure their survival when the other is sick...
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09-28-2017, 09:57 AM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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And, to bring it back to the thread title, someone to nag you about your obesity.
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_________________ |...............| We live in the nick of times. | Len 17, Wid 3 | |_______________| [pics] |
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09-27-2017, 11:24 PM
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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Yeah, just like in the Donner party.
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09-28-2017, 12:17 AM
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The future is unwritten
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So you're betting your life on mutual cooperation and succor. Good luck.
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09-28-2017, 10:06 AM
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Radical Centrist
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Here is a case where too much nagging can harm your own health.
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09-28-2017, 12:43 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
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I'm alone in the world, but, I ain't lonely.
I am still fat (2 pounds to get to 100 pounds lost, though  ).
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09-28-2017, 05:37 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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09-29-2017, 06:27 AM
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still says videotape
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If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis |
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09-29-2017, 11:08 AM
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The future is unwritten
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09-29-2017, 12:15 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
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09-28-2017, 09:42 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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That's impressive, Grav.
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