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| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - March 15 2009 : 3:11:48 PM
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
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2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
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3. The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
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4. The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
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5. The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausage and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
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Conclusion: Eat and drink what you want - apparently speaking English is what causes heart attacks. |
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| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - March 27 2009 : 7:10:19 PM
An interesting observation Winglo logged by the ships Captain here, Woodes Rogers, concerning Selkirk's abilities.
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"It may likewise instruct us, how much a plain and temperate way of living conduces to the Health of the Body and the Vigor of the Mind, both which we are apt to destroy by Excess and Plenty, especially of strong Liquor, and the Variety as well as the Nature of our Meat and Drink; for this Man, when he came to our ordinary Method of Diet and Life, tho sober enough, lost much of his Strength and Agility"
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Sounds like Woodes Rogers was onto something a couple of centuries ago, we're still wrestling with. Probably should have started his own health newsletter. |
| winglo |
Posted - March 27 2009 : 5:49:41 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Monadnock Guide
Goats, fresh air & water and plenty of running is apparently the secret Winglo. I'm reading a book now about a sailor, Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island for four years & four months. The book is "A Cruising Voyage Round The World", about an English Privateer Woodes Rogers.
The book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe was based on the discovery and rescue of Alexander Selkirk.
MG, I absolutely agree that running is the secret, but I didn't know that it went as far back as Robinson Crusoe. Thanks for sharing that! |
| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - March 26 2009 : 07:12:53 AM
Yes he did Obi, - following this voyage (1708-1711) he became "governor of the Bahamas" living in Nassau. |
| Obediah |
Posted - March 25 2009 : 11:21:40 PM
Didn't Woodes Rogers become Governor of Bahamas (?) or some such pirate island? |
| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - March 25 2009 : 07:57:37 AM
Goats, fresh air & water and plenty of running is apparently the secret Winglo. I'm reading a book now about a sailor, Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island for four years & four months. The book is "A Cruising Voyage Round The World", about an English Privateer Woodes Rogers. A quote from the book:
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"When his Powder fail'd, he took them by speed of foot; for his way of living and continual Exercise of walking and running, clear'd of all gross Humors, so that he ran with wonderful Swiftness thro the woods and up the Rocks and Hills, as we perceiv'd when we employ'd him to catch goats for us. We had a Bull-Dog, which we sent with several of our nimblest Runners, to help him in catching Goats; but he distanc'd and tir'd both the dogs and the Men, catch'd the Goats, and brought 'em to US on his back" .... (Mine: Selkirk would have been about 30 at the time of his rescue)
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The book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe was based on the discovery and rescue of Alexander Selkirk. |
| winglo |
Posted - March 24 2009 : 7:39:23 PM
Aaah, but they all exercise more than we do! There are few countries in the world whose people are as dependent on their cars as Americans. |
| Fitzhugh Williams |
Posted - March 15 2009 : 10:44:26 PM
C'est la verite!!! |
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