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Cancer rates 1900 to 2000 and beyond

Above is one of my top ten most read articles of the last 7 years which documents the causes of cancer from a preventative medicine point of view. If you are interested in staying alive a long time reading it might be helpful. The average age men died in 1900 was 47. This didn't rise to 60 until around 1940 or 1950 I believe. One of the major reasons men are living longer is they stopped smoking in the U.S. for example. Another reason is that people have become more health conscious and are eating more organic and healthy and non-processed foods. What goes against this is processed foods and fast foods which are giving people cancer more and more. So, preventing cancer might be as easy as changing your diet to a better one and living some place out in the country with less pollutants in the air and water and soil than where you presently live.

http://www.efmoody.com/estate/lifeexpectancy.html

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LIFE EXPECTANCY: (1999) In 1900, the life expectancy was 47 years of age. Only one person in 25 had then survived to age 60. Women lived shorter lives due to childbirth.

In the 1990s, the population growth rate for senior males is outstripping that of senior females, according to Census Bureau data. The male population over the age of 65 increased 11% between 1990 and 1996, while the female population increased 7.5%. During the same time period, the number of men in the age group over 85 rose 27 %, compared with 24 % for women. The ratio of women to men in the age group over 85 narrowed from 3.1:1.9 to 3.1:1.95. Women still dominate the population over 65, but the gap is beginning to narrow. In 1990, women accounted for 60 % of the population over 65; by 1996 that share had declined to 59 %, a notable change in a population of this size over this short period. The increasing number of men in the seniors' housing market could affect developers significantly, particularly in the amenities sought. An increased availability of health care for older Americans through the emergence of Medicare is cited as one factor in the increasing longevity of men, as is a decline in cigarette smoking among older males. (Housing the Elderly Report, April 1998)
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I was thinking more about this and how men are starting to live longer in droves. For example, my father in law lived until 90 and so did my mother. Also my wife's stepfather is now 96 and flew me around in his V tail Beechcraft Bonanza Aircraft when he was in his mid 80s because I like to fly too.

However, he dropped so fast for a landing (about 5000 feet) once at an airport that I thought he was going to rip the wings off. But, I was used to high wing planes and they handle much differently than low wing planes which are built stronger for flying faster in buffeting winds. So, even though he scared me I survived it. I think he was just trying to impress me what a good pilot he was after flying already 35 years.

However, the reason I began to write this present piece is that I was thinking how stopping smoking has save so very many men's lives in the last 20 to 30 years. So, men are living longer and longer and starting to catch up with the women by living longer and longer.

I think for a long time it was thought "unmanly" to live too long. However, that has slowly changed. Another thing allowing people to live longer is when they give up gluten by 40 or 50 whether they are allergic or not they no longer have to take pain killers at all generally because 80 to 90% of their pain leaves permanently in their joints and muscles when they just give up gluten.

I also, am alive partly now because I "Lost" all my pain (or most of it) and feel often now once again like I did in my 20s even though I'm in my late 60s now. So, giving up gluten is a real MIRACLE for me. However, it is true that I was actually allergic to gluten and didn't know it until I was 65. I just thought the brain swelling and feeling kind of weird and grouchy after eating a pizza or bread was normal all those years. But, now I don't have to experience that anymore.

Also, men are changing the way they view themselves more now too. For example, I blog and treat my blogging sort of like a job that I do to help mankind, just like I raised my kids and ran businesses to support them all growing up. Though my wife and I still own a business we work together on all decisions now regarding that business so we have a lot of time to travel and be free as long as we have a phone nearby to receive and send calls regarding our business. So, life is very different now that we are semi-retired. But, attitudes are very important for a man. If you completely identify with your job and then you suddenly retire you might not survive. However, if you have time to adapt to retirement (like about 5 years time) you might survive that and make it to the next stage.

For me, it is about helping people I know (family, friends, acquaintances and people I meet) anyway that I can. The more people I can help the better my mental and physical health tends to be. So, helping people for me is a win win situation for everyone. This is one way to live to old age by being happy helping other people including yourself survive and be happy. If you have survived everything else, now help other people survive their lives and be happier too!