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Post by Shadow on May 16, 2011 18:21:30 GMT 1
Was reading today about a test-costing about four hundred quid that claims to let people know what their life expectancy can be  Sorry but it sounds like just another opportunity to wrangle money out of people  Amongst the revelations is this nugget  2004 Women living with stress of having a sick child are found to have shorter telomeres. Other research suggests that meditation or other forms of stress reduction may lengthen telomeres. or 2011 Study of civil servants in the UK shows that those with few educational qualifications have shorter telomeres than those with higher educational qualifications. People with poor backgrounds are known to age faster and suffer more age-related diseases. So what it looks like to me is that outside factors can influence telomere length and its also possible to alter length therefore panicking people unneccesarily. Everyone knows that being under stress can have harmful affects-I dont need a bloody test to tell me that  As to when I will die-well I know I will one day and thats all I really need to know right now-could be tomorrow crossing the road ,could be five years time of some illness-no-one really knows and this stupid test wont change that  |
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Post by Roma on May 16, 2011 18:45:17 GMT 1
£400 would'nt waste my money on it  sorry but I'm one of these people that believe the minute your born your death sentance is already signed and sealed it's about the only thing we all have in common ;D |
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Post by Shadow on May 16, 2011 18:52:10 GMT 1
Agree Roma Wonder if theres a money back guarantee should you die sooner or later than predicted |
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Post by Roma on May 16, 2011 19:00:19 GMT 1
They try to get you to believe anything, only trouble is some will |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2011 21:51:12 GMT 1
no doubt it would tell me i died 5 years ago ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Shadow on May 16, 2011 22:07:45 GMT 1
 Another drug company promising us theyre gonna help us live forever By warning us to change our lifestyles. Well it doesnt work like that does it? Good people who do nowt wrong die in bad ways and some bad people go on too long. Some stupid test geared at the gullible with too much money only serves the drug company that came up with it and the companies that stand to gain from it. Wasnt that long ago that the simple act of having a test for HIV had the insurance companies turning how many away
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Post by Jazz on May 17, 2011 11:54:15 GMT 1
Yes, this is an interesting thread.....being "officially" old now starts me thinking about the Grim Reaper (I don't mean our illustrious poster!). My Dad used to revel in the fact that "this could be his last year" ever since he was probably in his late fourties! I think he used to do it deliberately to wind us up! He lived till his mid eighties. There is a "death clock" sort of application that you can use on the internet...type in various bits and pieces, including date of birth and "bingo!" it will give you your "fatal" day! All good and jolly fun, of course! However you can worry yourself to death with all the things you should and shouldn't be doing....salt, sugar, white bread, red meat, lack of exercise.....the list goes on and on.......! I'm off to have six biscuits and a cup of coffee with plenty of sugar! |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2011 13:06:15 GMT 1
Thought supporting The Toon would be the death of me for years......... Even more so with this latest lot in charge! Now determined to out last the buggers................  CWL  |
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Post by Shadow on May 17, 2011 17:54:57 GMT 1
Lol-Jazz your dad reminds me of mine-Full of the I'll not make it past....and you can insert fifties,then sixties and now seventies-every year is gonna be his last according to him When I was younger I didnt think I'd make it past my thirties-had a kind of live fast die young mentality which I think many young people have  But events in my life have shown me just how unpredictable life is and I would have no interest in doing such a test.I'm sure I'll find out in good time when its my turn to go-no point in worrying about it now |
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Post by skintagain on May 19, 2011 9:44:59 GMT 1
when it's in the news about certain drugs coming soon that will help cure this that and the other i now take no notice because when they do come out they cost too much and it becomes a post code lottery, just like drugs for curing or slowing down cancer, for years there was ads asking for money to help fund cancer research and im sure a lot of joe blogs sent money and as soon as they come up with a drug it's joe blogs who cant afford it,
as for how long will we live who can say i could step out my front door and get killed by a lump of space debris or a plane could crash into my house or i could fall victim to a bad mince pie, if we believe what we see in the tv ads once we hit 50 were all doomed ;D so when we go shopping at ASDA as well as saving money we should take out life insurance, may be wise before you eat that smart price mince pie ;D,
im sick of hearing old people going on about when they die why cant they just concentrate on the life they have left and try to enjoy it, my mams bought her cemetary plot told me what type of coffin she wants and the colour headstone she wants and so i dont forget she mentions it nearly every time i go to see her,
how long will we live, i dont know but the older i get i start to understand what people mean when they say life is too short
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Post by Shadow on May 19, 2011 11:15:18 GMT 1
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Post by skintagain on May 19, 2011 11:22:47 GMT 1
i know im getting old because i keep moaning about the noise kids make, im sure im going to be one of those moaning old gits ;D.
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Post by Shadow on May 19, 2011 11:28:45 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2011 13:10:33 GMT 1
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Post by Jazz on May 19, 2011 18:48:40 GMT 1
The ideal age is, I think, the mid or early thirties.....so thats my age forever! |
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sorry but I'm one of these people that believe the 
