Flash bulletin from mount olymous heart disease apparantly not related to gum disease after all, brushing and flossing most likely do not reduce risk of heart disease.
Seems like we've been warned about the definite connection between oral health and heart disease for at least a decade now, maybe two or more. And, truth be told, it always did sound a bit strange and questionable. But we bought into it, hook, line, and sinker, because all proclamations from on high are to be taken as gospel.
...standing over the lavatory, telling myself, day after fay, year after year, over and over again, "brush those gums! floss! floss! you don't wanna have a heart attack, do ya?
...we need to remind ourselves that we are no less prone than our superstitious ancestors to embrace false belief, no less vulnerable to being led astray. our miraculous modern medical science is certainly not immune to error, great error.
I keep thinking I'll spend the next thirty years desperately battling high cholestoral and blood pressure, only to be told, at long last, that they are not necessarily harmful. Don't totally discount the possibility.
We now seem to be engaged in a frantic search for life extension. More than one hundred thousand people in america are over one hundred years old, and american life expectancy is not even highly ranked among nations.
The book "Life Extension" by Durk Peasron appeared almost forty years ago, and its about a foot thick. Is Dirk still around? He said he planned to live to be a hundred and fifty. Maybe we should hold our horses a bit with regard to living longer.
If humanity in general starts living much longer, the birth rate will have to decline to prevent over population, and the world will fill up with old folks. That's already happening, to an extent, particularly europe and north america.
the only ultimate solution to planetary over population is colonizing space, which, considering the numbr of "new" planets being discovered, seems ever more possible. The big question is: what is the best population level for earth? More than the current seven billion? How much more?
that question is worth thinking about, and agreeing on...
P.S. we have just learned that Durk Pearson is evidently doing quite well. he even has his own website, selling life- extending books and products. maybe i should try some...
Bb
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