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colon cancer rates are rising amongst everyone, even thin people.

Yeah, look at all these super-old people like Alan Greenspan, Warren Buffett, Kissinger, Munger who pretty much have terrible diets, obese, no exercise yet still going strong, productive. Shows the power of genes. "Your BMI is below 23, therefore we will skip the colonoscopy and prostate/PSA exam and blood work," said no doctor ever (unless the doctor wants to get sued, I suppose).




You might think the very rich have bad diets, but I guarantee you it's probably way better than the vast majority of people. They can and do have personal cooks, nutritionists and shoppers give them optimized food all the time and drink a coke and have a burger in public once in a while to make you think they are 'just like you and me!'.

It's that underlying foundation that you don't see that gives them the margin to have a burger.


I don't think warren buffet has worked out a day in his life and has publicly said that he consumes 6 cans of coke everyday( not 'once in a while') and works 14hrs sitting. What exactly is the personal cook feeding him that is offsetting his lifestyle.

I don't buy your theory that secret to longevity is a personal chef or a nutrition expert.




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