The post appended below provides us with an important lesson. The moral of the story told in it is, please do not rely on anecdotes. What they tell you cannot be generalized. The reason for this is very simple. Most things in life and about life are very complicated, including the genes that prolong it.
Cheers, Santosh ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This work is supported by the Pandurang Project. The Pandurang Project is a charitable activity of the post-presidency of President Pandurang of Chimbel. It is an adult science literacy drive to provide free remedial education to a cyber-audience whose members have been ill-served by their browser, inbox and spam filter. --- On Sun, 12/6/09, Jagdish Gangolly <[email protected]> wrote: > > It went some thing like this: > > Once there lived a man who led a clean life. He did not > drink, smoke, or > womanize. He did see movies, listen to music, or dance. He > did not fight, > and he did not love. > > And then one day he suddenly died. When his heirs made a > claim on his life > insurance, it was denied. The insurance company said they > could not make a > claim since the man had never lived. > > The moral of the poster is that every thing in moderation > is good. > > My family from mother's side settled in Bombay early 1900s. > Most of them > died before 65 or so even though they did not eat much > coconuts. Mostly from > heart attacks, cancers. > > My father's side, most were in the Mangalore area which > they never left. For > them, eating coconuts five times a day was religion. But > most lived to be > close to 100, and some lived beyond for a few years. > > My mother came to Mangalore area some time after marrying. > She is close to > 90 and still active (no compromises on coconuts). But with > each passing day > she finds herself lonely, with even her nephews and nieces > passing on. > > I keep telling my wife coconuts are not bad, but with no > effect. > > Says something about life. > > Jagdish >
