Looking back at the century, which generations seemed to have the best health or be known for longevity?
I come up with the Silent Generation. What could be the reason? I’m thinking it was because they ate a natural, (no processed junk), balanced diet, meat, fish, vegetables both green and starch, whole grains, not excessive fruits, and whole, raw dairy products,mtook basic supplements such as cod liver oil, few sugary snacks, no hfcs, no msg, ate homemade fresh foods, not habitually at restaurants. During the war and Depression, diets were basic due to rationing of luxury products and quantity. People got lots of exercise from their lifestyle, whether play, work, or transportation. Mitigating factors in statistics were the war and Depression, stress related to it, plus some diseases. Vaccines were used advantageously and were few. Most people got the less serious diseases in childhood and most recovered with natural, lifelong immunity. Examples are mumps, measles, chicken pox, German measles (rubella), there was no mRNA or use of fetal cell lines in making vaccines. There were vaccines against smallpox and diphtheria. Polio, rheumatic fever, and tuberculosis continued to pose threats until antibiotics became common in the late 1930’s and throughout the war. Knowledge of the relationship between good sanitation and sensible quarantine and staying disease free increased to a point that was sometimes better than that of today.
People as a whole lived more wholesome, Godly lives. Families stayed together, didn’t constantly move, families were larger, families, friends, churches and other religious institutions offered mutual support, much less birth control short of mechanical, not chemical means, trust among people was higher because most people were, indeed trustworthy. Divorce was stigmatized as was promiscuity. Unnatural relations were much fewer and not even mentioned in decent company. Moral and sɛҳuąƖ purity, modesty, honesty, willingness to sacrifice, hard work, industriousness, thrift, avoiding debt, taking responsibility for one’s actions were valued by society. The opposite vices existed for sure, but were highly stigmatized.
Assuming you didn’t die in the war or of a disease like polio, many people from this generation lived long, fulfilling lives.
My parents lived into their late 90’s. So did my aunts and uncles, one of whom is still living at 95. One of seven of my cousins, her children, is living. A number of people from this generation still live reasonably active lives. Neighbors in my community, 55+, live independently or with some help, kids or home health assistants. Silent and Greatest generation are more numerous than Boomers. On my block, a neighbor, Mrs. Albion just died at age 106! She had a full time nurse, but she was still active in June. She was at a ladies’ luncheon, in her right mind. There are many people in their late 80’s and 90’s. There is a Veterans’ club with men and two women who served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The women were both nurses who served in Korea, one on a hospital ship, the other at a battalion aid hospital on Korean soil, the first stop, for the injured closest to the front. They’re in their mid-80’s. Many of my friends’ parents lived into their late 80’s or 90’s.
I’m not saying we should want to turn back time, but instead of fad diets so prevalent starting in the late 1950’s through today, we should adopt aspects of the foods and lifestyles of the earlier generations where that is doable in 2025.
Forget the sugar diet, the keto diet, intermittent fasting, grapefruit diet, grape diet, and commercial diets like Slim Fast, Aids Chocolate meal replacement, water diet, taking extreme amounts of supplements, overdoing exercise, etc.
Topic: Sweet Bioenergetics? (Read 408 times)