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Originally Posted by transplant99
That's the key IMO. My grandfather lived to a ripe old age of 86 and was very healthy for about 82 of them...and his diet when younger was something most would cringe at nowadays. However, he was a farmer for a long time and then ran his own grocery business in the latter of his work years. he worked HARD..really hard especially when farming so that diet was full of carbs and fats needed to fuel him at the time.
And as an adendum to that...his wife, my grandmother, turned 100 years old just 2 days ago....she still has 6 sisters living, her father lived to 99 and he had a sister live to 107 and a brother live to 104. So i am assuming genetic makeup is also a major part of obesity/health/age you die at as much as strictly diet and excercise are.
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It absolutely is, and there are a lot of inactive people who can gouge on high carb foods and still remain skinny.
But for the most part the key is to eat based on your lifestyle. Someone who exercises every single day isn't going to be able to survive on a plant based diet. You WILL need some carbs/fats to help fuel your activity.
Which is exactly the problem with government recommendations. Everyone is different, so its pretty stupid IMO to advocate a generalized diet for everyone.