Health alert

[devonwoody]

HEALTH MESSAGE:


1. First of all, if walking/cycling is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.

2. Secondly a whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water but somehow is fat.

3. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years (WTF).

4. But meanwhile a tortoise doesn't run, does nothing ..and yet lives for approximately 450 years.


AND

YOU TELL ME TO EXERCISE! HELLOOOOO!



Have a wonderful day.

 

[Dodge]

Ah yes but the tortoise only eats salad!

Salads ok - Steak is better!! :mrgreen:

 

[woodbloke]

HEALTH MESSAGE:


1. First of all, if walking/cycling is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.

2. Secondly a whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water but somehow is fat.

3. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years (WTF).

4. But meanwhile a tortoise doesn't run, does nothing ..and yet lives for approximately 450 years.


AND

YOU TELL ME TO EXERCISE! HELLOOOOO!



Have a wonderful day.

I know this is very much 'tongue in cheek' but it's all to do with the number of heartbeats that each species has...around a billion, so if your heart beats slower, you live longer and vici-versa - Rob

 

[devonwoody]

Cannot be right ~Woodbloke, some footballers live to a good old age, perhaps they were goalkeepers :wink:

 

[bugbear]

I know this is very much 'tongue in cheek' but it's all to do with the number of heartbeats that each species has...around a billion, so if your heart beats slower, you live longer and vici-versa - Rob

I would want corroboration of any information from a site whose main headings are "mind, body, spirit"

BugBear

 

[devonwoody]

And the NHS are on an economy drive, their heart department want me to break sweat three times a week.

 

[bugbear]

And the NHS are on an economy drive, their heart department want me to break sweat three times a week.

If you being healthy saves the NHS money, that's just a win/win.

BugBear

 

[woodbloke]

I know this is very much 'tongue in cheek' but it's all to do with the number of heartbeats that each species has...around a billion, so if your heart beats slower, you live longer and vici-versa - Rob

I would corroboration of any information from a site whose main headings are "mind, body, spirit"

BugBear

It just happened to be the first on the Googlisation list...there were plenty of others. This is the reason that species with an incredibly high heart rate (like hummingbirds I believe and very small mamals) only have a limited time on the planet...measured in weeks or maybe months :duno: - Rob

 

[woodbloke]

And the NHS are on an economy drive, their heart department want me to break sweat three times a week.

...you could always polish off the rust from your tablesaur - Rob...too warm for a coat!

 

[StevieB]

Or do they have a fast hearbeat BECAUSE they are small and lose heat rapidly with a large surface area to body weight ratio? Economies of scale mean a big ol' heart need not beat so fast, as it pushes a larger volume of blood for each beat.

As for living longer - most animals in nature are destined to be food for something higher up the food chain or perish due to a lack of food themselves - dying of old age is a particularly human characteristic (and by extension their pets) as we have managed to control our environment. 'Nature red in tooth and claw' and all that....

Steve

 

[Benchwayze]

And the NHS are on an economy drive, their heart department want me to break sweat three times a week.

If you being healthy saves the NHS money, that's just a win/win.

BugBear

I think the NHS really is on an economy drive.
Two years ago I had a knee replacement. The surgeon was so keen to do both knees at the time, but of course they don't do two together.
Last week, I went to see him for a progress check, and he signed me off saying that the knee is now fine. (Which it is).

When I brought up the matter of my other knee, miraculously it seems to have improved beyond measure, and now unless I get real trouble with it, he wants to leave well alone.

I didn't mention the financial side of things, but I do think this is a cost cutting measure.
But at the same time, I think I can manage a little discomfort, rather than go through all that palaver again!

So now with just one metal knee, my family nickname is Click-Clock rather than Click-Clack-Clock!

:mrgreen:

John