observer Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Seems "the experts" have worked out, that watching TV is as bad for your health as smoking; and that just 15 minutes of exercise per day can add 3 years to your life. How do they know how long folk will live in the first place? They could get mauled by a polar bear or run over by a truck or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 And I bet these "experts" are getting paid a fortune to write rubbish like that. Is salt bad for us this year or was that last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Completely agree with the thrust of the thread. In the army they gave us salt tablets plus 50 woodbines a day ( boosted by 20 American cigarettes) They did me no harm - much. But as I may have said before, the stuff they put in the tea is beginning to work. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Seems "the experts" have worked out, that watching TV is as bad for your health as smoking; and that just 15 minutes of exercise per day can add 3 years to your life. How do they know how long folk will live in the first place? They could get mauled by a polar bear or run over by a truck or something. Feel free to read the garbage but I don't see why we should have to suffer it on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 OK so if one cigarette takes off a year of your life and a hours worth of tv does the same, assume that spending time on the internet is equivalent to watching tv then. Twenty cigarettes a day that is minus twenty years. Three hours off watching tv minus three years. (minus seven if you watch jeremy kyle big brother etc but only minus two iff you regularly watch emmerdale because off all the fresh air) five hours on the internet minus five years. Total of minus 28, call it 30 to make it a nice even number. to off set that you would need to do 150 minutes of exercise everyday (2 1/2 hours). just to live to the age that you would if you did not wtch tv, spend time on internet or smoke so 2 1/2 hours exercise. 5 hours internet 3 hours tv 8 hours working 1 hour travelling to/from work. 2 hours for meals 1/2 hour for bathing etc which leaves you with 2 hours left of your day to relax and sleep. now if like me the onl;y exercise you get is jumping to conclusions then you are in dire straights. according to those figures i have been dead (taking the lifespan of four score and ten as a base figure) about twenty years give or take. I AM A ZOMBIE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 By eck Sid, that's a corker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 They've obviously not factored you into their equation Sid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 If I listened to to he 'experts' I should have died about 7 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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