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Brainstormy

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3. Boomer parents ate real food

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 11:15 AM

Feb 2013

before 10,000 additives, GMO, and petroleum-based everything. We can expect the next generation to be sicker, too, and fatter, with shorter life spans. Nothing mysterious about it.

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Baby Boomers Sicker Than Parents’ Generation, Study Finds [View all] xchrom Feb 2013 OP

Yeah, but our stuff is way cooler BeyondGeography Feb 2013 #1

Yah, and we have much better music Champion Jack Feb 2013 #2

Boomer parents ate real food Brainstormy Feb 2013 #3

boomer parents weren't raised on petroleum fumes. mopinko Feb 2013 #4

I would venture to say that it will be worse for the generations after us. progressoid Feb 2013 #5

Yeah-- they think the boomers are sicker? Wait until the current generation gets old, after Nay Feb 2013 #8

That's what you get when you start sucking too much profit Warpy Feb 2013 #6

I'm 64, a Boomer, and I'm constantly amazed at how SheilaT Feb 2013 #7

I am in much better health than my grandfather was at this age - hedgehog Feb 2013 #9

another arguement for rationing food quadrature Feb 2013 #10

Rationing food? LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #12

I suspect that at least part of the reason... LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #11

What a load of Edit: unfalsifiable horseshit. nt bemildred Feb 2013 #13