Reply #101: I was asked about whether or not I wear my seatbelt

[Spike from MN]

during the health history question session on my first appointment with a new doc. She was very thorough and her questions pertained solely to my health and the health history of my family. The seatbelt question had to do with statistics. My doc explained all of the questions as she asked them and wearing/not wearing a seatbelt can be one of the things that affects the longevity of your life (as in whether or not you are likely to be killed in a car accident). In other words, you can be eating right and exercising right and doing everything you can to take good care of your health but if you don't wear a seatbelt that could negate some or all of the things you are doing right. FWIW, that was by far the most thorough health history I have ever been through and as it turns out, that doc was the best doc I ever had by far.