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Old 7th May 2008, 15:58
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gingernut
 
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"If man wasn't exposed to "modern ways" his average resting pulse would be similar to yours,.............."

And figuring in a pediatric death rate of a generous 1 in 3, his life expectancy would be around 35....
Yeh fair comment, can't help wondering if all this running around lowering peoples bp's and lipid levels, is just replacing one cause of death with another.
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