| |
| |
 |
     |
     |
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If You Do This (from age 35 to 65) |
Bicycle or run for aerobic exercise |
Eat 10 slices of low-fat cheese pizza per week (the tomato sauce contains cancer fighting lycopene) |
Use SPF-15 sunscreen once per day, 365 days per year |
Quit smoking cigarettes or cigars |
Brush and floss regularly |
Eat a cup of oatmeal a day |
Limit alcohol intake to one or two drinks per day |
Swim (a low impact way to minimize joint and stress and improve flexibility) |
Sleep 8 hours per night |
If You Do This (from age 35 to 65) |
| You'll Only Spend |
$3,200 (for four bikes) $4,830 (for 57 pairs of shoes) |
$18,720 | $6,857 | $0 to $300 for stop smoking programs, some includ- ing a 10 week course of nicotine gum or patches |
$1,210 for toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss |
$2,738 | $21,900 to $43,800 for wine or beer |
$5,700 to $16,200 for yearly memberships at public pools |
$1,950 to $3,300 for three good queen or king size mattresses |
You'll Only Spend |
| But If You Have/ Get |
Cardio vascular Disease |
Prostate Cancer |
Skin Cancer | Lung Cancer or oral Cancers |
Tooth Deacy or Gum Disease |
Colon Cancer | Alcohol- related liver disease |
Osteo arthritus |
Automobile (and other) accidents caused by sleep deprivation |
But If You Have/ Get |
| It Will Cost |
$44,200 for bypass surgery $21,760 for angioplasty $103,576 to recover from stroke. |
$48,690 from diagnosis until death |
$9,349 for one hospital stay. Doctors' fees and follow up care are extra |
$29,200 from diagnosis to death from lung cancer. $12,739 for one hospital stay to treat oral cancer |
$1,400 to $4,500 for dentures $2,000 to $4,000 for each full mouth surgical treatment for gum disease |
$51,865 from diagnosis to death |
$304,567 for a transplant |
$19,392 for one in- hospital treatment |
Your life. You tell us what it's worth |
It Will Cost |
| National Men's
Health Foundation (excerpted
from Men's Health Magazine) Call 1-800-955-2002 for your free manual on men's health issues |
||||||||||
Suggestions? Feedback? We'd love to hear from you.
— TOP —
Bulletin
Boards | Den | Fatherhood
| Goofing Off | Health & Fitness
Legal | News | Recipes | Resources | Shopping
Copyright © 2001 Father's World
