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Hi, I'm Dave. Let's take a walk. I want to talk about genetics today. It's one of those

aspects of life that we have no control over. Your genetics are your genetics. Nothing you can do about it. Can't change them.

It is what it is. And it's not necessarily fair. There are some people whose genetics are such that

they're looking at potentially a shorter lifespan,

potentially some diseases, some illnesses, some bad stuff down the road.

And then there are other people whose genetics are such that their family doesn't have a big history of chronic disease.

Their family has people who live long, healthy lives. And then, of course, probably most of us

are somewhere in the middle. Trending maybe towards better genetics or trending towards not so great genetics.

My genetics are trending more towards the good side.

We don't have a family history.

I don't have a family history of heart disease, of cancer. My parents are both

alive and healthy. They're in their 80s. Dad just turned 89 this year. And while they are aging and they're certainly feeling the impact of aging,

lower energy, they still are active, sharp mentally.

Both of my parents, parents, my grandparents, all four grandparents, lived long lives.

I think my dad's mom was the first to die, and she was in her mid-80s.

And then my mom's parents they died about a year apart from each other and they were in their upper 80s I think my grandfather might even have hit 90 and then my

dad's father lived in 98 and a half.

He had never even spent a night in the hospital until he was 97.

His father lived to be 88.

So genetically, I got some good genes, and I am grateful for that.

But here's the thing.

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