31 July 2006

So Big and Healthy Grandpa Wouldn’t Even Know You -- NY Times

Interesting article about health... it might not be such a bad thing to eat a lot.


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/health/30age.html
So Big and Healthy Grandpa Wouldn’t Even Know You
By GINA KOLATA, Published: July 30, 2006
Valentin Keller enlisted in an all-German unit of the Union Army in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1862. He was 26, a small, slender man, 5 feet 4 inches tall, who had just become a naturalized citizen. He listed his occupation as tailor....
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