"If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."
That's an old gag repeated by Dick Van Dyke (still dancing at 94), composer Eubie Blake (he lived to be 96) and Mae West (she lived to be 87). Clearly, they understood how important good health (and a sense of humor) is as you grow older....
In 2013, defensive end Kyle Love was released by the New England Patriots after he developed Type 2 diabetes. The 6-foot-1, 315-pound lineman immediately stopped eating sugary juices and sweets. And he bounced back, right into the huddle. He's now playing football with the Carolina Panthers.
If you're prediabetic or have full-blown diabetes like...
"I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money," quipped stand-up comic Steven Wright. "They said, 'What for?'"
"I said, 'I am going to buy some sugar.'"
He should take heart from the fact that he was rejected for that loan. Over the course of a 15-year study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, folks consuming...