Your entire life… for many people…. you hear that you need to lose weight.  It affects everything from your blood pressure to your bedonkedonk…. and now as I grow older …. for the first time, I’m hearing don’t lose the weight.  Stay right where you are.  Don’t gain a pound.  But for goodness sake don’t lose any.

There’s a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.  Researchers looked at 2-thousand Americans age 65 and older.  Lo and behold they discovered that those over age 65 who lose 5 to 10 percent of their weight…. raise their risk of death by 33 percent.  An average man weighs 197  - this means you lose 10 or 20 pounds…. it’s time to buy a plot.  If you know what I mean.

Women… according to this study of 18-thousand people… you’re not off the hook.  If you lose 5 or 10 percent of your weight after age 65…your risk of death rises by 26 percent.  Average woman… 170 … yes that’s right.  That’s 8 to 17 pounds.

Important to note… researchers have no idea what’s behind their findings.  They can only guess.  But if you’re getting on in years… and the doctor tells you to lose weight…  you be within your rights to ask “What are you tryin’ to do… kill me?"