The religious are more frequently ill than their counterparts
in ordinary life.
When comparing the state of health
of 200 nuns
with those of women of the same age,
researchers of the university of Murcia
in Spain reach the same conclusion.
More than half of the nuns were too heavy in weight.
One third complained of a high blood pressure
and too much cholesterol.
15 percent proved to have a deviant
electrocardiogram reading.
They don't smoke,
neither do they drink alcohol,
and only one third regularly drinks
coffee
They eat a lot of chicken,
but few eggs.
The meat is roasted or fried
in vegetal fat.
They are celibate,
They prey.
They kneel.
They sit most of the time.
That makes them fat
and gives them a higher risk
for heart and vascular diseases.
In addition to that
they suffer from stress.
Possibly they are worried about things
that we cannot know.
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