{"id":3599,"date":"2010-06-18T02:09:46","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T00:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=3599"},"modified":"2015-02-15T09:26:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T14:26:24","slug":"science-discover-ozzy-osbourne-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/science-discover-ozzy-osbourne-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Science to Discover Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, this isn’t exactly about weight\/fat loss or exercise per se, but every so often, some oddity will end up on my radar screen… and I thought this bit of news about Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> was tr\u00e8s amusant.<\/p>\n

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Genetics to solve why Ozzy Osbourne is still alive<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jack Grimston
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\nTHE mystery of why Ozzy Osbourne is still alive after decades of drug and alcohol abuse may finally be solved.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 61-year-old former Black Sabbath lead singer \u2014 who this week begins his health advice column in The Sunday Times Magazine \u2014 is to become one of only a few people in the world to have his full genome sequenced.
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\n…Before he reformed, Osbourne survived decades of substance abuse and bit the head off a bat while intoxicated on stage \u2014 he had to have rabies jabs afterwards. He has a genetic disorder similar to Parkinson\u2019s disease, has been committed to a mental institution and broke his neck in a quad bike accident after which he was placed in a chemically induced coma.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As off-the-wall as this is,\u00a0it was the reference to him writing a\u00a0“health advice column” that\u00a0caught my eye\u00a0–\u00a0since when is Ozzy Osbourne qualified to give health advice?\u00a0 So I hadda check it out<\/a> (registration required).<\/p>\n

So, as you can imagine, when The Sunday Times Magazine asked me to be its new health-advice columnist \u2014 Dr Ozzy, as I\u2019ll be known from now on \u2014 I thought they were taking the piss, to be honest.<\/p>\n

But then I thought about it for a while, and it makes perfect sense: I\u2019ve seen literally thousands of doctors over my lifetime, and spent well over \u00a31m on them, to the point where I sometimes think I know more about being a doctor than doctors do.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not just because of the lifestyle I\u2019ve pursued. I also happen to be the world\u2019s worst hypochondriac. I\u2019ll catch a disease off the telly, me. Being ill is like a hobby. I\u2019ve even started to diagnose my own diseases, thanks to Google (or I should say thanks to my assistant Tony, because I\u2019m not exactly Steve Jobs when it comes to computers).<\/p>\n

…I suppose when people hear stories like that, they might think I\u2019m too much of a bad example to give advice. I wouldn\u2019t argue with them \u2014 and I\u2019d hate for anyone to think: \u201cOh, if Ozzy survived all that outrageous behaviour, so can I.\u201d But d\u2019you know what? If people can learn from my stupid mistakes without having to repeat any of them; or if they can take some comfort from the crazy things my family has been through over the years; or if just hearing me talk about colonoscopies makes them less embarrassed about getting tested for colon cancer, that\u2019s more than enough for me. Dr Ozzy\u2019s job will be done. One last thing: being a hypochondriac, I\u2019ll never tell someone to just stop worrying and\/or come back later if their symptoms get worse. In Dr Ozzy\u2019s surgery, everything will get taken seriously.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

LOL – I guess I have to give the devil his due – even though it’s obviously a gimmick to boost readership –\u00a0he actually sounds kinda sensible (if that’s the right word to use… maybe “self-aware” would be better?).\u00a0 I’m\u00a0not convinced that\u00a0being a hypochondriac is a good qualification, but I guess it’s good to see that – if nothing else –\u00a0Ozzy’s brain hasn’t gone to alt-med mush.\u00a0 And I expect the Times will vet his column, so\u00a0he may\u00a0actually do ok.\u00a0 If nothing else, he can’t do any worse than\u00a0a lot of other\u00a0internet “practitioners.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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