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Can a very fit and healthy person die at a young or even middle age due to natural causes?
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Certainly: The question always is ---- what constitutes fitness and health? The only thing that we can do is to command an appropriate diet and lifestyle and rely on periodic checks on obvious risk factors via lab and physical.
Answered 7/4/2013
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