I need an advice on how toconvince my parents that my BF is the right man for me

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I am a chinese woman residing at manila, this year i will be 31 years old , and i have a bf for about 2 years. I have introduce my BF to my family, at first they never said a thing about him or comment anything bad about him. As the years goes by me and my BF opened a business for him to manage, which my dad had supported me in doing so. So far the business is doing well, it may not earned that much but we were able to earn such money. My dad would always remind me, that opening this business would not mean that i'll be ending up with him as a husband. I told him that i understand what he meant and that i never expected it, because as the years goes by i know there are a lot of things that might happend along the way of our relationship. As of now, both me and my BF are doing well, but my parents starting to remind me every now and then that he is not the one for me. When my mom dicovered that my BF's family had a history of diabetes and high blood, she started using that against me. She would always say not to marry this man because he is sick, and i would always tell her that he is not sick. She would even want me to get her a copy of the result of my bf's check up to see if he really is healthy. I understand my parents concern, but why should they use the medical history of his family just for me to stay away? After all life is full of suprises, we will never know when we are going to get sick or when are we going to die, so i don't think this medical history should be a hindrance to our marriage. Eversince my 2 sisters got married, my mom would always tell me not to get married at all, because having a family is a very difficult thing and that money would always be a problem, unlike being single, you get to spend your own money without thinking of alot responsibilities. I know what my mom is saying is true, but how about my future right? i don't want to get old alone, i cannot ask my niece or nephews to take care of me, because thay also have their own lives. Now that my BF and I are thinking of settling down, i'm having a problem of how to tell my parents and convince them that he is the one i want to spend the rest of my life with. Another thing my BF is not that well off, he is just an ordinary person, who knows how to be contented of what he has. That is also one of the reason why my family doesn't like him, they are afraid that i might get hungry w/ him. As far as i'm concern, right now i can see that he is responsible and that i know he will take care of me and our family. He's not vocal on his feelings, but he always make me feel how much he wants to take care of me. I hope someone out there can help me on how to convince my parents, my family is a bit traditional chinese, so there are alot of things that needs to be considered... help me!