I agree with most of all the statements above. There are several reasons for longevity, long term health outcomes, and so on.
But I think one of if not the most important one is that our life is pure poison! Most air quality results show that the air itself is sickening us. The water, whether chemicals added to it or not is toxic. Have you seen the inside of pipes during construction?
Then the food...oh my the food!
According to US statistics...74% of Americans are overweight or obese, Young adult cancers are going up 79% in the last 10 years, 25% of men now under 40 have erectile dysfunction, 50% of American adults have type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes. In 1950 1% had type 2 diabetes. Now it's 50%. Just think of that statement right there. 1 percent to 50 percent! Astonishing!
Alzheimer's, dementia are going through the roof. We now have young adult dementias. They have increased three times since 2012. By young we mean 40 and even cases of earlier. One in two Americans are expected to have cancer in their lifetime now, one in two. One in 36 children has autism now, in the United States. That was one in 150 in the year 2000. And 1 in 1100 in 1980. Why the massive increase? In California Autism rates are one in 22. So if it regional and related to decades, what has changed? Think about that for one moment. One in 22 of children born in California will have or do have with a lifetime neuro-developmental disorder.
Infertility going up 1% per year Since 2000. Women's egg production is at all time lows, but the more disturbing stats is that the eggs being released by the ovaries is not structurally capable of creating and surviving the process of reproduction. They are soft, weak walled eggs. If they procure the sperm and fertilize, they are failing to sustain life in the early stages (weeks 1-3). Mens sperm counts are so low, I'm surprised we can get anyone pregnant!
According to the US DND, 77% of young Americans can't serve in the military because of obesity or drug abuse. This is the same with fire, police, paramedics, and many many other departments as well.
Autoimmune diseases. Some studies are saying they're going up 13% per year. Heart disease, which is totally preventable, is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing around 800,000 people per year.
Basically since the 50's-70's period, people started to eat more and do less. In the 90's ate even more and did even less. Now in 2024 (I have not seen the stats) people are eating way more calories and binge watching or sitting on their couch more than ever. I would imagine the numbers are frankly astonishing!
All of this points to our lifestyle and food are directly killing us. People choose to be sedentary or have limited exercise. No offense to anyone or their lifestyle but walking (what humans are biologically designed to do) is not really a form of exercise. My uncle and his almost obese wife were avid walkers. Like long long walks, probably 5k min daily, yet she died of cancer and never lost any weight in 10 years. The human bodies ability to adapt is what tricks many people into thinking they are exercising. Just because you can do something easily does not mean you are in shape! The body has simply adapted to do what you normally do so it can function on a set level with ease.
It is the basis for military spec training. Keep pushing the level you need to function at higher and higher, until you reach the level you want to be the norm, then maintaining it is easy.
Unfortunately one needs to stress yourself regularly past the point of comfort or the body simply adapts and will not make changes. You will find your point of comfort keeps moving and what you did last month is now easy. That is change. Walking the same 5 or even 10k walk all the time at the same speed is doing nothing. Before anyone says 'hold on a sec', and goes on the offense (lol) yes doing anything is absolutely better than doing nothing, and good on ya! But it does nothing for actual health repair!
Basically since what we eat, drink and breathe are slowly killing us, we as a people need to do more to ensure we live a long healthy life to the best of our abilities!
Wish you all the best!
