Anti Disease AdviceSeven of ten deaths are caused by poor diet, tobacco, and too little exercise.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us, "Seven of 10 deaths, or more than 1.7 million each year, are caused by chronic diseases."and that the major risk factors for chronic diseases are "tobacco use, poor nutrition, and lack of physical activity" Neglect of our bodies has become such a problem in North America that the U.S. President's Council on Physical Fitness has defined "Sedentary Death Syndrome" (SeDS) to focus on this major behavioral cause of death in adults, and it is not limited to seniors. Children increasingly have health problems formerly seen mostly in adults. Recent medical science publications show that even moderate activity can help the body to resist angina, arthritis, breast cancer, colon cancer, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, depression, gallstone disease, heart attack, high blood cholesterol, high blood triglyceride, hypertension, lessened cognitive function (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), low blood HDL, lower quality of life, obesity, osteoporosis, pancreatic cancer, peripheral vascular disease, physical frailty, premature mortality, prostate cancer, sleep apnea, stiff joints, stroke, type 2 diabetes, spinal injury, weak bones, and more. We can't live for ever, but we can delay the onset of death - causing diseases by Good Diet and Moderate Exercise. It's really that simple. |
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