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I'm not surprised; most deaths are attributed to unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity and alcohol consumption. [1, 2]

I'm not noticing people eating more healthily, so it only makes sense that life expectancy isn't going up anymore.

[1]: https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death [2]: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cardiovascu...




The youth are drinking less, and great non-alcoholic substitutes are becoming available for a wide variety of beverages. I hope these trends make a difference long term.

I’ve had to make very few compromises to still enjoy life while staying alcohol free - I can even have a decent bottle of wine, or a rum and Coke should I be in the mood for one.

https://theconversation.com/youth-drinking-is-declining-myth...


> The youth are drinking less

What little life expectancy they gain by drinking less - and not stopping completely - is completely overshadowed by their high-sugar, high-sodium, meat-heavy diet.


That's what the ozempic is for. And it's a double whammy - because it stops the new-fangled nicotine addiction pipelines.


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> fixing your diet

What the fuck do you guys think GLP-1 inhibitors do? Why even bother posting if you don't understand the most surface level of what I'm saying.

> drinking habits

GLP-1 inhibitors have also been shown to reduce drinking and smoking. It's essentially an anti-addiction drug.

It's very easy to sit on a throne when you don't have a food addiction. For those who do, it's not as simple as "durrr eat better". Come on guys we have to start putting that meat sack between our ears to use.

We've been trying, and ONLY been trying, the "discipline" approach for the entirety of the obesity epidemic. And it is not working. Point blank, this is not an effective method of treating obesity or diabetes.

If that's your suggestion, it's obvious you don't actually know what's going on. Which is fine, but then perhaps silence would do you some good. Less embarrassment that way.


> GLP-1 inhibitors have also been shown to reduce drinking and smoking. It's essentially an anti-addiction drug.

You think that 33% of deaths are caused by addictions? I don't understand why you brought addictions up.

> It's very easy to sit on a throne when you don't have a food addiction

Yeah, I don't. I'm mindful every day of what I eat and drink.

> We've been trying, and ONLY been trying, the "discipline" approach for the entirety of the obesity epidemic

Except that most overweight people are not food addicts. They are just normal people with bad nutrition, and that's it.


> https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death

More people die of Suicide than Malaria aparently.

Somehow what actually kills people, is different from what you think kills people.




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