If life expectancy is really the mark of the superior medical system that we are told that we have, what about this?
We keep hearing that we have a great medical system, and that we are living longer than ever, and that’s proof of the value of the present system. If that’s the case, the New England Journal of Medicine article by Olshansky, et al, Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century, must have gotten published by mistake.
The authors tell us for the first time in history our children may have a lower life expectancy than their parents. They put the primary blame on Metabolic Syndrome and Type II Diabetes, both diseases caused by poor dietary and lifestyle choices.
Wow! Maybe the SAD (Standard American Diet) isn’t so healthy after all, and all those simple carbohydrates (sugar) really are killing us.
Please take this research seriously.