These results are as of 2019. I can’t wait to see the results for 2023/2024. The world’s deadliest risk factor is now if you took the toxic Big Pharma jab to fend off the annual flu. Complying with your government is deadly.
“Smoking kills” is but one of the slogans connected to anti-tobacco advocacy groups – and it’s quite true.
When looking at behavioral risks, meaning types of risk that can largely be avoided, especially in highly industrialized nations, smoking cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products is connected to a variety of diseases responsible for 7.7 million deaths worldwide.
As Statista’s Florian Zandt shows in the chart below, based on data from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington shows, no other behavioral risk factor comes close to the disease burden of smoking.
You will find more infographics at Statista
Coming in second on a global level as well as in terms of risk-factor-associated deaths in the United States in 2019 is alcohol use with an estimated 2.4 million global and 137,000 U.S. deaths in 2019.
Roughly 57 and 30 percent of global deaths associated with risk factors and connected to substance abuse and digestive diseases, respectively, can be traced back to alcohol use.
While a high-sodium diet is connected to almost two million deaths on a global scale and therefore ranks third worldwide, the United States have a different problem: drug abuse.
In 2019, around 105,000 people were estimated to have died from diseases connected to drug use, which constitutes a four-percent share of the overall deaths connected to behavioral risks in the country.
This is especially striking compared to the same metric globally, where the share of deaths barely reaches one percent.
The total number of deaths from risk factors in the United States amounted to 1.8 million, while the global number stood at 35 million.
While the consumption of most drugs is illegal and often carries a social stigma, alcohol and tobacco are legal drugs permeating all levels of society. The risks of both are well-known and well-documented, with the International Agency for Research on Cancer classifying both as a group 1 carcinogen, which includes agents with “sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in humans [and] both strong evidence in exposed humans that the agent exhibits key characteristics of carcinogens and sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals.”
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Stopped at “diet low in whole grains”.
I am starting to think that grains in general are not intended for human consumption.
All I know is that every time I eat a piece of even our homemade high quality bread I get knee pain the next day. I have done the reverse experiment, too: weeks of no bread=weeks of no knee pain.
I’m trying to get a good handle on what causes inflammation in my joints myself. In the last year I’ve developed psoriatic psoriasis in my pinky of my right hand and the thumb of my left hand. This morning they are both stiff. Last night, I had baked ziti and garlic rolls.
When I have stayed away from most starches / carbs and not bread, along with no beer, inflammation seems to be minimal if at all.
Collagen and MSM/sulfur capsules or powder helped my joints (shoulder, knee, wrist, heel) and I also use magnesium lotion or cream from REMAG.
After rubbing it in a solid week or 2 rolls by with no issues unti it starts feeling creaky again, so another round is necessary for that specific spot. It does work in a few hours but 7 -10 days later I need another application.
If you’re going to eat wheat products, they need to be both whole grain and organic. Wheat without the bran and germ is essentially toxic garbage, and roundup-sprayed wheat just prior to the harvest is very toxic. So, one should ignore all of the whole wheat pasta that isn’t organic, and also ignore all of the organic pasta that isn’t whole wheat. I eat tons of organic whole wheat pasta products and have zero health problems.
Organic and non gmo certified.
Try boron supplements
I started taking one a day a few months ago.
Wheat is not the only grain, and gluten is not in every grain. Gluten from wheat is a problem for a lot of people but used in a lot of food as a thickener, buckwheat was a traditional staple of the peasant farmer for it’s protein, but buckwheat is not really wheat but a flower.
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) or common buckwheat is a flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. Buckwheat originated around the 6th millennium BCE in the region of what is now Yunnan Province in southwestern China. The name “buckwheat” is used for several other species, such as Fagopyrum tataricum, a domesticated food plant raised in Asia.
Despite its name, buckwheat is not closely related to wheat. Buckwheat is not a cereal, nor is it even a member of the grass family. It is related to sorrel, knotweed, and rhubarb. Buckwheat is considered a pseudocereal, because its seeds’ high starch content allows them to be used in cooking like a cereal.
Humans evolved eating meat and plant life….
The premise of the Paleo Diet:
— During the Paleolithic, we evolved a specific genome that has only changed approximately 0.01 per cent in these last 10,000 years. However, during this recent time span mass agriculture, grains/grain products, sugars/sugar products, dairy/dairy products, and a plethora of processed foods have all been introduced as a regular part of the human diet. We are not eating the foods we are genetically and physiologically adapted to eat (99.9% of our genetic profile is still Paleolithic); and the discordance is an underlying cause for much of the “diseases of civilization. —
Using this diet I weigh less than my daughter and have become a MILF !
Meat, vegetables and red wine (fruit salad).
Average life expectancy 10,000 years ago: 25 to 30 years
Average life expectancy today: 75 to 85 years
Smoking, drinking and unhealthful, but satiating, diet for the win !
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/life-expectancy-myth-and-why-many-ancient-humans-lived-long-077889
Yes a peasant life style of working long days as a slave almost from birth to death, and lack of decent nutrition and medical care had nothing to do with early death. Of course the wealthy and powerful lived quite long even back then, but they were very few.
We can’t be sure of your statement, please post milf pics for us to verify!
Otherwise I agree with your comment.
Not everyone can eat Paleo, or vegan, or vegetarian, or this or that. Everyone is different, not all specific diets are beneficial. If it works for you-great.
For others, those lifestyles make them very ill.
We didn’t evolve for eating a grain diet….But Ivermectin helps with joint pain….
My assumption is that wheat products are worse tolerated in the course of aging. Then we have the problem of industrial processed and homemade wheat products.
I have changed to buckwheat sour dough homemade bread with sunflower seed, walnuts, flax-and pumpkin seed. Works fine for me….
There’s nothing wrong with eating organic whole grains. Eat wheat sprayed with roundup and you will get health problems.
I have started using organic Einkorn flour from Italy. It has less gluten, a lower glycemic index, and hasn’t been messed with genetically in thousands of years. Also, the EU, as I understand it, is less tolerant of crop poisoning than big ag is here. Amazon.
Common knowledge but make certain your grain doesn’t have a glyphosate (roundup)coating from harvesting. It’s harder to find than you might imagine. You might consider NAC and Glycine for inflammation.
It’s mostly old people, poor people and stupid people who continue to smoke cigarettes. That’s why vaping is pushed towards everyone but specifically young people. I’ve known a few people who despite having had successful surgery to remove cancer, continue to smoke. We all know why and how bad the tobacco industry is. What’s amazing is the negative stigma that has been perpetrated against marijuana which is harmless next to tobacco. Everything in moderation is key to longer life.
I suspect that if a human being could physically smoke or vape cannabis with (at) the same volume and frequency that a person can physically smoke or vape tobacco, we would discover that heavy, long term smoked cannabis also causes lung and other cancers.
Imagine smoking 25-50 marijuana cigarettes (one to tw0 packs) per day, day after day, week after week, month after month, for decades. Even IF a person’s brain could handle being high as a Georgia pine all day, every day, for decades, I doubt that a person’s lungs and cardio-vascular system could handle that volume of cannabis smoke any better than it can handle a similar level of tobacco usage. And a person’s mind would be blown out long before that with the increasing paranoia, anxiety, memory loss and the general “don’t give a fuck” malaise that accompanies heavy long-term cannabis use.
Anyway, why smoke any of that shit when you can do legal edibles? Delta 8, 9 and 10 cannabinoids derived from low-THC hemp seem to be legal and available OTC in almost every state in the union, including states like mine where marijuana is illegal and highly criminalized.
Smoking weed is just as bad as tobacco and vaping it is crazy.
Don’t get allergy symptoms anymore, don’t snore at night, and can run for miles ever since I switched from burning Mary J to vaping. Vaping is expensive and sucking on an empty cartridge hurts the lungs, but overall it’s been a miracle cure for all of life’s problems. And I can practically get baked anywhere without people noticing…😂
Who knows whats in that vape oil. Can’t fake green bud especially homemade.
What they call tobacco in todays smokes is nothing like real tobacco,doubt even 10% is actually tobacco,been true for decades.
I am not encouraging folks to smoke but at least be honest.
Can you elaborate on that? If the content is not tobacco, what is it?
I guy I know years ago said that the cigarettes in England were much better than the cigarettes made in USA. Said that the English told him that the tobacco leaves were sent to England & the continent to make cigarettes there, but that the USA cigarettes were made of stems, stalks, and the crap swept off the floors of the tobacco processing sheds. Dunno, just what he told me.
Many ingredients that are “secret”even in lawsuits,and yes,a lot of stems and other junk hand rollers call “lumber”.
Take a run of the mill factory smoke and open it up,compare what is in there to straight tobacco,completely different,then,look with a magnifying glass!
I would also say home grown tobacco does not have all the chems/pesticides like the factory stuff,kind of like what big corps also do to food.
This problem is far from just tobacco,also includes foods/medicines ect.,all one can do is grow your own stuff if possible and hook up with others(tribe….,yet again)to get the most clean products/meds ect.
Before my husband and I quit January 2007, we’d smoked for 25+ years. After the price of a carton hit $10 at the USAF Commissary, we shopped around and discovered we could order cartons from Eastern Europe (Romania, I think… perhaps Ukraine?) at less than half the price at the USAF base with free shipping if at least ten cartons were ordered. We ordered dozens at a time, storing them in the freezer!
We ordered the same brand and the cartons and packaging looked almost the same, only tax stamp and seal were missing. Those three-dollar cartons of Marlboro Lights did not taste the same… there was more of a tobacco flavor and aroma. At first I didn’t like them, but adapted well. I could tell the difference, but grew to like it.
By the time we quit, we’d switched to the cheaper brands and were kind of burned out on trying to save money on cigarettes. We vowed to quit; my husband said I would cave first and I said he would and I’m still waiting 16+ years later for him to break down.
Haha… we were at a bar last year and when I stood up from my chair, I discovered an unopened package of cigarettes in the seat. I put it into a Ziploc baggie and is now in the refrigerator freezer so that if the Comet gets close enough to see, we are smoking them because we got them.
Hoo-aah.
I quit all tobacco at 50. Stared it when 17. Smokes and chew.
Went from 175 lbs (my weight at 18) to 230 in 10 years (it sneaks up on ya.)
Then I went on a pretty much keto diet I’m still on today (lots of fresh meat and cheese, eggs, fresh bread in small quantities, fruits and veggies. Fish in all forms. Almost zero processed food. I am a steady 190 at 65. I’m physically very fit at 6’1″ and drink good alcohol every single day in quantities my doctor sons don’t reccomend.
I will not live forever in this form, so I am going to live a good life here
with my beloved family and friends knowing I have a so much better one when I die. Jesus saves. He promised me, and I believe Him.
Ammo up.
Ok, here goes. It depends on what you vape. Most juices are made in China and are mostly propylene glycol. Anti-freeze anybody? It’s also flavorings that are quite harmful.
I vape. A base of organic vegetable glycerin only, with organic flavorings, and yes, nico-fucking-teen.
Am I hooked, yes, but no more than your mold and insecticide infested coffee, Yes, that right, your coffee is worse than my vape. Deal with it. Plus I am counteracting any snake venom, ya, tin foil hat motherfucker that I am.
Your NEED nicotine to survive!.
Everybody needs the RIGHT kind of sodium, and my favorite is Celtic sea salt, which has 80 other minerals essential for life. It’s tastier than the white ultra-refined table salt—which is basically poison
Trusting the government is the #1 global risk factor leading to death.
^^^Truth^^^
Actually that is #2….
Being born is by far the biggest risk factor leading to death.
So smoking is wayyyyy less dangerous than taking Government mandated vaccines?! thanks for the tip!
A diet high in sodium is far less dangerous than a diet high in sugar.
I have been eating strict keto for approximately 90 days.
Here are my results:
GERD gone within 48 hours of starting keto
Asthma gone within 1 week
Weight loss (about 7 pounds so far)
No flare up of hiatal hernia (it would cause me serious issues swallowing)
PMS symptoms greatly reduced
Zero migraine (I get aura without pain it’s rare. Not painful but disorienting and I can’t drive when it happens)
My experience is probably due to no gluten, no soy, and almost no linoleic acid and greatly reduced Omega 6 intake.
Also on keto alcohol consumption is not a good idea. Your body has no glycogen stores and alcohol hits you faster and harder. I can have ONE and that’s about it
If you don’t mind sharing some specifics, what does your ‘keto’ consumption diet consist of, on a daily basis?
These stats are bullshit. “Diet high in sodium” “Diet low in whole grains” Give me a break.
High Fructose Corn Syrup kills more people than anything.
Bring born guarantees a death rate of 100 percent.
Number #1 cause of death = Life
You should watch out for colon cancer.
Plenty of MSM bullshit in this one, including Big Pharma funded Statista. One giveaway is quoting ZH “articles” which are mostly C&Ped from MSM sources without attribution.
One the biggest behavioral risk factors has to be whacking off while you’re strangling yourself in a noose. Like Kung Fu and the dude from InXS. Isn’t strangling yourself fun enough without adding whacking off?
Not that putting the smoke from anything into your lungs is healthy, but you will NEVER see a comparison between Spirit cigs (just tobacco) and the typical brands that are allowed (by the FDA) to add up to 200 different “secret” chemicals, many of which are KNOWN carcinogens.
Tobacco/nicotine isn’t bad for you. The smoke part isn’t great. Have you seen how they get the smoking statistics? If you EVER smoked, for no matter how long, your death and disease (including colds, sinus, allergies) are blamed on on smoking.
Everyone suddenly can’t eat the staff of life? Interesting.
I think most people’s issues are from receiving vaxxxxes at some point in their lives, lack of exercise and fresh air, poisons all around, and definitely emf pollution.
Just the fact the last isn’t mentioned is telling. Wake up and read.
amen to that,anon —
my dad died 4 years ago in jan., just b4 covid hit,at age 87 —
he had completely stopped smoking in 1985 & never smoked again —
he died of heart failure & he was basically just worn out —
in the last couple of years b4 he died he had developed a mild case of emphysema —
his death certificate listed smoking as one of the causes of death even though he had not touched a cig for 35 years —
Covid hit??
I knew an old hill farmer who’d grown his own “baccy” all his life and chewed a plug every day of his life. Died at 90 before Covid hit. Thank goodness… he would have hated the mask nonsense.
Covid hit??
The silliness known as Covid 19 lockdowns, vaccines and other nonsensical shit that was imposed on American society starting in Spring 2020 through NOW… referred to as the time when “Covid hit.”
Anonymous Asshole.
I only used pharmaceutical grade morphine and cocaine, no “street” drugs for me.
My relationship with Jack Daniels is on and off and I still smoke ( but don’t inhale…heh, heh)
My lungs have been replaced three times and multiple blood transfusions and the reasons stated, are the keys to my amazingly long, joyful life. Mick is a jerk … and I miss Charlie. Party on !!
-Keith-
keith,
you are an ahole-
you got gram using again —
That is bullshit, he was the supplier (why else would he be there?) when we were all living at the French Riviera, working on “Exile on Main Street”. IMHO, our best work.
Anita made me kick him out because I wasn’t getting anything done.
Gram was a great guy, but hey, he died a LONG time ago and I’m still living, making music and after all my kids die I will inherit their wealth ! #Winning
-Keith-
I look forward to the day when saying “would you please put that out” could get a person shot in the face.
Fucking Karens, I tell ya.
I get that. A couple of fatasses at Bennigans couldn’t wait for a table in non-smoking so they took a table near us and we were smoking, which was why we chose to sit in the smoking section.
They complained about how much we were smoking.
We smoked more.
I did that in a laundromat in Smyrna, TN back in the day. They put the ashtrays in there for a REASON, people.
Just gotta say…I regret every job I ever did for assholes like that. Had I known, I’d either have refused the job or fucked it up on purpose…depending on the magnitude of karenage I was exposed to.
And, yes. “Karenage” is FAR worse than mere carnage.
What? No stories of my grandpa smoked 8 packs of nonfiltered cigarettes a day, drank a quart of whiskey a day, ate beef at evey meal and lived to 117?
I told a hillbilly tobaccy chewing story above. Does that count?
Yes.
Close enough.
See my post above.
100% truth.
If you want to live a long life, have indestructable genes.
It’s the only way.
Uber fit health gure distance runner and “Healthy lifestyle” Jim Fixx
died at 52 of coronary artery obstruction.
Genetics is certainly the most important factor. Yet lifestyle has an effect.
After George Burns, what is there left to say?
There is zero need for grains in your diet. If you eat them, that’s fine for you, but quit pretending like a lack of grains is deadly. Thats silly.
That is not what people are saying, there are no essential carbs. Yes you need some carbs, the majority should come from vegetables.
Results as of 2020 – 2024 … those who fell for the great flu ruse and took the jabs … and the boosters … and got a swab shoved up their nose that contained God-knows-what chemicals … put the totals from smoking and all the other bad habits combined to shame.
Stopped at “smoking”
Pretty much the entire world population drinks alcohol. Coffee too. And dozens of other liquds.
Causation is not proof of correlation.
Did you know that all people who smoke die? All of them. Exactly the same with all people who don’t smoke.
Did you also know that all people who drink water die. All vegans and meat eaters too.
My saintly maternal grandmother lived to be 91 and smoked cigarettes since age 9 and drank alcohol daily
since a little later. Want to live a long time? Have the genes for it. That said, I don’t eat processed food because real food tastes better.
Best comment yet.
My husband had a very strange reaction to keto that has scared us away from it for him, however he had great results until it went south…he had been eating basically unlimited meat and veg, minimal to no sugar, bread, pasta, etc. Weight off and energy was good, at first. Then close to a year, he started having poor energy, mental fog, and it culminated in an episode where he slept for hours extra during the day, felt chilled, and his temperature was less than 95 degrees. I made him eat something sort of carb-heavy…maybe a baked potato? Anyway, brought him out of it and scared us both. Anybody else have similar, or any ideas what we did wrong?
Damn, sorry girl, but close to a year?? Something ain’t right.
Yes, an essential element, hard telling which one, blood work should help.
Why no mention of waving a gun in a cops face?
Pretty risky behavior, I’d say…
START TAKING “COLLOIDAL SILVER” AND “GOLD” AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS FOLKS!
EVER SINCE i STARTED USING IT…I’VE HAD NO ILLNESSES AT ALL!
I DON’T USE BIG-PHARMA’S “MEDICINES” AT ALL…DON’T NEED THEM!!!
BIG PHARMA IS SCARED TO DEATH OF THIS …BECAUSE IT WILL DESTROY THEIR MASSIVE “PROFITS” THEY ARE ENJOYING, FOR NOW!
BY THE WAY FOLKS…SINCE WHEN DID “FOOD” BECOME POISONOUS???
PROCESSED FOOD…MAYBE???