Poor diet worse for health than Smoking tobacco

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New research scientists University of Washington showedeating disorders more life-threatening than Smoking tobacco. Analysis of data from 195 countries gathered for 17 years, showed that in 2017 because of the consumption of harmful products throughout the world killed 11 million people.

The main cause of death of about 10 million of them were cardiovascular disease, diet-related. The authors of a study published in the medical journal The Lancet argue that the most dangerous product is salt: it has reduced the lives of 3 million people.

It was established that not eating enough fruits led to the deaths of 2 million people, while the diet, consisting of a small number of whole grains, led to the deaths of 3 million people. The lack of vegetables, essential oils, seafood, nuts and fiber influenced by other factors reduce life expectancy.

Due to the high content of fatty acids omega-3 and fiber in Spain, Turkey and Bangladesh observed the lowest number of deaths related to nutrition. In Uzbekistan, Japan and China – some of the highest levels of mortality from the salt in the world.

So, in China the highest level of mortality from cardiovascular diseasecaused by improper power supply: 299 deaths per 100 thousand people. The authors of the study attribute this to the frequent use of soy sauce, contains a lot of salt.

"Habit wrong to eat affects everyone, regardless of age, gender, country of residence and socio-economic status," – said study co-author, associate Professor of the Institute of measurement and valuation of health at the University of Washington Ashkan Afshin.



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