{"id":98069,"date":"2014-05-16T10:30:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T15:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=98069"},"modified":"2014-05-16T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T16:00:01","slug":"reducing-these-6-factors-can-reduce-preventable-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/reducing-these-6-factors-can-reduce-preventable-death\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Unbelievably Basic Ways to Live Longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, and <strong><a title=\"what is diabetes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/what-exactly-is-diabetes\/\">diabetes<\/a><\/strong> are the four main groups of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). They&#8217;re also a main cause of preventable, premature deaths.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/stop-smoking.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98070\" alt=\"stop smoking\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/stop-smoking.jpeg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/stop-smoking.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/stop-smoking-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2014\/05\/140502204723.htm\" target=\"_blank\">New research<\/a> <\/strong>shows that over 15 years 37 million premature deaths due to NCDs can be prevented. How? By reducing or curbing only six modifiable risk factors: tobacco use, harmful alcohol use, salt intake, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and obesity. As in, if you keep up your bad habits, chances are you won&#8217;t live as long. If you drop them, and get healthier, you&#8217;ll likely live longer, and our guess is your quality of life will improve too.<\/p>\n<p>How, exactly would changing these 6 factors improve your life expectancy and reduce your risk of premature death?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tobacco Use<\/strong> &#8211; Kick the habit to reduce risk of death by at least 30 percent, and up to 50 percent<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tobacco use is the number one cause of <strong><a title=\"marlboro man dies from smoking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/former-marlboro-man-dies-of-smoking-related-illness\/\">preventable death<\/a><\/strong>, and is responsible for 5 million deaths per year worldwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>By reducing tobacco use by 50 percent, risk of dying from the four main NCDs would drop by 24 percent in men and 20 percent in women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alcohol Use<\/strong> &#8211; Sticking to one or two drinks a day could reduce risk of death by 10 percent<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excessive <strong><a title=\"smoking alcohol\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/smoking-alcohol-cuts-calories-could-kill-you\/\">alcohol use<\/a><\/strong> is responsible for 2.5 million deaths per year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Alcohol is the world&#8217;s third largest risk factor for disease burden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Salt Intake<\/strong> &#8211; Curbing your salt habit could reduce your risk or early death 30 percent<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"eat less salt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/4-ways-to-slash-your-sodium-intake\/\">Too much salt<\/a><\/strong> intake increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The CDC recommends consuming no more than 1,500 mg of sodium per day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>High Blood Pressure<\/strong> &#8211; Taking steps to reduce your blood pressure could reduce your risk of premature death by 24 percent<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High blood pressure is estimated to cause 7.5 million deaths worldwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2026, the overall prevalence of <strong><a title=\"prevent high blood pressure\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/4-easy-ways-to-prevent-high-blood-pressure\/\">high blood pressure<\/a><\/strong> in adults 25 and older was around 40 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Diabetes\/Obesity<\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a title=\"ways to prevent diabetes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/the-no-1-way-to-cut-your-diabetes-risk-by-13-add-push-ups-to-your-workout\/\">Stopping growth in diabetes<\/a><\/strong> and obesity rates would result in a large reduction in early death rates<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>347 million people worldwide have diabetes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 80 percent of diabetes deaths happen in low- and middle-income countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>65 percent of the world&#8217;s populations live in countries where <strong><a title=\"obesity rates up\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/america-the-fat-nationwide-obesity-rates-are-at-highest-levels-since-2008\/\">overweight and obesity<\/a><\/strong> kills more people than underweight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Researchers believe meeting these levels would reduce the risk of premature death by 22 percent in men and 19 percent in women by 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Majid Ezzati, PhD, from Imperial College London headed up the study, and feels reducing the risk factors could have an immense positive impact on the world&#8217;s overall health.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of the benefits will be seen in low-income and middle-income countries where as many as 31 million deaths could be prevented,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The study is the first to examine what reducing globally targeted risk factors would do to help meet the <strong><a title=\"UN year of quinoa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/un-declares-2013-the-year-of-quinoa-our-favorite-quinoa-recipes\/\">United Nations&#8217;<\/a><\/strong> call to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by 25 percent relative to 2026 levels by the year 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"world hunger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/united-nations-supports-organic-farming-to-fight-world-hunger\/\">United Nations Supports Organic Farming to Fight World Hunger<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"eat gluten\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/5-reasons-why-most-of-us-should-not-go-gluten-free\/\">5 Reasons Why Most of Us Should NOT Go Gluten-Free<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"eat less sugar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/the-world-health-organization-wants-you-to-halve-your-daily-sugar-intake\/\">&#8220;Halve Your Sugar Intake,&#8221; Says World Health Organization<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, and diabetes are the four main groups of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). They&#8217;re also a main cause of preventable, premature deaths. New research shows that over 15 years 37 million premature deaths due to NCDs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/reducing-these-6-factors-can-reduce-preventable-death\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,58],"tags":[10643,1172,6521,8440,92,383,4521,8316],"class_list":["post-98069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mens-health","category-womens-health","tag-alcohol-consumption","tag-blood-sugar","tag-high-blood-pressure","tag-homepage","tag-obesity","tag-research-studies","tag-salt","tag-tobacco"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98069"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98155,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98069\/revisions\/98155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}