In the United States alone, the average lifespan has increased by nearly thirty years in the past 100 years. However, the years gained are being plagued by non-infectious, killer chronic diseases in epidemic proportions, and are increasingly contributing to poor health, and premature death in the middle- and later years, particularly in the US. Americans may be squandering the gains they attained in longevity in the twentieth century by succumbing in the twenty-first century to these preventable, killer chronic diseases, largely attributable to dietary and lifestyle choices.
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In the United States alone, the average lifespan has increased by nearly thirty years in the past 100 years. However, the years gained are being pl...