Why is it the elderly are living as long as ever, but are sicker?

[@thecarpenter645]

We’re not living longer we’re dying longer. Commercial interests have the food, medicine and governments in their grip.

[@debrataylor8759]

Let’s not forget the huge increase in vaccines 💉 !!!

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

​@@debrataylor8759yup there is a growth of variety of vaccines for many kinds of illnesses today!

[@margaretblack8538]

Spot on, some people are definitely 'dying longer' and some for many years.

[@bottien]

that is correct, keep the population alive longer with more medicines is a win-win for pharmaceuticals and food companies. with junk food and medicines.

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

@@debrataylor8759 after covid, many types of vaccines come out. And the media even urge that getting those other vaccines are important!

[@met54]

“Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.” . . . . . . . (Aldous Huxley)

[@keepingitreal618]

❤❤❤❤

[@mariawilson9838]

Made me laugh out loud, nice change in these times

[@lindarobinson8381]

A pill for evey ill

[@Kurianganga]

Sedentary lifestyle, environmental pollution, canned/bottled food, increased poverty, social decay/pressure, general poor diet and loneliness. A society that eats poorly, laughs less and is less active becomes more sickly.

[@bedazzled621]

Couldn't have said it better. Nearly everyone I know of a certain age is taking some sort of medication because we are encouraged to visit our GP for the annual check up, and of course, they find something, and you're in their clutches from there on. My parents generation only visited/ called out their doctor if they weren't feeling well. They could have been suffering all sorts of ailments that they were never aware of.

[@greenspain9142]

"A patient cured, is a customer lost" Motto of the BIG PHARMA corporations.

[@maxflight777]

@greenspain9142 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@JonfitzFitzjohn-k6s]

Spot On

[@CatherineBirch-m5r]

People these days are on too many medications. The threshold for hypercholestremia and blood pressure have been lowered so that the big pharma can get more people on their beds and make more money.

[@westwater73]

Clot 💉

[@elizabethlynam3512]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned alcohol consumption?

[@melanieberry8724]

Born in 1955. Got a real wake up call in 2020.never believed a word of the propaganda but also broke a disc in my back in May of this year. I was slightly overweight so decided I needed to sort this and started researching diet. Did keto for 6 months, lost two stone and got my bmi down to 22. I have always walked daily but now have nothing to do with health services and take vitamins to regulate D3 levels etc. No illness for years, not even a cold

[@marjoriegarner5369]

Me too, Not even a cold. Born 1942.

[@jmseipp]

Nice try but low v]carb diets keto and carnivore lead to premature death according to three recent studies: kzbin.info/www/bejne/navIgWSll6eYaZIsi=rrzR2HzuTXQuEU5n

[@HighWealder]

I guessed the answers even before I watched it. Lack of exercise. Overweight. Junk food diet. Overprescription of drugs. Environmental poisons of air, water and food. Unemployment.

[@michaelharrison9340]

Add compromised immune system from inadequate vitamin D levels and experimental medical procedure plus lack of C15 fatty acid from low-fat diet leading to weakened cells.

[@marianhunt8899]

Increasing poverty also.

[@helenheenan3447]

@@michaelharrison9340 Which experimental medical procedures are you referring to?

[@safirahmed]

​@@helenheenan3447 Covid.

[@WVislandia]

The actual produce - vegetable and fruit - that comes from the fields is also different than what it once was. Partly that is how crops are treated but also what is put into the soil. That has an impact on health.

[@kencrotty3984]

I'm 86, haven't had a cold or flu for 43 years, not on any medication, no injections for flu; 40-50 minutes daily walks, can do 50-60 body presses, use light weights for my arms, allaying muscle loss, do Chi Gong daily; do crosswords: eat well -healthy foods for the most part: don't listen to the negativity from the medical profession; have a spiritual outlook on life; do laughter Yoga; focus on the positive; follow the Super Agers philosophy of the late Dr Michael Mosley; love Nature. What a miracle being alive, and trying to be more conscious: enjoy Eckhart Tolle videos! Thankyou for your video.

[@James-el6lj]

Mosley was a charlatan who died at the age of 62

[@shaz7132]

We are not all richer, only some are richer and living better.

[@RichardBergson]

That's exactly the point! As a society we are richer but the excess wealth is not being used to benefit the population as a whole.

[@jillmorris2521]

@@shaz7132 so damn true , about as twisted as the av age of death 150 years ago . The rich died in there 80s an million of poor kid died young av it out to 40 odd . Today it’s we are x amount of wealth each ! Are we fack adding 1000s of millionaires to the working wage puts it up to 35000 Total bullship ! Av wage for 30 million workers is £25000 and that includes those on 80/60/40000 so 20mill near 2/3 of workers earn 20000 or less . Now put that against rents mortgages gas lecky petrol bills an FOOD is that a prosperous people ? Is it fack .

[@lv4077]

Only some are richer? Yeah,you should be able to live off the labor of more industrious,self sacrificing,hard working neighbors.It worked for Marx,yeah,why shouldn’t it work for a slug like you.

[@Vince-l4k]

Why expect anything better, always that way, since 1666,now it's a feudal system, rich and slaves,

[@lv4077]

@@shaz7132 Sounds like you both want someone to give you something.Have you ever thought about getting what you want for yourself?

[@nickjanczak9665]

My tuppence worth, there are articles out there explaining how, due to modern farming practises, our food has less nutritional value than it did 40/50 years ago combined with everything we ingest being drenched in Glyphosate and then combine that with less societal cohesion and plenty of stress due to there being ''no such thing as society anymore'' and sadly but somewhat inevitability we end end up here...

[@2learn4ever]

I wholeheartedly agree. My mum born in 1911 was the same weight all her adult life, 8 stone. On the other hand, I am now in my 70's and two stone heavier than she was and I don't eat fast food or sugary drinks. But I am Coeliac and I believe there is something wrong with the way our food in being grown and produced. I am amazed when I buy a ham to cook myself, there is a label on the packaging listing all the ingredients in the ham!!!!! All I want is ham! Ham like my mother bought in her lifetime!

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Yes the additives don't help! What the heck are some of them. Food not doing anyone any good. Not nutritious anymore even the fruit and veg.Organic very expensive.

[@robjdtv]

I work in the butcher part of a farmshop. A bit more expensive than supermarkets but the quality is far superior and less pumped with shite. That's more or less how it is with any small butcher or farmshop.

[@ianrichards4907]

@@janetmalcolm6191 lots of flavour gone as well

[@malcolm8564]

I would stop eating ham.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

@@robjdtv I agree. Packets of plain chicken even lists numerous additives. Ridiculous.

[@susannewton3757]

Currently in a hotel, able bodied people queuing for a lift to rise one or two floors. Seems to be the norm.

[@rogerbradley5213]

Until recently I taught in buildings where it was common for students to take the lifts, where I would always take the stairs. It did get challenging when given a classroom on the 10th floor though...

[@malcolm8564]

Lifts are designed to be welcoming, stairs are usually hidden away and utitarian.

[@HenryMawcat]

I'm 66 and have a variety of health problems,heart , high blood pressure. Dad died in his mid fifties of a heart attack so have well outlived him, Mum died in her late 70s of stroke. We were very poor in the 60s and had quite poor diet although we used to have Haliborange tablets. Always lived an active outdoor life and still have a positive attitude. I think Stress is probably the major factor and as a 'Newbie' pensioner I think this government is raising the stress and insecurity levels of OAPs, probably deliberately.

[@OghamTheBold]

Deliberate dis-ease democide of diabolical donor dystopia

[@borderlands6606]

Similar here. Today the working class die of stress, bad diet, TV (more stress and BS consumption) and lack of exercise. They used to die of hard work, digging holes, falling into machinery, war and smoke inhalation. In my family if you made it past your 50s you were a "good age". Picking up a few years of state pension was a definite bonus.

[@br5380]

Remember when we were young and fat people were rare, they're not any more. And it's not the Govt raising your stress, it's the right-wing media owned by folk who neither live here nor pay tax here.

[@marycooper-g3y]

I’m 82 male with usual ailments like arthritis, high blood pressure(controlled by daily tablets). All my ancestors on male and female side lived well into their eighties, the males into their late 90’s., eg I remember my great grandfather riding his bike every day into the village at age 96! Very few of us get a proper diet, the goodness extracted and processed foods and just too easy to jump into the car instead of walking. When as a child, my parents grew our own vegetables, caught fresh fish almost on a daily basis, snared wild rabbits and shot pigeons as part of pest control. We walked everywhere, occasionally taking a bus into the nearest town 12 miles away. I conclude that years ago we all had a healthier life on mass although money was always short - my mother was able to run the weekly housekeeping on ten shillings (50p) per week and we were well off! I also put our demise down to the over use of all kinds of plastic’s - this stuff is now in everything, micro plastic now in our bloodstreams causing all manner of diseases. This is a poor state of affairs for the human race and am not confident of any improvements in spite of government’s sprouting about eating our five a day!!!!!

[@fanfeck2844]

@@br5380who are the right wing media, that we’re all watching?

[@l3eatalphal3eatalpha]

Carbohydrates, lack of exercise, home entertainment, lack of community, soil degradation, self indulgence, pessimism.

[@songsmith31a]

And avoid stress!!!

[@thomasmanning477]

*Simple carbohydrates.. Complex carbohydrates such as sweet potatoes, vegetables and whole grains etc are extremely health promoting and would have made up the bulk of a pre-war diet..

[@wideyxyz2271]

Chem trails, poisoned drinking water, processed foods .....

[@nazeerpetersen8454]

Take responsibility, You are responsible for your health, not your doctor. In this information age any education you need is at your fingertips. You are in charge, take charge!

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Too clever just to say that. Genetics can take you by surprise. Or Covid leave you with things. Hereditary things in the family don't help. Too simple to say that.

[@teedee6176]

@@janetmalcolm6191 "Genetics loads the gun. Lifestyle pulls the trigger", Barbara O'Neal

[@wendycaran8267]

Yes, epigenetic, the toxic environment has an effect on the genes.

[@jimlyon7276]

@nazeerpetersen8454 - Re your comment - " In this information age any education you need is at your fingertips" - REALLY ? ? ? - There's certainly a lot of both mis & dis information that makes it hard work to get through !

[@user-jt5kn2yd7b]

Unless you have a fatal genetic mutation

[@nigelscott1922]

We’re not living longer we’re dying longer.

[@TheNobbynoonar]

Only one hundred days in. I’m sick of them already. The thought of another five years of this lot will have the whole country on life support.

[@paulking2039]

Think yourself lucky i've just had a heart attack, but i blame the Tories for 14 years of hell.

[@lynnvandyke1065]

I think you need to realise that it doesn’t matter who’s in office, they aren’t voted for, they’re selected. All puppets to the WEF worldwide….one world government.

[@MariaMadarova-sk7pr]

Black humor!

[@garethjones3251]

one answer big pharma

[@grahamgibson3737]

I haven't been ill in 66 years. I put it down to NEVER taking prescription drugs.

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

​@@grahamgibson3737it is difficult if a person has high blood pressure will need to take med as if it not going to go away no matter how you change to better diet or even intense exercising every day!

[@TheNealQ]

Aided by a perfectly wrong set of dietary guidelines.

[@marjoriegarner5369]

​Me, too. No prescription drugs. Of any kind. As of 82 yrs.

[@equteachme]

Pharma gave us the pills but we don’t have to take them.

[@dennismccarthy7032]

I'm the same age as you Richard. My take is this , Treatment is far more profitable than cure. One of the differences between the previous generation and us that you didn't mention is injections. ....... I also feel that corporate profiteers have run our country for most of our lifetime. Great show Richard ❤

[@davidmorgan6896]

I think you'll find that previous generations had injections too.

[@harvestmoon-k1446]

@@davidmorgan6896 not the one they rolled out and it is now proven no trials done cause the trials have been done on the people. I have lost 2 relatives to these plus vax harm to my mother and sister.

[@songsmith31a]

Indeed, when it comes to health - prevention is ALWAYS better than cure.

[@stepheng9607]

One of the other factors that you did not mention was that the generation in our 60s are having to care for very elderly parents that have lived into their late 80s and 90s together with providing childcare for grandchildren. They are the squeezed generation. The collapse in adult social care and the cost of living crisis for the younger generation means that not only do we worry about these things but we are having to pick up the pieces, whilst being blamed for everything. That means stress, which also means that you do not take care of yourself as well as you should.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Yes we are the generation doing both. The older generation living longer but pension pushed further away for their children. My mother was nearly 95 when she passed and luckily we were 3 girls looking after her in shifts because we had retired. Not sure if she had been ill earlier as we were all having to keep working. Older people also work and look after grandchildren. We have helped the younger generation keep working. Where do children go when they are taken sick and off school? To their grans!

[@Bangkokrover]

Ultra high processed food keeps a person sick and in need of medications, but doesn’t kill in most cases. Big pharmaceutical companies, owned by the same conglomerates as the food companies sell the medications. A wash, rinse, repeat process from cradle to grave (eventually). A great business model. It would be interesting to see a spreadsheet analysis of the lifetime value of a person, cradle to grave to one of these companies.

[@simonwakefield5849]

I think there are a fair few indicators that a non-natural diet (processed) does impact long term life expectancy by shortening life and reducing quality of life through chronic illness largely because medication is a sticking plaster in these circumstances. Acute medical care is much better than chronic, I think.

[@peterharris3096]

As a sixty seven year old Cyclist, walker and ski instructor, I consider this timely and excellent commentary which contained the solutions. Noticeably people are carrying more weight.

[@NetZeroNo]

@@peterharris3096 not a ski instructor - but otherwise totally agree. Don't switch to an electric bike - heard too many horror stories from 70+ yos- too many broken limbs too heavy and unstable. Keep on keeping on - all the best.

[@peterjackson-sg2zt]

​@@NetZeroNo😢 1:42

[@janwhite6038]

Noticeably many are still getting stuff pumped into their arms every year

[@desmondo7042]

And from A very younger age, my observation here in Australia. 74Yr non cyclist though avid walker. 🦘🦘🦘

[@rogernevin7461]

@DewiSant-o3y My father was ex-RN WW2, Never drank ,never smoked, ate small, always active , gardening his major hobby DIY, ,played football, cricket, tennis, badminton till he was 60 ! Two heart attacks 65 yrs+ 67yrs , told to slow down, wouldn't , died at 69 Seven days short of his 70th birthday. 40 years ago this month. moral of the story :- If you ever get that feeling to go jogging (a disease) Lie down on the Settee for 20 minutes till the feeling passes.

[@fumblebee4234]

not mentioning the elephant in the room for 5 years.

[@rjw4762]

My friend is a GP. 5 years back, he commented to me " We are very good in this country at keeping ill people alive". He admitted that he'd never say that in public, but he said we have this approach of pumping people with drugs to keep them going - something other nations do not do.

[@archkod]

US takes the lead in pumping people with drugs.

[@CatherineBirch-m5r]

I don't intend to live a sick life. I won't have chemotherapy if I get cancer, and no scents or drugs if I have heart disease. I want to go quickly.

[@skyblazeeterno]

@@rjw4762 I think we are ultimately trying to cheat death which is as natural as birth. I think dying with dignity is important and that usually means not having drugs or treatments so you can go naturally

[@matthewhargraves6442]

​@@CatherineBirch-m5rMy name is Jodi, I am a 57 year old grandmother from Australia and I agree with you 100%. I have been prescribed many medications over the years to my doctors frustration I do not take any of his pharmaceuticals and I am even more sceptical or downright resistant since the big push happened.

[@CatherineBirch-m5r]

@matthewhargraves6442 About 10 years ago I tried stating because my GP thought that my cholesterol was a bit high. They were awful. My muscles.ached so much that I could hardly move, and I fell asleep all the time. I stopped taking them and tried cutting out dairy. That made an improvement.

[@fstblk5]

One reason for the increase in chronic illness is the medical intervention and I'm seeing it among my peers. Illnesses like myocarditis, cancer, respiratory illnesses and a lot of death since 2021. I see it in the workplace among workers who received the medical intervention over and over. I refused the intervention and I'm 66 and ok along with others who refused

[@robinbeckford]

The healthier oldies had a frugal but healthy diet, and walked or bicycled much, much more.

[@chriskelly7834]

We grew our own food when we had allotment s and there was no junk food either

[@Vince-l4k]

Certainly did because when I was young in the 70s sport was played on the streets, every day every where, and loved bikes, and kept that attitude all my life,,

[@Vince-l4k]

Everyone was skinny, no money for fizzy drinks, but always water taps around, only English kids from estates seem to always had money for chips, sweets, cakes, and more,

[@juliawigger9796]

Being in my 70s i stopped all statins etc, went carnivore, brain fog, clumsiness, GERD, all went in 10 months.

[@LilyGazou]

Yep!!!!!

[@barbaraparker6996]

My dr put me on statins and l went downhill in 30 days. Everything happened at once and statins were the only thing l had changed in my routine. After researching them l quit taking them and within 30 days l was back to normal. When l go back to the Dr, if he says a word about it l will tell him "my body, my choice of what l put in it. I would rather die of high cholesterol than to live another day of how the statins were making a zombie out of me." Been carnivore for 6 mos now and feeling great. 😊

[@kieranjohnston7550]

I’m in my mid seventies, stopped eating meat and fish 25 years ago, eat a wide ranging diet of whole food, never felt better. Turns out humans can flourish eating all kinds of food, except processed.

[@juliawigger9796]

@kieranjohnston7550 your surviving well on glysophate

[@kieranjohnston7550]

@@juliawigger9796 never really thought about it! We are all in a boat with slow leakage. Glad to have reached this age with no ill effects. Probably the luck of the genetic lottery.

[@maggielucas8685]

I'm 67, obese, in pain every day of my life. Pain l caused myself from food addiction. Food addiction is as bad as any other addiction.

[@philipshore6924]

Don't be too hard on yourself. The food industry is making food addictive, and addictive food is everywhere you go, and it's being advertised at you all the time. The more you can switch out ultra-processed food and cook for yourself from basic ingredients and go lower carb, the less addictive food is physically. Any outdoor exercise is a great healer. Do those and you might find it easier to break the mental addiction. Find what works for you. You can do it ! 💪

[@planetfocus911]

Be good to yourself- even talk to yourself. Remember to take 1 day at a time. ❤

[@maryminty5876]

Control your food intake . I'm 92 and experienced first hand from food rationing in the Depression and WW2. Portion control does work. If unconvinced look at prison camp survivors, they are never overweight.

[@lmor7110]

If possible, try Aqua walking or a gentle fitness workout out in a pool (shallow end). It helped me recover completely from knee damage without surgery. Hip & joint pains gone. Etc. (I’m very obese, but my metabolism is stubborn no matter what diet & exercises I do. Borderline thyroid condition not severe enough for meds. Ozempic not an option. Etc.)

[@malcolm8564]

@@maggielucas8685 i suggest a brisk walk immediately after a meal.

[@davidallen1418]

I think you missed out one important factor. poisonous prescribed medications.

[@simony2801]

Are you stupid.

[@Hiram8866]

Poor diet lack of exercise, stress. It isn't rocket surgery.

[@lv4077]

Mostly inactivity and over eating.What you eat somewhat matters but how much is more important

[@tomjones9743]

I think the phrase is “rocket science”….

[@stephenslade2317]

Many will not want to hear this, but I was feeling weaker last year so I joined a gym and go regularly. I am now stronger and feel much better. I didn’t change anything else. I am 67 and now know that you can be healthier if you want to.

[@CatherineBirch-m5r]

@stephenslade2317 Of course they won't want to hear it, because it means putting in some effort and taking control. Most people are just too lazy.

[@lizann3058]

I'm 71, low carb diet, 2MAD, IF 18/6 daily coming up to 5 years and no medications.

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

The simple answer is that there is no profit to be made from healthy people.

[@edwardmclaughlin7935]

More importantly, why are young people dying in greater number than prior to 2021? It's a real puzzle.

[@countryman5329]

Hmm, I wonder, weren't there some untested medical interventions around then...🤔

[@sososoprano1]

@@countryman5329- obviously you can’t be talking about the Covid vaccines because we all know very similar vaccines had been worked on for years and these newer ones only needed a little tweaking and were thoroughly tested. However, we also know that SARS-CoV-2 wasn’t just a respiratory virus but did multi-organ damage, partly because of causing micro-clots. We were warned that it was likely that there would be long term damage and that we’d see an upsurge in the number of unexpected deaths, particularly in younger people, so… Perhaps it’s coincidental, perhaps not. I guess we’ll find out one day.

[@christinavuyk2026]

Aww ffs, couple of fannys 🤦‍♀️😂😂

[@Its.all.a.game.m8]

No one seems to want to have that conversation. Let’s not forget “if it saves just 1 life “

[@A-se2ur]

They see the writing on the wall and thereby get avoidable stress related illnesses if not top themselves. Product of their environment.

[@safirahmed]

Highly processed refined seed oils that could be called industrial lubricants could be an issue.

[@lisaglaze250]

What about chemicals on our food and in our homes?

[@tonyhodgkinson4586]

Im in my mid sixties and noticed my health has declined in the last four years, my mother in law is 92 and going strong in comparison. I have a decent diet with exercise and it all started since the jab.

[@solariss452]

That covid jab ruined my blood pressure. From 131 to 180 overnight!

[@kimmygee8741]

The constant use of pharmaceuticals, eating over processed foods, little or no exercise whatsoever. My opinion is many people are being specifically targeted to get certain tests done, then being diagnosed with things like blood pressure which can be sorted without the use of drugs. Drs constantly over prescribing. Biggest causes of sickness and deaths is iatrogenisis.

[@skyblazeeterno]

Maybe just maybe we should concentrate more on having a quality life than a long life...

[@ParcBlondel]

You have both, or neither.

[@skyblazeeterno]

@@ParcBlondel I think many people are simply hanging on doing the same thing everyday. I have an elder sister who may as well be a metronome. Is living the same day over and over again for 20 years better than say 20 major variations in 2 years?

[@ParcBlondel]

@@skyblazeeterno But .... Does your elder sister enjoy what she is doing day after day? Does it reduce her stress. Reading an artcile yesterday, based on a dog's body clock being accurate to the second. Whilst "to the second"! may be a bit of an exaggeration, our current dog knows exactly what he wants to do at any given time in any given situation. WE used to have a pony that I could take out in a trap and he would repeat the previouys journey step for step, even to rearing up the time after a tree had blown down in his path on the previous outing. I believe this certainty of what goes on helps reduce stress. I sometimes feel stressed online when things go wrong. There is no-one to turn to. Yesterday was an exception to this rule. I was speaking to a reaal, living breathing human being about car insurance. Lovely conversation, and unexpectedly and unasked-for she managed to reduce my payment, because instead of my driving history starting in 1964, it was "officially" 1999 (DVLA's computer couldn't deal with 1964! We are heading in the wrong direction. We need the option of talking to people far more, and using the internet rather less! That reduces stress.

[@rinnin]

As long as capitalism reigns supreme, not a chance. #Degrowth now 🙏🌎🌱

[@clivehprice1973]

I was born in 1936, a time when tuberculosis, diphtheria, poliomyelitis and many other chronic conditions were still prevalent. Is it possible that the infant death rate in those years had the effect of ‘weeding out’ those who might have suffered from ill-health later on in life? Just a thought which might not stand up statistically

[@prettypuppy6752]

Excellent observation!

[@kieranjohnston7550]

Another possible factor is that when children play outdoors in the elements and the dirt they build up resistance and immunity. Antiseptic lives can’t stand up to viruses and allergens.

[@jeanah685]

The more alarming question is, why are so many young people suffering from chronic illnesses and developing "old people " illnesses/diseases?

[@joyceonthego8317]

Not just young adults but children as well!

[@alanpartington2540]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. My mother died last year at the age of 100, having gone through the war and lived in single glazed unheated houses for most of her life. She lived next to Salford Docks during the war, and lived in a house with no glass in the windows for 4 years. Was it cold? You bet it was. Added to which, she had a healthy disregard for the opinions of doctors. When one wanted to do some intrusive tests on her she simply asked him "And what are you looking for? And what are you going to do if you find it?". Prosperity and health have nothing to do with each other

[@jillmorris2521]

@@alanpartington2540 and if you’re not stronger, it kills you

[@alanpartington2540]

@@jillmorris2521 Well, Yes, that is what I said. Anything to add?

[@alanpartington2540]

@@richedge8667 And where did I say that it did? Moron.

[@bingofingers]

But seeing a doctor and getting their advice might save your life and improve your health. The fact that somebody can avoid doctors and live to 100 doesn't mean that avoiding doctors leads to a long life. We know that because before people had access to modern health care they died much younger.

[@alanpartington2540]

@@bingofingers Somebody else who can't read. Try again. You might understand it if you read it often enough.

[@roymillsjnr5172]

I think the nations diet as changed , and the exercise regime of older people , and mental well being ,and don't forget standard of living . Yes technology and drugs may expand life ,but your immune system and well being is important . I'm poor financially but rich mentally , today I will walk into town ,jog at times with a 100lb burgen of my back ,jog a little , and sometimes I push my self to extremes , I can't remember the enzyme it releases , but it makes you live longer , my reflexes are as quick as a 20 year old . But I must add this ,poor dental health doesn't help with health ,and this government knows it ,it's a disgrace .

[@helenheenan3447]

And if you have joint pain due to arthritis, basic wear and tear, and are living in pain for years, waiting for routine surgery, then you rapidly lose muscle strength. 2 years for a hip replacement now, when 12 years ago it was 4 months.

[@LilyGazou]

@@helenheenan3447swimming can help.

[@margaretcampbell2681]

Well Im 71 and in very good health

[@platinum-n7u]

same. keep off the tablets. eat proper food go outdoors with fresh air.

[@kathleensmith644]

I’m older than you and healthy. Because, I don’t go to doctors and take their drugs.

[@annasutton8078]

Me too, cook from fresh, walk every day, not overweight. I have to work at it, though. Taking ownership of my health is a priority.

[@kieranjohnston7550]

@@annasutton8078 your last sentence, about taking ownership, is right on the money.

[@JanineCampbell-f6e]

I've noticed its almost like a badge of honour these days with older people - they are quite happy to discuss their health issues and the various drugs they are taking to alleviate them - much easier to do this than get up off the couch, start cooking healthy food (if you can find any that hasn't already been tampered with) and go for a walk around the block. Society these days is teaching us to be sick, lazy and totally dependent on others. However, we do still have a choice!

[@catherineb3841]

I belong to groups of retired people who all want to be active, physically and mentally. I walk, I exercise, I swim, I go out , I learn , and I don’t meet the people who stay at home in front of their tv eating ready made meals. I am sorry for them though, because most of us are lucky, we have opportunities , there is so much we can do or learn , if we want to .

[@martinwarner1178]

I live near a school, watching young people being dropped off, by car, tells me one of the problems of health. That generation that this fellow speaks of, did a lot more walking and push biking, and not just for exercise! Enjoyed the video. Peace and goodwill.

[@barbaraparker6996]

I took my kids to school every day and picked them up but it was more of a safety issue instead of a coddling issue. But l get what you are saying. 🙂

[@RiaVersteeg]

I see that every day teenagers being dropped of at school by car every day and they don't live far from the school! I at 72 can not remember except for kindergarten I always walked by myself to school and by the age of 14 I rode my bike to a school at the other end of a city! I asked a co-worker once why he left everyday after working for 1.50 hrs he left for 20 min. He had to bring his teenage son to school because if he did not the kid would not go.......how about consequences????

[@russellbaston974]

It’s set to get worse imho. Most schools now seem to be ‘drive ins’ ,rubbish, convenience food, activities by the majority of young now minimal. I’m of relatively mature years and have sought to lead a good healthy lifestyle, and seem to raise eyebrows among my peers when asked what medications ( plural of course) I take and I reply none.

[@macraghnaill3553]

A few years go my dentist asked what medication I was on, I said "None" he was surprised and said most people my age are on around 10 a day

[@Susan-s3d]

Processed food and sugar are the culprits.

[@songsmith31a]

Moderation in all things. Tinned foods isn't necessarily bad. Its ability to [reserve and still remain nutritious is its biggest asset. In WW2 troops did all right on their rations and many survivors lived to a good age!

[@stevel9914]

@@songsmith31a tinned food isn't necessarily processed.. it can be simply food stored in tins

[@juliedobson3039]

When my dad was in his last weeks he came off most meds……..his swollen legs which gave him so much pain he wanted to die……..went back to normal …….he died better than he lived 😢😢 miss you Dad ❤

[@TIGERZY2K]

Since the outbreak of COVID 19 the old are outliving the young adults.Majority of the people who died in 2020s era are between 25-50 years age group.

[@Ricky-dt4qv]

First of all the anti virus injection was designed to cause blood clots growth in the veins. This is why young people, healthy people have had heart attacks, and no reason apart from that I’ve just mentioned. Older peoples veins are softer more flexible so they do not suffer from the clotting so much, but they suffer the pain for longer throughout their old age. also, we must mention the foods that have been tampered with by these large corporations that overlooked by our governments.

[@davetekannon]

What we have to understand is that comfort is the culprit in bringing illness into the discussion for many people and the second thing is making sure what is going on inside our heads is what we want to be living in society. Think of being in good health and it shall be. Human beings have evolved to walk 30 kilometers a day with no problem. If people get back into walking, going up stairs and all that goes with taking care of one's body, everything will stay functioning a lot longer.

[@richardhasler6718]

Is it also possible that part of this can be explained by earlier generations may have had significant numbers dying younger and not appearing in the statistics but those that lived to their 70s may have been the strongest, healthy minority (due to DNA etc), whereas baby boomers might have lived longer in greater numbers but this includes a larger group of less healthy individuals?

[@fylbike]

More of the second cohort, had sedentary jobs, did not live local to their workplaces (to which they could walk) than the first cohort. This 'background' physical exercise has probably contributed to the findings in this study.

[@Tensquaremetreworkshop]

They are not cohorts, it is a continuum. Extend life by 30% (as we have since WW2) and add meds that prolong life but with symptoms, and what do you expect? Richard spots a study, and tries to fit it to his food theories. He may know accounting, but seems to have less than a passing acquaintance with statistics. Or causality.

[@fylbike]

@Tensquaremetreworkshop they are cohorts, the study identified two distinct groups pre-war and post-war.

[@nigelwestman4740]

@@fylbike Eating habits changed dramatically over the course of that 2 decades. The older generation still had a relatively healthy approach to eating whilst the younger generation cooked less for themselves and graduated to a diet largely based on processed foods. Says it all really

[@alexandrabryden6143]

Junk food prob started in Scotland in the mid seventies when we were 16, we drank more alcohol than the generation before. We were starting to all get cars. You could say the 70's were the start of crap .

[@bernieburrows3731]

Don't forget that Thatcher came to power in 1979.. Her neoliberalism focused on privatisation/small state..

[@nigelwestman4740]

@@bernieburrows3731 That was intended to give everyone more choice in relation to the options available to them. If people chose to make the wrong decision then the blame can’t be placed at the feet of Thatcher

[@judywebster7972]

It's probably the amount of medications doctors prescribed to the elderly, eg, statins, blood pressure tablets, blood thinners, cholesterol tablets, all these cause side effects

[@ripbbl5053]

Poisons in food, water & air, that were never there before

[@stephenb134]

Nowhere is the elephant in the room mentioned, the "safe and effective" recently mandated experimental gene therapy. Huge increase in heart attacks, strokes and turbo cancers.

[@DavidByrne85]

Processed food & over medication. Big food & big pharma ☠

[@meltimmins6368]

My parents were born in the late 1920s. But both died in their mid 60s from forms of cancer. Lived in council housing till the early 1970s. But in a coal industry area. My old man when the Sunday beef joint was used would scrape the pan for the beef dripping! He worked in the pits then industrial jobs including building construction and as a fitters mate. Myself I worked for over forty years as an maintenance and installation work until 2019 I lost my job on the grounds of capability. As I have arthritis in my toes, ankles which are unstable, knees, fingers and thumbs in both hands and lumbar spondylitis. As a bairn I was plagued with bronchitis and in later life developed asthma(which in the main is controlled unless I get a cold and then I have developed severe acute asthma). Along with high blood pressure and recently high cholesterol and fibromyalgia. I was a fan of Birds Eye beef burgers, home made potato scallops, sausages etc in my 40s and I remember my dad saying “ you’ll regret eating that stuff”. Then a few years ago in a BP review the nurse commented on my weight and if I’d like do something about it. So I enrolled in a 10 week nhs well being course centred around sat fats, salt, sugars, fibre etc. And through that learning I changed my whole perspective around what I eat and drink. And subsequently the whole rabbits hole of UPFs. To my untrained eye I’d put some of this down to the environment and lifestyle your brought up in incl wealth/poor, is it a industrial setting where you live, what you are eating, being overweight you’re less likely to exercise, is it a physical and manual occupation(as in my work I crawled around on floors, ducting and lofts, chopped brick work and plaster out and carried heavy drums of cable) leading to wear and tear of joints etc. Combine these factors and you’ll face a tsunami of conditions earlier! Sorry for the longish ramble…

[@keepingitreal618]

My father did exactly the same and lived till 93, super fit till 88. Beef dripping 😋. 0 children with asthma, allergies etc.

[@stevel9914]

it wasn't the burgers .. it was the bread, pasta, cakes , biscuits, breakfast cereal etc. I come from a mining and steel town ... they died early because of the smoking, drinking and their work environments. The earlier foods I mentioned are more than likely resposible for the pains and aches in the joints. I low carbed in 2000 solving a lot of my issues.. but a mate who poo pooed it , saw the change, He decided to try it after all... couldn't stop taking anti inflammatories before hand .. managed to stop after low carbing for 3 weeks.

[@PeterCallinicos-t8z]

FYI, it's not high cholesterol. You're still drinking the Kool-aid. It's a high sugar and carbohydrate diet. 😮

[@jimshelley8831]

As a OAP , we received free education ,leaving University debt free and the best of the NHS , strong unions, plus affordable housing to buy ,unlike now. People leave the University in debt, they can't afford housing most of the time, or high rents , unions weakened. I still go to the gym 6 times a week, my diet is good, I walk & swim too .I receive a decent pension and left the UK 6 years ago , after realising how far to the right the country has gone , & the consensus for a better society for all in the UK has gone .

[@physiocrat7143]

The country has not gone to the right. It's gone to the dogs.

[@helenheenan3447]

I was one of the lucky post war generation too. Born into the NHS, free school meals because my Dad had died, free university education for four years, a good job with a final salary pension, my state pension at 60. And as a result I am reasonably healthy, physically and mentally, have paid a lot of money in taxes, and still do. I have more than paid back my country's investment in my well being. I feel sad and angry that young people are now burdened with debt before they even start their adult working lives. I have supported Labour, in the expectation they would restore some fairness to society. That's another massive disappointment.

[@physiocrat7143]

@@helenheenan3447 Me too but our employers paid our taxes and pensions. It was part of their labour costs. PAYE Income Tax and NI were a deception intended to make everyone feel that they had a stake in society. The long term effect has been to send the economy into a death spiral. The welfare state should have been funded by a different tax system altogether in 1945. It would only have been a fraction of its present size since it would have been sustainable and poverty would have been mostly abolished.

[@br5380]

My Mum (age 86) always says hers was the luckiest generation too.

[@terryboland3816]

Yes that happened 😂😂😂😂😂

[@0skar9193]

My cynical mind kicks in. Why is it that so many people (especially those older 60) are on so many meds? And yet people seem to be more ill generally. It's a great money maker for the pharma industry isn't it.

[@terryboland3816]

Not cynical. Just stupid.

[@keepingitreal618]

No one is forcing the medication on them, can always decline

[@philipjamesparsons]

Doctors dish out meds, not proactive lifestyle improvements. Meds are just a bandaid in most cases.

[@Vince-l4k]

Don't use the doctor, even if someone is passing they are making huge money, that's a sick society

[@joanmcleod6868]

Thanks yu very much.

[@darrenfenton9280]

Oils with a shelf life. Plus sugar.

[@bakakafka4428]

Nah, the whole modern foods industry. Read Dr Van Tulleken's 'Ultra Processed People'. And the increasing air polution and... The list goes on.

[@patricktyr-egge5001]

Thank you for your insights. Your presentation reminds me of many delivered in Political Economics courses I attended in the late 1970s. I'm delighted to see that others are becoming interested in this sort of thing. So much a better use of the medium than sending snapshots of your recent meal. Keep it up.

[@patrickdegenaar9495]

When I was growing up, the Ulster fry (every orifice of a pig fried in lard) was considered extremely unhealthy and we all switched over to breakfast cereals. Without realising how utterly toxic they are!! Even the milk alone without the cereal contains around 40g of sugar (lactose)!!!.. And on an empty morning stomach sends my glucose levels straight into the diabetic regime!! And I'm not diabetic! Then there is the rest of the crap we eat for lunch and the unhealthy convenience foods many eat for dinner....

[@mmcd256]

Milk is one of the most natural forms of nutrition. It is the first food most newborns receive and thrive on. I suspect along with or after pasteurisation preservatives are now added (I say this as I have had milk which has kept for around 10 days; refrigerated).

[@zetectic7968]

@@mmcd256 Filtered milk?

[@zetectic7968]

OP is wrong " From Diabetes UK " Half a pint of milk has around 13g of carbohydrate. For comparison purposes, half a pint of sugary cola has around 30g of carbohydrate. If you are having a glass of milk, be aware that it will raise your blood glucose levels to some degree. Because of the fat content, whole milk will tend to raise blood glucose levels slightly less quickly than skimmed milk"

[@patrickdegenaar9495]

​@mmcd256 actually for most of human history humans were intolerant to lactose in cows milk! Milk is certainly great for newborns as they NEED rapid energy to grow. But once we get into middle age and our glucose tolerance reduces filling ourselves with sugar first thing in the morning is actually not such a good idea.

[@patrickdegenaar9495]

​@@zetectic7968I don't have data on that. But yes, I now use filtered milk in my tea..😁

[@raylidell3613]

Thanks for this very insightful and helpful upload!! And the comments are just as insightful and helpful.

[@abstract33]

It's down to food and lifestyle. And it's down to attitude; old and sick is a self fulfilling prophesy.

[@OghamTheBold]

I think I developed a landless bad attitude in 1984 when I was forced in a labour camp with the college Physics prize and advanced Maths a year early

[@Badassmutha]

Worst take ever😂

[@keepingitreal618]

So what about those who are super fit And still drop down dead early 😂😂😂😂😂

[@abstract33]

@@keepingitreal618 moderation in all things. Ironman plus all the supplements are not good news.

[@peterdollins3610]

In my case at 82 Long Covid given me by then PM Johnson in cutting the mild safety measures in place in 2020 so I lost 80% of my strength & energy after Johnsin agreed with his Backbenchers 'The Old need to die.' Fact severl of my friends did die & a younger professor known writer friend spent three years in bed. One Million UK Citizens went down with Long Covid. Many dying. The billionaire class putting out junk processed foods overloaded with Sugar, Salt & Trans fats in their gleaming sickness supermarkets.

[@OghamTheBold]

Sainsbury’s strength sapping sickness supermarkets sponsor Sir St...

[@stevencalvert9454]

Johnson didn't give you covid mate you chose to go out when he eased the measures that was your choice and not his fault

[@jessiegleaves9037]

You can’t blame Boris that is ridiculous

[@stevencalvert9454]

@jessiegleaves9037 🤣🤣 stupidest thing I have ever heard that. People will blame the tories for anything now

[@davelou1995]

It was less Johnson and more Sunak in the end but started with Johnson and Hancock. The Government didn’t have a clue and had stripped any capacity out of the NHS and Local Government to cope. So yes, I see why you chose Johnson for your ire

[@adrianrose7703]

I’m 86 and have been retired 30 years. Throughout my retirement I have visited places such as houses of the National Trust and observed other visitors. To me it is obvious that baby boomers are in poorer shape than we were at their age.

[@dietlinderobinson9625]

Yes people should read up on all the information that is now coming out .The first people to find out what the Covid vaccination was doing to our bodies were the undertakers .Read up people information is out there .

[@maryminty5876]

@adrianrose7703 92 and couldn't agree more. We used to call them Bloody war babies. They had everything given them even then, to the detriment of those ofvus who were in school Do you remember them having special orange juice , National Dried Milk and a chocolate powder called Namco. They developed a sweet tooth that those of us who grew up in the Depression and were brought up in the War never had the chance to acquire. Paying dividends for us now. I have an NHS dentist who tells me she has 5 over 90s with their own teeth....apparently, a sign of healthy old age.

[@MargaretDeakin-d6m]

1.wellbeing and job security changed in 80s.Being treated as a unit of production was difficult to adjust to. 2. NHS over prescription of drugs gave people impression that a pill could solve medical issues. Caused de-motivation from takin responsibility for own health. 3.Rise in earnings,rise in hours worked by men and women.Processed foods eaten more.More calories consumed, in lower nutrients foods. 4.obesity. possibly partly caused by toxic additives to processed foods messing up metabolism. 5.Lack of exercise.too many hours staring at a screen. Modern work life,then the reality that two working parents did not give a good quality of life for many people,did cause much stress and ill health.increase in smoking,drug and alcohol consumption. Is it really surprising that people are sicker in old age?

[@keepingitreal618]

My job security has always been 100% never worried about getting work. Very easy but then I chose wisely.

[@MargaretDeakin-d6m]

@@keepingitreal618 There are exceptions to the rules.Many people remain healthy too.Personally, Knowing what I know, and applying it, keeps be quite fit. However, I see signs of poor health, and poor choices all around me, through a lense {as an ex nurse] based on knowledge.

[@lesleysaunders8088]

Just want to point out Life Expectancy is dropping- people are in fact dying younger & have been doing since 2014.

[@claudiafigueiredo4979]

Stress

[@bernieburrows3731]

Inequality

[@nigelwestman4740]

Yes, strange isn’t it? We see no end of articles saying the state pension in its current format is unaffordable with projections of how much it will cost the UK by 2040. On the other hand we’re told that pension age should be increased to age 70 but as the actuarial age of death has been falling for over 10 years now, we’re reaching the position that the average age of death may very soon be in the late 70’s This would mean that many pensioners would be receiving their state pension for less than a decade. It’s therefore becoming very difficult to reconcile the actual facts with the rhetoric that we need to reduce the state pension or increase the age at which everyone will qualify for it. Why does the state try to manipulate the facts?

[@safirahmed]

Office for National Statistics also confirms reduced life expectancy.

[@simonwakefield5849]

Nope - diet.

[@shedboy8376]

anyone know what was in the polio vaccines?

[@anoshya]

My wife and I are 72 and attend a gym in London 5 times per week..we are the oldest members by 25 years…nearly all the 600 members are under 30 ..I believe there are 5 over 50 ..very sad

[@maryminty5876]

I am 92, a dedicated gym bunny and still exercise at home. Shocked my local A and E when I was 77 by being treated for a sports injury in my sweaty gym clothes. My generation used to call the generation that came after us "bloody War babies" because you had been given all we never had. You are now paying for past privilege I'm afraid.

[@catherineb3841]

I am 73, in London. I don’t do gym, but I exercise, I swim and I walk. I prefer group activities and being outside. But I often see older people at our local leisure centre. Many of us know that we need to exercise, and the local borough run special schemes for seniors. It is available and cheap.

[@davidmiles9016]

So big pharma earn money from repeat prescriptions

[@LeRoi715]

Agree with you, Sir. Canada here .

[@George-rv3rt]

Nothing to do with the elephant in the room.

[@carolmarr6607]

Thank you for this. I think it is important to exercise and eat well. Keeping warm in winter is vital too but alas more difficult now due to higher costs and lack of support.

[@RoyStevens39]

Big pharma and big food.

[@picturenut]

I am 88 and you’re right I haven’t had any of the diseases you mentioned however I am restricted in my movements due to arthritis mostly. Most of my problems, boil down to arthritis. I have severe peripheral neuropathy, and I have to walk with the aid of a Rollator. Maybe our earlier years we were exposed to simpler and uncontaminated foods. Who knows? Later in life, however we were exposed to everything that everybody else was exposed to. Interesting study! During my childhood I lived on foods that were heavy in sugar, salt and fat….. imagine that.

[@LilyGazou]

They go to doctors and take prescriptions. My friend lived to near 106 by avoiding doctors and working on her farm.

[@wyominghome4857]

I wonder if there is also a link to location, rural vs. urban. Here in the mountains of NW Wyoming few locals are overweight, much less obese, because they get outdoors and work hard. It's also a place with low stress, crystal clear air, no auto traffic to speak of, and where your adult children are nearby and you know your neighbors. One neighbor next door is 84 and lives alone, but he's slim, still drives his truck, gets out every day, takes care of his property, and has friends come over. He's starting to have a few memory issues, but he's doing okay. Quite apart from diet and exercise, you have to live your life with purpose.

[@mcookie2509]

The prevalence of micro plastics in food , blood , air & placenta cannot be good

[@NodrogMacphee]

Ive always said we are dying younger now so we really dont need worry about supporting a mass of old people in the future.The generation that came through the war, were to some degree the survival of the fittest , and things got easier as they got older . That is now not happening , so we will probably enter an age where most people wont reach retirement, let alone enjoy it.

[@andyking6051]

ANSWER - Healthy patient no $ Dead patients less $ Sick patients more $ Older /sicker most $

[@someofthepeoplesomeoftheti9185]

I live next door to a large medical centre with a pharmacy attached. All day long I see people leaving with big bags of meds. The only other place with more people is the supermarket...are they somehow related?😀

[@TotalEquilibrium1]

Prescription profits.

[@coweatsman]

This hits close to home, myself falling in this age range born in the late 50s.

[@teenamakesstuff]

Why can’t people see what I’ve always said, which to me is flippin obvious. Rationing meant that those people only had nutritious food, and in the amount that was needed and no more. We all eat ultra processed foods, and way more than we need. We have been doing this for decades. Also you say about strength/grip. We have so many tools and machines to do the jobs that were done by hand. I remember when I was small in the 1970’s, my mum doing washing by hand, she really scrubbed at things, or using our twin tub washing machine. (Twin tubs had a part that washed, then you manually moved the washing into another part that spin the washing) I remember trying to lift the soaking wet sheets etc and I couldn’t do it. We now have machines that do all the heavy stuff for us. My dad had hand tools to do any jobs that needed doing around the house. We now have tools that make it easy. My dad’s own strength is what got that hand saw through the wood. Also we now “get someone in” to do any jobs around the house. My dad did EVERY job that needed doing. His generation 90% of them knew how to do anything and everything needed. It was all done by hand. To me it’s obvious but scientists don’t seem to know these things. Maybe it’s because I was brought up by parents that were born before WW2, so I’ve seen first hand the colossal difference in every day life from their time to ours.

[@lessismore83009]

People are eating lots more upf, that's the main factor. It's designed to be addictive. We move less.

[@rosasalkovic3218]

Not enough Home cooked meals to much fast food,to much air travel to much FOMO.

[@BadgerBotherer1]

too

[@CraftyZanTub]

The home cooked meals are no safer than the fast food.

[@robertklund3201]

A lot of "old people diseases" are striking younger people; such as cancer and heart disease in one's 20's and 30's.

[@richardhooper2700]

At 91, independent and mobile, I suggest- sugar as a dietary supplement to boost sales; exercise as a business model instead of part of ones life; stress about employment now and in the future; the need for education that is too expansive for the technological and sociological skills required in the coming AI and robotic culture.

[@barefoofDr]

It's our Diet of Processed Food that is making us sicker.

[@eileenspamer-kw3kz]

pureblood granny here

[@christinebeames712]

Hi and here , I’m. 79 and no pokes,,,,,,

[@frodeasland8382]

Injections for completely benign nuisances play a big part!🎉

[@zodd67]

Post WW2 I believe meat/egg production was ramped up then eventually more processed stuff started coming out with high sugar + salt and saturated fats, I think people don't realise things like deli meats are carcinogenic. Also alcohol. For diet alone a whole food plant based diet is likely best for positive outcomes, but exercise and mental health do play a role but they are all linked

[@zdravljed5888]

Thanks for video Mr Richard. Everything you stated is quite obvious. But what about reasons?

[@maskedavenger2578]

It’s due to things like remote controls on TVs & more labour saving devices , more cars leading to lack of exercise . Also the diet & the chemicals in modern processed foods , more long term stress , side effects from medications . Most of my medications state that they shouldn’t be taken with other medications I have been also prescribed . I have to take them or I would soon end up in the bone yard if I didn’t. . If I complained about every ailment I suffer , I would need van to load my prescription drugs in , to carry them all home .

[@TheZimma]

Food ,Prescription drugs,Lack of sun.Doctors,Wi-Fi,Lack of exercise,Stress.

[@tobyroy336]

I exercise regularly because I have seen the types of decline you've talked about in my parents. My father was a doctor and he ate crap whilst working long hours as a gynaecologist followed by over 2 decades as a GP. The lack of exercise and poor diet means he's now a vegetable pretty much. Still alive because of big pharma, but not exactly living. Its almost like the marriage between big pharma and the food corps has created this tsunami. I'd personally rather die at 50 from a heart attack than be sustained by the unfruitful union of agriculture and medicine depriving people of any decent quality of life.

[@keepingitreal618]

100%

[@susannal100]

You need to check out the quality of the soil (from which everything comes) it has been degrading for many years & will continue to do so if we don't reverse the damage.