4 Diet Mistakes That Are Killing People Around the World

We all know that healthy foods are often more expensive than foods with little nutritional value. But the prohibitive cost of foods that are good for us might be taking a bigger toll than you previously realized. A shocking new report published in the journal The Lancet claims that as many as one-fifth of deaths around the world are linked to poor diets.

The study explains that globally, 11 million deaths in 2017 were associated with poor diets. Cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, and type 2 diabetes were among the top illnesses causing those deaths.

Nutrition sticks out as one of the areas of public health that's gotten drastically worse during the 21st century. Cancer death rates, for instance, went down for both men and women in the U.S. from 1999 to 2015. But the new report highlights the alarming fact that the estimate of diet-related deaths has gone up: In 1990, it was only 8 million.

While many factors influence the growing number of diet-related deaths, the report stresses the importance of three nutrition recommendations that are being ignored far too often. It also stresses the need to cut out three categories of foods we're eating too often. Here are the biggest diet mistakes leading to deaths around the world.

Not eating enough nuts

"The largest shortfalls in optimal intake were seen for nuts and seeds," according to a press release for the new report. In general, we're only getting 12% of our recommended nuts and seeds, it says.

So how much should you be getting? Aim for 21 grams a day, according to the study. (The average intake is only about 3 grams daily.)

Nuts are a great source of protein, fiber, heart-healthy fats, and vitamins. "Instead of eating foods with unhealthy saturated fats, try substituting a handful of nuts or a tablespoon or two of a nut spread," the Mayo Clinic recommends.

Skimping on milk

Globally, we're only consuming 16% of our suggested recommended amount of milk, according to the new study. The recommended daily amount, it says, has been set at 435 grams.

There's been some debate about whether or not milk is good for you in recent years. But whole milk is making a comeback. Consuming whole milk and other full-fat dairy products has been linked to a lower risk of obesity. Additionally, whole milk might help children absorb vitamin D more efficiently. We probably don't even need to mention this, but milk has also been associated with stronger bones.

Eating too few whole grains

We're not great at eating enough whole grains either. The average daily intake is 29 grams, but we're supposed to be getting 125 grams a day, the study says.

Potential benefits of eating enough whole grains include a decreased risk of heart disease, better digestive health, and assistance with weight management. This area of concern is especially important for Americans to pay attention to. "Low intake of whole grains (below 125 grams per day) was the leading dietary risk factor for death and disease in the USA," the press release says.

Sneak these foods into your diet when you can to increase the amount of whole grains you're consuming: brown rice, barley, oatmeal, whole-wheat bread, whole-wheat pasta, and popcorn.

Consuming too many salty foods, sugary drinks, and processed meats

We know you hear about the horrible side effects of drinking too much soda all the time, but, just in case you forgot: Soda can lead to weight gain, diabetes, and tooth decay. Unfortunately, diet soda isn't great either; it's been linked to an increased risk of stroke, heart attack, dementia, and, counterintuitively, weight gain. Too much sodium can cause high blood pressure, strokes, and heart attacks, and processed meat can increase your chances of having diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers.

Hopefully, knowing just how many people are killed by poor diet choices every year—one in five—will help you ditch the soda and grab some nuts the next time you're at the grocery store.

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Eating While Standing Increases Stress, Mutes Taste Buds

Researchers have found that spending more time standing up and eating for even a few minutes prompts physical stress, muting taste buds. 

The study finds posture impacts taste perception, with food tasting better when you are sitting down. 

The researchers looked specifically at how the vestibular sense, which is responsible for balance, posture and spatial orientation, interacts with the gustatory sensory system, which impacts taste and flavour. 

"This finding suggests that parents might be able to make unpleasant-tasting, healthy foods seem more palatable to reluctant children by having them eat standing up (vs. sitting down). In a similar vein, it might be beneficial to maintain a standing posture when consuming pharmaceutical products that have unpleasant tastes," said study lead author.

The research team found that the force of gravity pushes blood to the lower parts of the body, causing the heart to work harder to pump blood back up to the top of the body, accelerating heart rate. 

This activates the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis and leads to increased concentrations of the stress hormone cortisol. 

This chain reaction reduces sensory sensitivity, which impacts food and beverage taste evaluation, food temperature perception and overall consumption volume. 

When people experience discomfort, foods that normally taste good do not appear as pleasant to the palate, said the study. 

The research team confirmed their hypothesis by having 350 participants rate the tastiness of a pita chip. Those who were standing gave it a less favourable rating than those who were sitting in a padded chair. 

They expanded the study by inducing additional stress and asked participants to try fruit snacks while carrying a shopping bag. Both sitting and standing participants reported the additional weight made the food item taste even worse. 

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The ‘milk’ factor- how it affects sperrm quality

In today’s newspapers there was an article, that doctors in the US have advised that men who want children should freeze their sperm before they are 25, as one in six men become infertile very quickly. In a previous article, scientist had discussed the studies that prove animal fats are related to decline in semen quantity and quality. While this may have seemed like enough reason for men to stay away from meat and dairy, there are still more compelling factors.

Fat-soluble oestrogen— the primary female sex hormone — is present in very high concentration in dairy and other animal products like eggs. In fact, milk and dairy products are the largest source of dietary oestrogen for humans. They account for 60-70 per cent of the estrogen consumed. This has a ‘feminising’ effect on men. Studies have shown that men who consume more milk and dairy products have higher levels of estradiol, a ‘female’ hormone. This can lower the body’s production of testosterone — the primary male sex hormone — with the effect of raising voice pitches, increasing male breasts and erectile dysfunction.

Modern dairy farming practice is even worse for men. Over 75 per cent of commercial milk originates from pregnant cows — a time when their oestrogen levels are markedly high. With years of genetic tampering, cows and buffaloes now give milk throughout their pregnancy. Further, most milk producers make their animals pregnant within a couple of days of their giving birth, to maximise production. The cow is thus pretty much always pregnant, producing oestrogen high milk through the year.

There was a time when three litres of milk in a native cow was considered excellent. Now, the cow/buffalo owner aims for up to 15 litres a day while abroad this goes up to 24 litres per day. This is far from natural.

The whey of milk from non-pregnant cows has about 30 pg/mL of estrone sulphate – a natural steroid found in oestrogen. This increases to 151 pg/mL during early pregnancy and goes up to 1000 pg/mL at the last stages of the pregnancy. Milk particularly holds high levels of steroids from oestrogen, twice as much as is found even in the plasma of the animal (which means her milk is worse than her meat for men).

The average range of healthy estradiol levels in men are usually between 10 to 40 pg/mL. Estradiol is a steroid, an oestrogen, and the primary female sex hormone. It is used to treat symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, and vaginal dryness, burning and irritation.

The increased oestrogen levels in pregnant cows are essential to sustain the new life in their wombs and when they are young. However, most calves of dairy cows are separated from the mothers soon after their birth and bottle fed with powdered milk, or the milk that is considered unfit for humans. The milk, along with its high oestrogen content intended for the growth of the baby in the womb and the baby calf, is diverted to humans instead.

Meat is another major source of oestrogen in our diet. This is more prominent in modern animal farming practice, where it is common to give cattle food, injections or subcutaneous implants of oestrogen, often in combination with other hormones. This encourages early maturity of animals, increases their weight faster so that slaughterhouses can kill them sooner, thus increasing production and profits.

Xenoestrogens — chemicals with demasculinising, or feminising effects, are found in animal fat and cannot be removed by washing and cooking. Through consumption, these accumulate in human fat.
A study  in 2010 shows that dairy food intake has also been related to decreased secretion of LH, FSH and testosterone in men. LH and FSH work together to regulate the development of the sex glands and sperm production. Both together stimulate the production of testosterone.

A Japanese study conducted with men and pre-pubertal boys, found that drinking cow’s milk resulted in increased serum oestrogen and progesterone levels. This increase suppressed GnRH secretion from the brain, in turn resulting in lowered testosterone secretion in the men and boys.

The study found the intake of milk, and other dairy products, is associated with higher levels of estrone, estriol and pregnanediol in boys. Excess oestrogen can delay attainment of puberty in the case of boys, and speed it up for girls.

In 2013, the researchers conducted a study with young, physically active men as subjects. It was found that the more these men consumed dairy food, the lesser the number of their sperm and the lower was this sperm’s activity. A study done in 2014 by the team came to the same conclusion.

As males grow older, there is a reduction in the amount of testosterone produced by the testes, while estradiol levels continue to remain high. While a certain level of estradiol is necessary for vascular health, excess levels can have a negative impact. Excess oestrogen can manifest itself in symptoms such as developing breasts, excess abdominal weight, tiredness, loss of muscles mass and emotional disturbances.

In a study conducted in the USA with approx. 40,000 men visiting a sperm lab, it was found that an increase in semen quality was associated with a decrease in mortality, pointing to the fact that semen quality may therefore be an important marker of overall male health. This is not to be taken lightly. Apart from the “feminising” effect that dairy and meat can have on men, they also increase the chances of testicular and other kinds of cancer, due to increased levels of oestrogen.

Studies show that high level of oestrogen can increase the risk of heart disease. Conversely, there are numerous studies indicating that higher testosterone levels can drastically reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease among men.

If you are worried that giving up milk will affect calcium intake, think again. Green leafy vegetables not only contain more calcium than milk, this calcium is also absorbed much more easily into our bodies through vegetable consumption.

So, if you find that your body looks less and less like that of a male, and you have a problem sexually, stop consuming extra oestrogen. This means cutting out animal fats, such as milk, milk products, eggs and meat, from the diet. Cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli and cauliflower, contain indole-3-carbinole, which is effective in reducing the oestrogen levels in the body.

Other effective foods are mushrooms, pomegranate, red grapes, seeds (flax, sesame etc.), whole grains (wheat, oats, millet, barley, rice etc.) and green tea.

So go on. Make the change.

PS: Scientists have found that the pesticide atrazine can turn male frogs into females. The atrazine levels experimented with were what the frogs would experience in environments where the pesticide is used, and below levels that are considered safe for drinking water.

Scientists compared this atrazine-exposed group with male frogs reared in atrazine-free water. At the end of the experiment, all frogs in the atrazine-free group remained male, while 10 percent of the frogs exposed to atrazine were completely feminised — they had female anatomy, including ovaries. Frogs exposed to atrazine also had reduced testosterone levels, decreased fertility, and showed less mating behaviour.

Atrazine is used commonly in India, specially on corn (bhutta). It is banned in Europe. Since atrazine interferes with the production of the sex hormone oestrogen, present in people and frogs, the findings could have implications for humans as well.

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