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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Length of life is huge.

Wed Jan 31, 2024, 10:17 PM

Jan 2024

In the past, even up to WWII in this country, early death affected average life span a lot. These days, in first world countries, a relatively small percentage of people die before age 10. Most people live to grow up, and even grow old.

It's also possible that the ancients simply didn't bother to record dementia. Perhaps they thought it was so normal, they didn't bother to write about it.

Here are some links:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31220848/
https://www.verywellhealth.com/longevity-throughout-history-2224054

Length of life throughout history is complicated by early deaths, compared to those who make it past those early years and live nearly as long as people do now.

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Lack of dementia in ancient Greece and Rome suggests contemporary causes to diseases like Alzheimer's [View all] BootinUp Jan 2024 OP

Yes, and civilization developed processed seed oils about 1870 bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #1

Processed foods and lack of enough physical activity BootinUp Jan 2024 #3

Length of life is huge. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #2

Today I only read the story linked in the OP BootinUp Jan 2024 #5

your last sentence reflects the much truer picture. stopdiggin Jan 2024 #6

Not many were living to be 80+ CountAllVotes Jan 2024 #4

that's a bit of a misapprehension - (or at least so I've been told) -(nt)- stopdiggin Jan 2024 #7