BLOG #4: WE ARE OUR WORST ENEMIES

Our bad habits are killing us! As you may know, hundreds of thousands of people die each day around the world, according to "Ecology Global Network" and that is a big number. There are a lot of reasons causing people's death such as accident, old age, air pollution or starvation and amongst them, it is believed that some of our bad habits account for a large percentage of death like alcohol, cigarettes, lack of exercises or poor nutrition. In this blog, I'm going to list some of the bad habits which might become the cause of our death. 

1.     Smoking: If we talk about bad habit killing people, smoking must be ranked #1. There is a fact that more than 20 million Americans have died because of smoking since 1964, including approximately 2.5 million deaths due to exposure to secondhand smoke. This figure was in 1964 and in recent years, that number must be much bigger. Due to its harm, behind each cigarette package, we can see images which are the outcome of smoking such as mouth cancer, throat cancer, lung cancer and many other types of cancer to prevent people from using cigarette and you also may die at a young age (https://betobaccofree.hhs.gov/about-tobacco/facts-figures/) Yes! They are exactly what you get if you smoke since nicotine and tar, which are bad for your health, working together. So if you are smoking, quit it and if you don't smoke, you are doing a great job of protecting your health. 

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2.     You became an "owl" at night: This is a thing that people, especially young people, are doing without knowing that sleeping late is damaging their body. There are many study and research show that in order to lead a healthy life, you need to eat a healthy diet, get enough sleep, exercise and avoid smoking. If you stay up late to do your homework and exams for only 1 or 2 days, that's fine. But once you make it become your routine, your health is in danger. Due to lack of sleeping, your immune system becomes weaker, and that's a great chance for harmful bacteria to attack your body with tons of disease (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/20-bad-habits-you-need-to-quit-now/articleshow/18162949.cms) Instead of wasting a lot of money for different types of medicine, what you need to do is just sleep for 8 hours a day. No matter how busy your work is, your health must be the top priority.

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3.     Wearing headphones for long hours: The habit that we think it's harmless is actually leading you to hearing loss. The real culprits for the hearing loss are the volume and the hours you use headphones. Using headphones is not harmful, the problem is how you adjust the volume and limit the hours of use. World Health Organization (WHO) recommends listening by using headphones maximum 1 hour per day, and the volume should be between 60 percent. (http://www.popsci.com/limit-headphone-time-hour-day-says-who)

4.     Fast eating: People with a busy schedule don't have time to eat and they either skip the meal or eat it quickly. Please slow down! If you eat too fast, you may get more calories than other people since you don't take time for the digestive system to work and you don't feel full. Besides, if you just gulp your food without chewing it properly, it may be the reason of acidity, bloating and excess gas in your stomach. (http://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/features/slow-down-you-eat-too-fast#1)

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