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Originally Posted by senior citizen
Does anyone have a good explanation as to why those who were born in the 1870's to turn of the century and a few years beyond, for the most part lived a long long life up into their 90's and even beyond (without following any rigid fad diets) and certainly while taking no pharmaceuticals
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That is very interesting question, my quick answer is processed foods.
But currently the USA ranks #38 in the world relating to
life expectancy.
Average life span
1880 41
1900 49
1930 59
1950 68
1970 70
1990 75
2011 78
Leading causes heart, cancer, stroke, pulmonary, PNEUMONIA. DIABETES (the last two are increasing)
So not that many made it into the 90's as you may have thought.