Life expectancy has increased with each
generation as people have learned to live healthier lives and the
medical field has improved to prevent and treat illnesses. The issues
our parents and grandparents had to deal with are often no longer a
problem due to advances in medicine or new findings in related to
health.
Now is a great time to be alive but
there are always things to improve upon. While each generation learns
from previous generations on how to be healthier and live longer, we
are also exposed to new things which might actually be harmful in the
long run.
For example new foods are being
introduced into our diets each year. A lot of these foods are
processed and artificial. While they may be considered safe to eat,
the long term effects on health are still unknown.
Not only has food changed, but other
things such as technology and the environment have changed
significantly in recent years. We are exposed to a lot of new
technology such as cellular and wifi signals. These things may be
safe for now, but there is no long term research on these things
because they are so new. It could be that in 50 years they find out
that some of this technology is the cause of a new illness due to
long term exposure.
Cars and factories and people in
general continue to pollute the air and water that we all depend on.
We might think the air and water is ok now, but again, there could be
long term health concerns that we don't know about yet and won't know
until it is too late.
Each generation improves by learning
from previous generations, but at the same time they are faced with
new issues that the previous generations did not have to deal with.
Since no one knows what the future holds, we just have to use the
information we have now to try to live long healthy lives.
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