With the development of science and technology and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the life expectancy of our modern people is getting longer and longer. According to the "2021 Statistical Bulletin of Development of my country's Health and Health Care Industry" released by National Health Commission , the average life expectancy of Chinese residents has increased to 78.2 years.
However, modern and colorful life has led to some bad living habits, such as staying up late, irregular diet, smoking and inactive mobile phones for a long time, etc., and the food safety issues exposed in recent years have also made us very worried. So a netizen asked, . In ancient times, people did not play with their mobile phones or stay up late, and ate natural foods. Why is it that the lifespan is not as long as modern people? Let’s talk about this issue today.
Reasons for the shorter lifespan of ancient people
1. The body's nutritional status was poor
0 In ancient my country's industries were mainly agriculture. In ancient times, people "worked at sunrise and rested at sunset", basically relying on the weather to make a living. At that time, production tools were backward and basically relied on human labor. In ancient times, there was no Grandpa Yuan, so the land harvest was not as high as it is today. In addition, natural disasters and man-made disasters, heavy taxes, etc., make it difficult for most farmers to solve food and clothing, and their bodies will suffer from malnutrition, their immunity will be low, and their lifespan will be shortened.
2. Medicine and health care are underdeveloped, and the medical conditions are poor. Although traditional Chinese medicine appeared thousands of years ago, many diseases at that time were not understood by people, so in feudal society, people cannot explain all the phenomena that people cannot explain to ghosts and gods. Today, diseases such as smallpox, chickenpox and plague were terminal illnesses in ancient times, with a very high mortality rate, which also led to the short lifespan of ancient people.
3. There are many wars
The world is still that world, whether in ancient times or modern times, but the leaders are not the same. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people in modern my country can enjoy peace, live and work in peace, and the country will prosper. But in ancient times, the princes from all directions ruled one side and had wars and chaos for years. War will definitely cause the people to suffer, and the people who die the most will be the people, so their lifespan will definitely be shortened.
fatal disease that the ancients did not know about
1. Rabies
Rabies is an acute infectious disease caused by rabies virus infection. The mortality rate is close to 100%, and it is usually infected after being bitten by a sick dog. Modern times can also be prevented by vaccination with rabies, but in ancient times, it was undoubtedly true that rabies patients had certain deaths, and the symptoms that were shown by rabies when they were onset in the later stage were often considered by ancient people to be evil spirits.
2. Pulmonary tuberculosis
In costume films and TV dramas, there are often scenes where actors cough and vomit blood, which are often to express that ancient people suffered from tuberculosis. Tuberculosis was also a terminal illness in ancient times, and there was basically no cure. The famous "human blood steamed bun" written by Mr. Lu Xun is the purpose of people robbing it, and it is also believed that human blood can treat tuberculosis, which shows how ignorant the ancients were. Nowadays, tuberculosis is no longer a terminal illness, and it can be cured.
In addition to rabies and tuberculosis, ancient cancers were also incurable. However, because of the short lifespan of ancient people, cancers were often high in the elderly because of their short lifespan, so the incidence of cancer in ancient people was not as high as that of modern people. In addition, the occurrence of ancient tetanus , sepsis and pneumonia was often fatal!
In short, compared with the ancients, although modern people live longer and longer, more problems are overnutrition and greater work and psychological pressure, which affects the quality of life and health of modern people. Therefore, we must try to avoid bad lifestyles such as playing with mobile phones, eating takeout, and staying up late.
