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People who regularly drink tea have a roughly 15% lower chance of dying during the same period. Starting at age 50, they can expect to live 1.26 years…
People who drink three to four cups of coffee each day have a roughly 17% lower chance of dying during the same period compared to those who don’t dri…
Consuming an extra 200 g of fruits and vegetables each day lowers the risk of death by roughly 10% during the same period. People who eat 5 servings d…
People who consume the most ultra-processed foods have a roughly 20% higher risk of dying during the study period compared to those who eat the least,…
People who cook with coal or wood face roughly a 10% higher chance of dying over the same period compared to those using electricity or gas. For those…
Drinking tea that is extremely hot raises your risk of esophageal cancer by 8 times compared to drinking lukewarm tea. Even “hot” tea doubles that ris…
Women who deliberately avoid sunlight can expect to live 0.6 to 2.1 years less than those who get the most sun exposure. Even non-smokers who avoid th…
Mortality is lowest when BMI falls within 20–25. At BMI 27.5–30, risk rises by roughly 20%; at 30–35, it increases by about 45%; at 35–40, it nearly d…
People who eat chili peppers four or more times each week have a roughly 23% lower chance of dying during the same period compared to those who rarely…
People who consume two or more servings of milk or yogurt each day have a roughly 17% lower chance of dying during the same period compared to those w…
Eating an extra half whole egg each day raises the overall mortality risk by roughly 7% in some observational models. Swapping that half egg for egg w…
People who bathe almost daily have roughly 28% lower risk of cardiovascular events and about 46% lower risk of brain hemorrhage compared to those who …
People who nap for less than an hour show no increase in mortality or chronic disease risk, and their mental clarity actually improves. In contrast, t…
People who get less sleep than they need and fail to make it up the following night have roughly a 15% higher risk of mortality compared to those with…
People who work night shifts develop cardiovascular disease about 13% more often than those who don’t, and cardiovascular deaths rise by roughly 27%. …
When peanuts get damp and moldy, they produce aflatoxin, a confirmed human carcinogen that primarily harms the liver. After Guangzhou tightened regula…
Cutting back on saturated fats like lard and butter and switching to vegetable oils lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke by roughly 17%. Howeve…
Non-smoking Chinese women who rarely or never use a range hood while cooking face roughly twice the risk of developing lung cancer compared to those w…
Menopausal hormone therapy reduces the frequency of moderate-to-severe hot flushes by roughly 75% compared to placebo. However, it carries a small exc…
Observational studies show that dog owners have an average 24% lower risk of all-cause mortality, with even stronger associations among individuals li…
For individuals with elevated blood glucose who have not yet reached the diagnostic threshold for diabetes, eating less, moving more, and losing a mod…
Moldy peanuts and corn can produce aflatoxins, potent chemical carcinogens that cause liver cancer. In a long-term Shanghai prospective cohort, indivi…
Consuming raw or undercooked freshwater fish and shrimp can transmit Clonorchis sinensis (the Chinese liver fluke). It is an established biological ca…
