All the processed food, the stressful lifestyle, the rushing all the time, the sedentary life, the continuous noise, traffic...
When in Portugal, although we have our property in a rural low-density area, we see older people healthier. I like the slow life rhythm you can feel while there and for sure, local fresh food is way healthier than processed food, and there are no gyms to exercise, people just walk outdoors way more regularly than we do in cities.
As you say, that may not prevent you from cancer or any other critical illness, but it surely helps you live way better.
Sometimes we need to get out of our "regular" life for quite a while to realize the poor daily quality we have in many senses.
Exactly! Fit people can die of a heart attack young also. But I assume they felt better up until that point. Are we living to survive life, or live life?