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Covid-2019
The coronavirus pandemic managed to highlight two crises in parallel: a health crisis and an economic crisis. Please note that I am not suggesting that the pandemic caused these crises. Health was already in crisis and so was economy. The pandemic only served to expose the shit that was already in existence. As they say, you never know who is swimming naked until the tide goes out.

Covid-2019

Now, let us start with the health crisis. The virus has demonstrated its deadly effect predominantly on already sick people. And what are these people sick of? As it turns out, most of COVID-19’s victims are people with various cardio-vascular conditions and diabetes, both of which are already among the leading death causes in the world. Importantly, modern medicine has subsumed cardio-vascular conditions and diabetes under the so called metabolic syndrome which, in a nutshell, is caused by excessive consumption of junk food. Yes, that’s right! Metabolic syndrome (i.e. high blood pressure, high blood sugar, hyperinsulinemia, excess abdominal fat, high triglycerides and low levels of “good” cholesterol) is mostly caused by junk food and can be reversed with life style changes only (no medication needed in 99% of the cases). Hence, the rule consume less is imperative to apply when it comes to increasing health and preventing not only disease but also death (in fact, especially death, and especially death from COVID-19). Importantly, if you give up junk food you are actually killing many birds with one stone: Firstly, you reverse metabolic syndrome thus improving your cardio-vascular markers and sugar metabolism (among many other health markers such as mental clarity, energy levels, sleep, mood, etc.). Secondly, you will naturally start to consume less food in general. Here is how it works: junk food is designed to make you addicted and to want more (of everything), so by not consuming junk food you can regulate your appetite, kick off your addiction habits, increase your satiety and start eating less overall calories. (Incidentally, reducing caloric intake is a leading factor in longevity). Last but not least, you will end up saving money from dropping your food bill (not to mention the savings on toilet paper!), which brings me to the next point – the economic crisis.