Article created by: Monika Pašukonytė

Sooner or later, death comes for us all. Sometimes you get a heads-up, like when you’re diagnosed with a terminal condition. Other times, it comes as a complete surprise – one second you’re here, the next you’re facing the afterlife.

Someone recently asked the internet what the silent life-enders are that people don’t realize are slowly shortening their lifespan, and netizens didn’t hold back with their answers. Here’s a collection of some of the most lethal culprits.

More info: Reddit

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#1

Unspoken grief. The kind that lingers quietly in the body, stored in joints, skin, appetite, sleep. People carry so much they never name, and it eats them in silence. The body remembers what the mouth refuses to.

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#2

Sleep deprivation.

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#3

Lack of exercise, present company included. Even just getting out and walking around the neighborhood for a while, gotta do something.

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#4

Poor mouth hygiene.

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#5

Poverty.

Bad public policy. Which in turn leads to poverty.

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#6

Plastic. It’s literally everywhere.

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#7

Insulin resistance.

I spent years having cognitive issues (leading to one entirely avoidable accident), low energy, terrible sleep quality and being super susceptible to any kind of infection, only to discover that low dose semaglutide (which addresses insulin resistance) instantly fixed all of those issues.

Diabetes is not a good way to go, and doctors under prescribe semaglutide given it’s high cost. All I got were suggestions to live a less stressful life, exercise more and eat healthier, which I tried and didn’t find at all productive.

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#8

Sugar. Everyone is so obsessed with food being fat-free, but it’s sugar they should be wary of.

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#9

Processed “food”. Most of the rest of the world has already banned high fructose corn syrup, when will the US catch up?

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#10

Liver disease. It’s likely that the prevalence of fatty liver disease is up to 1 in 3 people. Fatty liver is harmless but it can progress to cirrhosis and liver failure over a long period of time. The vast majority of people will have zero symptoms until they’re on the brink of total liver failure.

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#11

Vaping. Constantly see young kids using them, heartbreaking.

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#12

If you are in the UK it could be lead. There are around 10,000 lead mines in England alone. Most abandoned and never made safe. Also used in pipes and paint until the 90s.

A number of people (no testing so no way of knowing how many) make themselves sick decorating their house, by dry sanding lead paint.