1) Eat Junk
Last year, at least 400,000 Americans managed to kill themselves based almost solely on what they ate. Heart disease is the country's number one killer and, while some of that comes from genetics, most of it's due to the fat-laden, sugar-heavy junk we put in our bodies. Looking for the most effective, probably most enjoyable way to do yourself in? Have another doughnut. And make it cream-filled!
2) Smoke
They don't call them cancer sticks for nothing: Tobacco-related illnesses are America's number two killer, and the most preventable. But if you're bent on putting the kibosh to healthy living, go ahead and light up; just one cigarette will immediately increase your blood pressure and decrease the circulation to your extremities. Imagine what you could do with a pack
3) Watch TV
Not only is television entertaining, it can keep us on the couch for hours at a time several days per week. The average American spends a full 9 years of his life glued to the boob tube, years that could otherwise be spent exercising. Resist the urge! Being an obese, sedentary TV-addicted couch potato makes for speedy self-destruction, though you may be a little smarter (if you watch those nerdy science channels).
4) Stress Out
Creating more stress in your life is a great way to invite all kinds of diseases to attack the body. When you're chronically stressed, the adrenal glands are forced to work overtime and eventually exhaust themselves, inhibiting the immune system. So go ahead and worry about everything from the color of your socks to whether dinner will be ready on time. Your hormones won't know what hit them.
5) Drink a Lot
The occasional drink of alcohol, especially wine, can be beneficial to your health, many studies suggest. But if you're looking to do yourself in, overdo the two-drink-per-day limit and imbibe heartily. Besides alcoholism of course, too much booze causes liver damage, diabetes and is the root cause of nearly 100,000 deaths per year.
6) Drive a Lot
If people wanted to increase their chance of surviving 'til a ripe old age, they'd fly everywhere. Driving kills more people aged 1 to 35 than anything else, a statistic that could drop to near zero if everyone just stayed home. But how fun would that be? So hit the road, forget the speed limit, yak on your cell phone?or worse, eat?and don't buckle up if you're anxious to become part of this popular statistic.
7) Have a Lot of Sex
Most people agree that sex in itself isn't so bad, it's how you do it that could mean life or death. The smart self-destructor doesn't use protection, ignores the partner's sexual history and shuns the annual medical exam. Twelve million Americans contract sexually transmitted diseases every year, many of which can leave the victim infertile. Killing yourself and preventing new births: there?s a two-fer!
8) Dumb Down Your Brain
Reading, doing crosswords and tackling sudokus are all risky behaviors if you're looking to avoid Alzheimer's. The degenerative brain disease attacks almost everyone who lives long enough, though mind games and puzzles are known to ward off the effects.
9) Ignore the Doctor
Many Americans agree that their health is hardly worth finding thirty minutes among 526,000 for that once-per-year physical exam. It's a good tactic if early disease detection and important medical consultation are going to get in the way of your Tommy Lee lifestyle. If you don't want to hear the doctor tell you our other tips for self-destruction are unhealthy, just don't go.
10) Sacrifice Sleep
Inadequate sleep (less than 7 or 8 hours a night) has been tied to many different health problems, including obesity, diabetes and cancer. Mental fatigue is also as big of a risk factor for vehicular accidents as alcohol. And just think of all the time you'd have for destructive behavior if you shunned the zzz's altogether!
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The most annoying words - by Fiona Chan (must read!)
'Anyway, you know, whatever - it is what it is, at the end of the day.'
This is the most irritating sentence in the English language, according to a poll in the United States last month.
'Whatever' - or, as it is more commonly said, 'What-evvv-urhhhhh' or 'wadeva' in Singapore - proved to be the most grating of the five phrases that were thrown up.
While I completely agree that these words and phrases all deserve to be eradicated from everyday speech, I must say I found the poll a bit wanting.
After all, my own mental list of annoying words, compiled over years of totally unplanned research, easily runs into the hundreds.
If I had to give a prize to one for the (dis)honour of being the most annoying, it would go to 'anything'.
Don't get me wrong, it is a perfectly acceptable word when the person who uses it really means 'anything'. Like, for instance, me, when I say 'I don't have anything to wear'.
But what some people don't know is that the word 'anything' is more commonly used as a trap. Indecisive people say it to lure you into a false sense of agreeability, and then they slowly kill you with frustration.
This is how it goes:
Me: 'What do you want to eat for dinner?'
Indecisive Person: 'Anything.'
Me: 'Okay, Thai food?'
Indecisive Person: 'Uh... I don't really feel like Thai.'
Me: 'Japanese then?'
Indecisive Person: 'No, I had Japanese for lunch.'
Me: 'How about French food?'
Indecisive Person, who by now is proving to be irritatingly decisive: 'Yuck, I hate French food.'
Me, on the verge of death by exasperation: 'Then what do you want to eat?'
Indecisive Person: 'Oh, anything, up to you.'
A friend of mine has developed a foolproof way to deal with this. Once his dinner partner says 'anything', he will insist on going to McDonald's and brook no further discussion. He doesn't mind eating the dinner in total frosty silence just to make his point.
Then there are words that are not inherently annoying - except when they are used wrongly, which seems to be every single time they are uttered.
Case in point: 'Literally'. This word aggravates me so much that whenever someone uses it in my presence I get an ulcer. Not literally.
But seriously, if I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say 'literally' when what they actually meant was 'really', I would have about $147. Literally.
Another similarly abused word is 'whereby', which is a particular favourite with insurance and property agents. In fact, they often use the two words in the same breath.
A property agent once told me: 'The nearest station whereby you can take MRT is across the road and 10 minutes' walk to the left. It's literally just next door.'
Whenever I complain to people about my word woes, they usually just make it worse.
'Don't stress,' they will say - a useless injunction if I ever heard one.
Still, that's better than my personal anti-favourite: 'chillaxing', as in 'Hey, why are you so tense? Chillaxing, lah.'
That's right - it's not just 'chill' or 'relax' or even 'chillax', but 'chillaxing'. Even if the word made sense, it would be ungrammatical.
Every time I hear this, the only thing I want to chillax is the speaker's head. With an ice-pick.
I even have a most annoying letter of the alphabet: K. Not because I hate koalas, or kangaroos, or karaoke, but because K is a completely unnecessary abbreviation of the already abbreviated 'OK'.
This is most frequently used after I have typed out a very long and complicated SMS to a friend about exactly where we should meet, at what time, and where the cheapest and nearest parking is available.
His reply: 'K'. Without a fullstop, because typing any more than one letter is just too much effort.
I really don't understand why a word that originally comprises only four letters ('okay') has to be shrunk to two letters, and then one.
I suspect that in time, people won't even bother to type anything at all. They'll just send an empty SMS to signify consent.
Then again, if that ever happens, I suppose I have the perfect response already: 'wadeva'.
8 habits that can shorten your life
Working too hard without any rest can compromise your health, says Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, Wong Pang Ong.
Speaking to Shin Min Daily News, he listed 8 habits that people had that made the biggest damage on their lifespan.
1. Not visiting the doctor when ill
Professor Wong said that viruses from certain illnesses can wreck havoc on the heart and may stimulate a heart attack.
2. Not sleeping enough
Insufficient sleep can lower your immunity, rendering you more susceptibile to illness.
3. Irregular meals
Having erratic meal times can cause blood sugar to dip and cause problems with the endocrine system.
4. Lack of communication with family members.
Professor Wong said that mental well-being is important for a happy life.
5. Sitting for prolonged periods of time
Sitting in one position for too long a time does not stimulate blood circulation and is bad for the joints.
6. Staring at the computer screen for too long
It is one of the reasons why people develop spine and neck problems, he says.
7. Not eating breakfast
Skipping the first meal of the day can cause irregular blood sugar and insulin levels. Abnormal insulin levels maintained over a prolonged period can cause diabetes. People who eat irregular meals are prone to kidney stones.
8. Not going for full body checkups
Ignorance can be a bane because it makes one unaware of what goes on in one's body, says Professor Wong.
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