If a recent study that compared the health of the Amish community to the rest of America is anything to go by, it turns out that living a modern lifestyle is quite likely bad for us. The Amish have maintained a simple lifestyle since the 1700's, rejecting the modern conveniences of electricity, cars, telephones, TVs, supermarkets, and even modern medicine. The researchers found that the Amish had a much lower rate of cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetes, which they believe was due mostly to living a more physically active lifestyle and growing all their own organic food. While the modern lifestyle is here to stay for most of us, we are ultimately in control of how we live our lives.(Click here to read more.)
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