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药物滥用 Over-utilization of Pharmaceuticals In the area of antibiotics alone, the most prominent problem has been the over-utilization of drugs. The Center for Disease Control, for instance, estimates that 1/3 of the antibiotics taken on an outpatient basis in the United States are unnecessary. Increasing use of antibiotics is linked to the increase of their resistance by bacteria; in the United States, 14,000 people die each year from drug-resistant infections picked up in hospitals. In terms of healthcare costs, the rising use of pharmaceuticals has profound consequences. From 1993 to 1998, for instance, annual drug expenditures in the U.S. nearly doubled from $50.6 billion to $93.4 billion, most of the expenses being borne by third-party payors. Total spending on prescription drugs doubled from 1995 to 2000 and tripled from 1990 to 2000, constituting one of the main factors driving up health care expenditures overall. Eat less to live longer If there were a drug that helped one live a long life, almost everybody would buy it. Indeed there is such a drug. It is moderate eating. Some scientists have proved this by experiments on 200 monkeys on eating less. However why is it so? Here is a discussion.First, it relieves the gastric system of burdens of too much protein and fat. The burden may resides in intestines and gives way to toxin and ** substances. The substances harm the CNS and accelerate aging.Second, it prevents brain metabolic disorder caused by satiety. Satiety multiplies some cells that induce ~ and shorten supply of oxygen, and blood to the cortex, which in turn shorten one’s lifetime.Third, Satiety damages cells, which accelerates aging process. This is caused by too many free radicals that damage, cause ** etc and quicken aging.Fourth, long term satiety results in obesity, diabetes,** etc. Actually, there were some theories and therapies on moderate eating, which should be advocated today. To conclude, for our health and longevity, please eat less. Dril