Seven Deadly Sins and the explosion of chronic medical problems

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Origin of the currently recognized Seven Deadly Sins

The modern concept of the seven deadly sins is linked to the works of the fourth-century monk Evagrius Ponticus, who listed eight evil thoughts in Greek as follows:[7][8]

Γαστριμαργία (gastrimargia) gluttony

Πορνεία (porneia) prostitution, fornication

Φιλαργυρία (philargyria) avarice

Ὑπερηφανία (hyperēphania) pride – sometimes rendered as self-overestimation[9]

Λύπη (lypē) sadness – in the Philokalia, this term is rendered as envy, sadness at another's good fortune

Ὀργή (orgē) wrath

Κενοδοξία (kenodoxia) boasting

Ἀκηδία (akēdia) acedia – in the Philokalia, this term is rendered as dejection

They were translated into the Latin of Western Christianity (largely due to the writings of John Cassian),[10][11] thus becoming part of the Western tradition's spiritual pietas (or Catholic devotions), as follows:[12]

Gula (gluttony)

Luxuria/Fornicatio (lust, fornication)

Avaritia (avarice/greed)

Superbia (pride, hubris)

Tristitia (sorrow/despair/despondency)

Ira (wrath)

Vanagloria (vainglory)

Acedia (sloth)

These "evil thoughts" can be categorized into three types:[12]

lustful appetite (gluttony, fornication, and avarice)

irascibility (wrath)

mind corruption (vainglory, sorrow, pride, and discouragement)

In AD 590 Pope Gregory I revised this list to form the more common list. Gregory combined tristitia with acedia, and vanagloria with superbia, and added envy, in Latin, invidia.[13][14] Gregory's list became the standard list of sins.

Lust

Main article: Lust

Lust, or lechery (Latin, "luxuria" (carnal)), is intense longing. It is usually thought of as intense or unbridled sexual desire, which leads to fornication, adultery, rape, bestiality, unnatural sexual practices and other immoral sexual acts. However, lust could also mean simply desire in general; thus, lust for money, power, and other things are sinful

Gluttony

Gluttony (Latin, gula) is the overindulgence and overconsumption of anything to the point of waste. The word derives from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow.

 a list of five ways to commit gluttony, comprising:

• Laute – eating too expensively
• Studiose – eating too daintily
• Nimis – eating too much
• Praepropere – eating too soon
• Ardenter – eating too eagerly

greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs, especially with respect to material wealth

Obesity
hyperlipidemia
cirrhosis of liver
hepatic steatosis

Sloth

habitual disinclination to Physical exertion laziness,  lack of physical exercise 

Obesity
Which in turn leads to Diabetes,Hypertension,Heart disease,Knee and hip arthritis


Wrath



Wrath (Latin, ira) can be defined as uncontrolled feelings of anger, rage, and even hatred. Wrath often reveals itself in the wish to seek vengeance.[33] In its purest form, wrath presents with injury, violence, and hate that may provoke feuds that can go on for centuries. Wrath may persist long after the person who did another a grievous wrong is dead. Feelings of wrath can manifest in different ways, including impatience, hateful misanthropy, revenge, and self-destructive behavior, such as drug abuse or suicide


Longevity: Cross-cultural differences
The relationship between behaviour and mortality can also be illustrated by the longevity of people in different countries. For example, in the USA and the UK, only three people out of every 100,000 live to be over 100. However, in Georgia, among the Abkhazians, 400 out of every 100,000 live to be over 100, and the oldest recorded Abkhazian is 170 (although this is obviously problematic in terms of the validity of any written records in the early 1800s). Weg (1983) examined the longevity of the Abkhazians and suggested that their longevity relative to that in other countries was due to a combination of biological, lifestyle and social factors including:
 ■ genetics;
■ maintaining vigorous work roles and habits;
■ a diet low in saturated fat and meat and high in fruit and vegetables;
■ no alcohol or nicotine;
 ■ high levels of social support;
■ low reported stress levels.

Analysis of this group of people suggests that health behaviours may be related to longevity and are therefore worthy of study. However, such cross-sectional studies are problematic to interpret, particularly in terms of the direction of causality: Does the lifestyle of the Abkhazians cause their longevity or is it a product of it?