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I have a love/hate relationship with zombies. I love to hate them. Really. So going into this post, I didn’t know much more about them other than they are resuscitated undead that can be stopped by a blow to the head. However, I did some zombie research and have discovered that the best way to survive a zombie apocalypse is to prevent from becoming a zombie because once you’ve been infected, well, that’s pretty much it for your higher thinking skills.

Therefore, as prevention is the key, I’ve listed the top 10 things that cause zombification, in no particular order, so that you can avoid them like the plague (no pun intended).

1. Pesticide use causes zombies. Do not breathe, touch or ingest anything with pesticides. Go organic.

For further research:

Movies :Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Les Raisin de la Mort, Toxic Zombies, Warning Sign

Articles :Long-term Health Effects of Pesticides, The problem with pesticides, Exposure to pesticides linked to long-term brain damage, Brain and nervous system damaged by low-level exposure to pesticides , Massive New Study Suggests Pesticide the Cause of Microcephaly — NOT Zika Virus, Largest-Ever GMO Crops Study Shows Massive Environmental Damage in US, Breaking: Central Florida Aerial Spraying NALED on 20,000 Acres by Planes for Mosquitos!, Study: Class of Pesticides Sprayed Over Miami May Cause Neurological Disease , Maybe You Aren’t Gluten Intolerant. Maybe You’re Just Poison Intolerant, Illegal Spraying of Monsanto-Dupont Pesticide Causes Massive Crop Damage in Multiple States, Roundup Weedkiller Found In 75% of Air and Rain Samples, Gov. Study Finds,  Class of Pesticides Sprayed Over Miami May Cause Neurological Disease, says study

2. Steroid and synthetic drug use cause zombies. Do not use steroids or synthetic drugs. Find natural cures. Switch to marijuana. (I can’t believe I said that!)

For further research:

Movies: Goal of the Dead, Bath Salt Zombies, Ozone

Articles: Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction, Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse Neurological Effects, Opiates, Overdose and Permanent Brain Damage, Effects of Cocaine, Steroids May Cause Brain Damage?, DrugFacts: Anabolic Steroids, FSU Student, Suspected to be High on Flakka, Allegedly Ate Victim’s Face After Stabbing Him and Wife to Death, World’s 10 Most Deadly Street Drugs that Will Quickly Tear Your Body Apart

Marijuana as beneficial substance:

Movies: The cabin in the woods

Articles: 23 Health Benefits Of Marijuana, All The Reasons Pot Is Good For You, Medical cannabis, Researchers Finally Confirm that Marijuana DOES NOT Lower IQ in Adolescents

3. Alcohol abuse causes zombies. Do not overindulge in fermented beverages. There is some research that suggests alcohol in moderation may be beneficial.

For further research:

Movies: Broken Springs, The Vineyard

Articles: Alcohol’s damaging effects on the brain, Alcohol related brain impairment, Alcohol-related brain damage, Long-term effects of alcohol consumption, Long-Term Effects Of Alcohol Impair Brain’s Pathways That Underlie Impulse Control

Alcohol as beneficial substance:

Movies: Days of Darkness, Night of the Living Dorks

Articles: 11 Ways Alcohol Is Legitimately Healthy, 23 SURPRISING, HEALTHY BENEFITS OF ALCOHOL, 7 Health Benefits Of Drinking Alcohol

4. Genetically modified animal or insect bites causes zombies. Avoid genetically modified creatures.

Movies: Black Sheep, Black Swarm, Quarantine 2 Terminal, A Little Bit Zombie , Zombeavers, Army of Darkness, Blood of the Beast, Braindead, REC 4 Apocalypse, Zombie Night 2 Awakening

Articles:Genetically Modified Animals , 8 Bizarre Examples of Genetic Engineering in Animals, Genetically Modified Animals, Genetically modified insect, Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in Florida Keys if British researchers win approval to use the bugs against painful viral diseases

5. Ingesting a contaminated or genetically modified product causes zombies. Avoid genetically modified food and drink. Coke is bad! Grown your own food!

For further research:

Movies: Wasting Away, Surf II, Bio Zombie, Poultrygeist–Night of the Chicken Dead, Zombieland

Articles: Does Soda Affect Your Brain?, 8 Negative Effects Of Soda On Your Brain , This Is Your Teenager’s Brain on Soda,  America’s soft drink addiction,  10 IRREFUTABLE evidence that GMO can harm you! , This is how GMOs damage your brain, Health Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods, GMOs/Nanofoods, Girl, 14, left brain-damaged after eating KFC chicken twister forced into new court battle as food giant appeals $8m payout, Mad Cow Disease What the Government Isn’t Telling You!, Farmed Salmon – One of The Most Toxic Foods in the World, 10 Reasons To Avoid Soy At All Costs… , 20 Practical Uses for Coca Cola… Proof That Coke Does Not Belong In the Human Body, 9 Toxic Fake Foods Made in China Contain Plastic, Pesticides and Cancer Causing Chemicals

6. Drinking from an infected water supply causes zombies.  Avoid water laced with chemicals such as fluoride or pesticides. (See #1) Collect and distil your own drinking water.

For further research:

Movies: City of Rott, Pathogen, Rise of the Zombies, Special Dead,

Articles: The Effects of Water Pollution 8 Significant Issues, Lead in water: What are the health effects and dangers?, Contaminated water caused long-term brain damage in Camelford, say doctors study, Brain damaged children: Water that meets federal heavy metals limit is still not safe to drink, Flouride’s direct effects on brain: Animal Studies, Impact of fluoride on neurological development in children, Cocktails Of Dozens Of Drugs In Our Water Supply Remain Unfiltered

7. Watching TV causes zombies.  Get rid of your TV.  Media is a form of brainwashing.

For further research:

Movies: The Video Dead

Articles: Children who watch too much TV may have ‘damaged brain structures’, The effects of TV on the brain, Gray Matters: Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain, 6 Brainwashing Techniques They’re Using On You Right Now, Research Study Explains How U.S. Media Brainwashes The Public , How We Are Brainwashed by the Media, Television is Turning Us Into Zombies

8. Receiving chemical treatment for a disease or a vaccine for prevention of a disease causes zombies. Use natural cures. Do not get vaccinated.

For further research:

Movies: Autumn, Dead Meat, Zombieland, Flight of the Living Dead, I am Legend, REC, The Sky Has Fallen, Virus Undead, Zombie Apocalypse, Silent Night Zombie Night, Bone Sickness, Playground, Insanitarium, Necropolis Awakened, Zombie Planet, Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!, Undead Pool, Resident Evil, The Returned, World War Z

Articles: 10 Shocking Facts About Mad Cow Disease, Malaria in pregnancy linked to brain damage in babies, Army units ordered to stop taking anti-malarial drug linked to brain damage, Chemotherapy ‘could cause brain damage’ in breast cancer patients, Researchers Detail Chemotherapy’s Damage to the Brain, TDAP VACCINATED MOTHERS GIVE BIRTH TO BRAIN DAMAGED BABIES, Subclinical Brain Injury Caused by H5N1 Influenza Virus Infection, Bird flu causes Alzheimer’s-like brain damage, study says, Pandemrix, FDA Approves Experimental H5N1 Bird Flu Vaccine with Reactive AS03 Adjuvant for U.S. Stockpile, Vaccines and Brain Damage, Rabies, Permanent brain damage and pertussis vaccination: is the end of the saga in sight?, Vaccines and Neurological Damage, CDC SAYS MMR AND PERTUSSIS VACCINES CAN CAUSE PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE, Boy Awarded $174,000 After Flu Vaccine Causes Permanent Brain Damage, What the flu shot can do to your brain, Monsanto’s Famous Herbicide Chemical Found In Childhood Vaccines And It’s Extremely Toxic, Independent Lab Discovers Glyphosate in Five Different Childhood Vaccines , Courts Quietly Confirm MMR Vaccine Causes Autism

9. Being exposed to toxic, radioactive or nuclear waste in the air, soil or water, whether by accident or design, causes zombies. Stay away from test sites, nuclear reactors and leaking facilities. (See Surviving a toXic cloud and Surviving Nuclear disaster)

For further research:

Movies: Caustic Zombies, Eat Me!, Fido, The Horror of Party Beach, Night of the Living Dead Re-Animation, Nightmare City, Remains, Zombie Bloodbath, The children, Dead Air, Deathwatch, The Earth Dies Screaming, Forest of the Dead, Hell of the Living Dead, Miruthan, Planet Terror, The Return of the Living Dead, State of Emergency, Revenge of the Living Dead Girls, Tokyo Zombie, La Morte Vivante, 28 Weeks Later

Articles: Officials: Fukushima Has Now Contaminated 1/3 Of The Worlds Oceans , Coincidence: Kansas Kids Mysteriously Ill…In The Same Town As The Forthcoming DHS Bio-Safety Level 4 Lab, Tyson Foods Now Listed as Bigger Polluter than US Department of Defense, Koch Industries and Exxon Mobile, Massive Sinkhole Opens In Florida Releasing Millions Of Gallons Of “Slightly Radioactive” Water, The New Flint: Children Exposed To Lead And Arsenic In Soil For Years, Are Now Homeless

10. Aliens and asteroids cause zombies. There isn’t much you can do about this one, folks. (See Surviving UFO invasion). Fortunately, it seems the least likely cause of zombies.

For further research:

Movies: Gangs of the Dead, Hide and Creep, I was a Zombie for the FBI, Invisible Invaders, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Zombie Self-Defense Force, Alien Dead, Battle Girl: The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay, Brain Dead, Days of Darkness, The Dead and the Damned, Germ Z, Night of the Comet, Slither, They Walk, Undead, Wyrmwood

Articles: Poisonous Effects of Asteroid Impacts or Nuclear Explosions in the Western Regions of the Black Sea, Toxic Shock, Global Effects

Certain groups of people are especially at risk to becoming zombies. If you belong to one of these groups, it behooves you to take special precautions against becoming a zombie.

1–Being in prison places you at a higher risk of becoming a zombie. Stay out of prison.

For further research:

Movies: Dead Men Walking, Raiders of the Living Dead, Garden of the Dead, Dead Riot, Re-Animator

Articles: Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury in Prisons, Traumatic Brain Injury in Prisons and Jails: An Unrecognized Problem, Traumatic brain injury in a prison population: prevalence and risk for re-offending, Brain Injury Rate 7 Times Greater among U.S. Prisoners, Traumatic Brain Injury in Prisons: A Review

2–Being a college student places you at a higher risk of becoming a zombie. Don’t go to college. Self-educate.

For further research:

Movies: Brain Blockers, Dorm of the Dead, House of the Dead 2, Night of the Creeps, Re-animator, Voodoo

Articles: 9 Ways Going to College Affects Your Health, Is a College Education Worth It? , 6 Disadvantages Of Going To College, 10 Disadvantages of College

3–Being a high school student places you at a higher risk of becoming a zombie. Unschool.

For further research:

Movies: Detention of the Dead, Night Life, One Dark Night, Scouts guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Tormented, Trailer Park Terror, Zombie High, Automaton Transfusion, Biohazardous, Stacy

Articles: Issues Schools Face that Negatively Impacts Student Learning, Negative Impacts of Modern Education – Self Centrism, Public schools do cause negative effects on a person’s education and psychological behavior

4–Being in the military places you at a higher risk of becoming a zombie. Do not join the armed forces of any country.

For further research:

Movies: Uncle Sam, War of the Dead, Wasting Away, Zombie Strippers, Zone of the Dead, The Dead Next Door, Zombi 3

Articles: Malaria drug causes brain damage that mimics PTSD: case study, Traumatic Brain Injury Overview, Military-related traumatic brain injury and neurodegeneration, TBI and PTSD: Navigating the Perfect Storm, Brain-damaging Side Effects Force Army to Pull Mefloquine

La Yacata is the best place to survive a zombie apocalypse. We collect our own water, grow our own food, do not have a television, choose natural health options, do not use pesticides, believe in self-education, live far from nuclear facilities, and have a rooftop sniper vantage point, should worse come to worst. Yes, it would be easier to give in and become a zombie, drink coke and eat hot dogs, but where would the fun be in that? When you see the danger you are in living in modern society, we’ll see you in La Yacata!

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