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While I have covered many of these fitness measures individually in previous posts, I wanted to summarise these metrics and how they relate to living longer and preventing major diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia. 2018 Apr 10;90(15):e1298-e1305. The relationship is clear. JAMA Netw Open.
Insulin resistance is a core risk factor for the three leading causes of death: Cardiovascular Disease Cancer Dementia. Subscribe now Take cardiovascular disease, for example. Main Takeaway Insulin resistance is a core risk factor for all the major chronicdiseases that impact us. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
If this approach leads you to being active most days, you will also get significant benefits from a health perspective in terms of longevity and prevention of chronicdisease. Less insulin resistance is also one of the best metrics for predicting the delay of onset of major chronicdiseases 3. You might be. And remember.
Lower levels of muscle mass are strongly linked to a shorter life and higher rates of major chronicdiseases such as diabetes 2. Cognitive Performance & Dementia. There is also mechanistic data to support its role in preventing dementia, but for now, this is more speculative 10. 2018 Jul 15;108:166-173.
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