Dr. Paddy Barrett

MARCH 23, 2024

They get the diseases of ageing about 20 to 25 years later than everyone else. It’s not that they don’t get cardiovascular disease, cancer or dementia; they just get it way later than everyone else. Most adults, healthy centenarians included, will die from one of three things: Cardiovascular Disease.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 23, 2024

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. The relationship is clear.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 16, 2024

Cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia account for 60% of all deaths in the US. Let’s start with Cancer. Compared to those who had ‘Low’ lifestyle scores, those with ‘Ideal’ scores were 27% less likely to be diagnosed with cancer in the next ten years. These are NCD’s.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

There are various stages of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which is more recently known as MAFLD - Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease. These stages can range from mild fatty liver infiltration to serious scarring and fibrosis terminating in liver cirrhosis and potentially liver cancer.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 15, 2023

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 chronic diseases that impact us.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Lower levels of muscle mass are strongly linked to a shorter life and higher rates of major chronic diseases 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. 2014 Jun;127(6):547-53. Open Access J.

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