Cancer Chronic Disease Diabetes 
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.
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. Let’s start with the most basic measures and then examine increasingly complex ones.
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. So if you have type 2 diabetes, you, by definition, are insulin resistant. It is also the only one that, if done incorrectly, can be fatal.
Cardiometabolic Health Congress
JANUARY 30, 2024
Dr. Hallberg passed in March of 2022 after a 5-year battle with stage IV lung cancer. As an expert on metabolic control and type 2 diabetes (T2D), Dr. Hallberg once gave a TedTalk titled Reversing Type 2 diabetes starts with ignoring the guidelines , which quickly accumulated 8.6
Dr. Paddy Barrett
APRIL 26, 2024
On the far end of that line is type two diabetes. Insulin resistance and diabetes may not ‘ cause ’ coronary artery disease, but they are huge accelerants. Compared to someone without type 2 diabetes, the person with type 2 diabetes has a risk that is tenfold higher 1. Let me be 100% clear, however.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Focusing your efforts on preventing type 2 diabetes, however, is arguably one of the best strategies you can use and is likely to have the biggest gains. When I say diabetes, I am referring to type 2 diabetes, not type 1 diabetes. Having diabetes is very likely to shorten your life. Here’s why. That is huge!
Dr. Paddy Barrett
APRIL 12, 2024
Similar patterns have been observed for cardiovascular disease and also cancer. Less major diseases earlier in life. Therefore, even if living longer is not a priority, delaying the onset of a major chronic disease should be. Less gastroesophageal reflux disease. Less diabetes. More movement.
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