Chronic Disease Dementia Diabetes 
Dr. Paddy Barrett
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
The reason excess weight is such big issues are the health consequences it confers with increased rates of diabetes, heart disease, osteoarthritis, obstructive sleep apnea, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and others, just to name a few. Avoiding diabetes and its precursor states inclduing insulin resistance is key.
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
JANUARY 16, 2024
Cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia account for 60% of all deaths in the US. For those in the ‘Ideal’ category, they were 51% less likely to have either dementia or depression. Those in the ‘Ideal’ lifestyle category had 84% fewer metabolic diseases. The leading causes of death are clear.
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.
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.
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