Dr. Paddy Barrett

MARCH 23, 2024

Surviving this long with a good quality of life is even rarer. While the exact genes that result in such life extensions are debated, one thing is clear: They all share one thing in common. They get the diseases of ageing about 20 to 25 years later than everyone else. Much later onset of 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. Let’s start with the most basic measures and then examine increasingly complex ones.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Although not generally considered a condition that can kill you, it can certainly impact your quality of life and limit the activities you do on a daily basis. Type 2 Diabetes When it comes to the increasing the risk of major chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, many cancers and dementia, type 2 diabetes plays a huge role.

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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. Strength Muscle strength also declines precipitously throughout life, and lower levels of muscle strength may have an even greater impact on how long you live than muscle mass alone 4.

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