Preventing Chronic Disease

One of the foundational lessons we can take away from studying centenarians — those who have lived to the age of 100+ — is that if you want to live longer, you have to live longer without chronic disease, not live longer with chronic disease. Unfortunately, our current healthcare system is primarily geared toward helping you live longer once you develop chronic disease. This, of course, is the opposite of the approach I take with my patients.

Over 80% of deaths in people over 50 who do not smoke can be grouped into 4 main categories, what I like to call the four horsemen of chronic disease. These are: (1) atherosclerotic disease (comprised of cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disease), (2) cancer, (3) neurodegenerative disease (Alzheimer’s disease being the most common), and (4) metabolic disease (a spectrum of everything from hyperinsulinemia to insulin resistance to fatty liver disease to type 2 diabetes).

We have five main longevity tactics at our disposal to affect our longevity: (1) exercise, (2) sleep, (3) nutrition, (4) medications & supplements, and (5) distress tolerance. Below is a collection of podcasts and articles discussing how we can use these tactics to mitigate, prevent, and reverse chronic disease.

In this post we’ll double-click on a paper covering cholesterol and heart disease risk factors.

In this post we’ll address the following concept: Does “HDL” matter after all?

In this post we’ll address the following concept: Why is it necessary to measure LDL-P, instead of just LDL-C?

In this post we’ll address the following concept: Does the size of an LDL particle matter?

In this post we’ll address the following concept: How does cholesterol actually cause problems?

In this post we’ll address the following concept: How do we measure cholesterol?

In this post we’ll address the following concept: How does cholesterol move around our body?

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Preventing Chronic Disease

The straight dope on cholesterol – Part VIII

The straight dope on cholesterol – Part VII

The straight dope on cholesterol – Part VI

The straight dope on cholesterol – Part V

The straight dope on cholesterol – Part IV

The straight dope on cholesterol – Part III

The straight dope on cholesterol – Part II

The straight dope on cholesterol – Part I

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