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Study: Time-Restricted Eating Improves Cardiovascular Health for Firefighters

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Re: Study: Time-Restricted Eating Improves Cardiovascular Health for Firefighters

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> that doesn't mean you weren't racking up damage for the previous 10 years. > and risk of adverse events are correlated to how high and how long levels were maintained. Is there a way to measure this though. How can I tell what my current level of damage is. GP got the usual indicators into shape. Is all the 'racking up damage' reversed in OPs case ?

>Is there a way to measure this though. How can I tell what my current level of damage is. It's a cumulative thing. There are ways to ascertain the damage, but not through routine tests. >GP got the usual indicators into shape. Is all the 'racking up damage' reversed in OPs case ? Particularly in the case of cardiovascular damage like atherosclerosis and resulting kidney damage, narrowing arteries, etc, no it's not r…

> There are ways to ascertain the damage

Well, what are these ways.

Re: Study: Time-Restricted Eating Improves Cardiovascular Health for Firefighters

#132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Is there a way to measure this though. How can I tell what my current level of damage is. It's a cumulative thing. There are ways to ascertain the damage, but not through routine tests. >GP got the usual indicators into shape. Is all the 'racking up damage' reversed in OPs case ? Particularly in the case of cardiovascular damage like atherosclerosis and resulting kidney damage, narrowing arteries, etc, no it's not r…

> There are ways to ascertain the damage Well, what are these ways.

This would get very specific to the organ systems involved, and starts to get above my understanding, but it'd be things like:

Coronary calcium scan to check for the progress of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries, ultrasound of the kidneys, maybe the heart to check for left ventricular hypertrophy (or do you need an echocardiogram for that?), ultrasound for the carotid arteries, etc.

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