A key takeaway is: don't be afraid of taking statins if you need them. I fell for the "statins are bad" BS for years and have paid the price.
Ticker: Don't die of heart disease
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#22Very interesting, but do the numerous mentions of taking action in your 20s, 30s and 40s mean it's too late for someone in their 50s? Nitpick: he mentions LDL-C but the test results don't mention that at all. Only later do I see that is "LDL Cholesterol".
No, it is never too late to take action. Even taking action after a stent procedure reduces further risk:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronary-heart-disease/treatme...
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#23The title of the article says "don't die of heart disease", but given that we all have to die at some point, if you could choose what natural cause to die of, wouldn't you pick heart disease? It is the best way to die. The worst is stroke. So once you cross a certain age, say 60, don't worry about heart disease, worry instead about stroke.
Dementia seems a pretty awful outcome too. I hope my heart gives out before my brain.
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#24The title of the article says "don't die of heart disease", but given that we all have to die at some point, if you could choose what natural cause to die of, wouldn't you pick heart disease? It is the best way to die. The worst is stroke. So once you cross a certain age, say 60, don't worry about heart disease, worry instead about stroke.
> worry instead about stroke. You say that as if stroke is orthogonal to heart disease. Much of what prevents one prevents the other.
Yes but there are habits that are especially important for preventing stroke, such as getting 7-9 hours of sleep, monitoring and controlling risk factors related to blood vessel health that affect the brain uniquely, such as preventing irregular heart rhythms (atrial fibrillation), anti-inflammatory diet choices focused on brain health, and so on.
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#25Was this written via LLM? There’s a link early on to some ai search tool which kinda made me question the validity of everything mentioned.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Walking and eating sensibly is free. Even a balance oatmeal, rice & beans with infrequent meat servings would defend against heart disease better than expensive medicine, at less than $1 / day.
And not smoking or drinking saves you money!
Yes, our system is most definitely stacked against the poor, but it's important to also remember that we all have free will and that some choices fully within our power are much better than others.
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#27Fabulous information, but lacking information isn’t the issue. The behavioral changes are obvious and well evangelized : lose weight, regular activity (walking), and if necessary, take meds. (Yes I know your marathon runner cousin who died suddenly of a heart attack, but these are still your best odds) Telling people what to do rarely fixes anything. People need dozens of impressions for those changes to sink in. Fri…
> The behavioral changes are obvious and well evangelized : lose weight, regular activity (walking), and if necessary, take meds.
More specifically, it’s “change your diet and eat/drink less”, which is the hardest part. Diet’s impact eclipses regular activity, and it’s consequences build up and compound over decades.
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#28Fabulous information, but lacking information isn’t the issue. The behavioral changes are obvious and well evangelized : lose weight, regular activity (walking), and if necessary, take meds. (Yes I know your marathon runner cousin who died suddenly of a heart attack, but these are still your best odds) Telling people what to do rarely fixes anything. People need dozens of impressions for those changes to sink in. Fri…
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Managing stress shouldn't be overlooked
“Stress” is so abused and nebulous that it’s impossible to define. Nearly every condition is worsened by “stress” but there’s no way to measure it. And there’s no conclusive way to manage stress either. Medication, psychotropics, self medication, meditation. Nearly all of those are more broadly abused and yet stress “worsens”. One person may run an intense soup kitchen 15 hours a day and feel little stress, and anoth…
Managing cortisol shouldn't be overlooked
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#30Was this written via LLM? There’s a link early on to some ai search tool which kinda made me question the validity of everything mentioned.
You should always have questioned the validity, but now you feel the need because of LLMs.