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Re: Ticker: Don't die of heart disease

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Post by loeg »

yinser wrote: post #39
tonymet wrote: post #12

Earlier 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.

Promoting good habits is good but this is health advice from an unlicensed commenter to say rice and beans is better than taking a statin. Consult your doctor if you’re curious what to do.

Most people aren't on and don't need statins. Everyone would be well served to eat well and exercise regularly. It's not a replacement.

Re: Ticker: Don't die of heart disease

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Post by jaggederest »

DennisP wrote: post #360
recursive wrote: post #332

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's hard to help someone that doesn't want to be helped.

Not that hard in this case. Just give them a pill.

Or, as we're becoming aware with GLP-1 drugs, an injection. (For now!). It's better to help people behave better with drugs than moral condemnation. Almost infinitely better, as it turns out, regarding a lot of problematic behavior regarded as "untreatable" previously.

Re: Ticker: Don't die of heart disease

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Post by loeg »

reducesuffering wrote: post #262

"This means regular exercise (both strength training, ideally 3x per week, and cardio training that helps to improve V02 max like Zone 2 training)" Actually, V02 max is best improved through High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) like doing 400m sprints 8x with a couple minutes rest inbetween. V02 max is famous for being one of the best predictors of longevity. Zone 2 training (light jogging) is important in tandem…

He might be talking about zone 2 in a 3-zone model? Otherwise, I agree, zone 2 in a 5- or 7-zone model is not intense enough to provide VO2 adaptation.

Re: Ticker: Don't die of heart disease

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Post by loeg »

OutOfHere wrote: post #198
dawnerd wrote: post #25

Was 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.

Please strictly cease and desist from accusing material of being written by an LLM, whether on this site or on any other site. If you want to criticize the material, do so under the good faith assumption that it is written by a human.

It's a wall of poorly written text. Whether it was a human or LLM is kind of not the main problem.

Re: Ticker: Don't die of heart disease

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Post by loeg »

reidrac wrote: post #94

There are some points on this post that confuse me. > In early 2023 during a routine skin check at my dermatologist [...] Are routine skin checks a thing? > [...] I’ve spoken with several of the world’s leading cardiologists and lipidologists [...] How come?

Yes, you should probably visit a dermatologist regularly (once every year or two) for a routine skin check.

Re: Ticker: Don't die of heart disease

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Post by georgeburdell »

I’m not even a few screens into this and I’m already nodding my head in agreement. Having parents of the age where hospital trips are now a yearly occurrence at least, the level of care a patient gets is so much better if relatives are involved and knowledgeable. The medical system does not give a shit about you, they just want to make sure you don’t die in their care.

My sister is a hospital doctor and was remotely checking in with my dad’s care team every shift when he got sepsis after TWO different ERs missed pneumonia even with chest Xrays. Mistakes she corrected included getting him off the ventilator after the need had passed and also preventing him from being discharged directly home — instead he went to a rehab facility for 2 weeks. When I arrived after a few days in rehab he would barely stay awake long enough to eat. He went on to make a full recovery.

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