Tl;dr be affluent enough to be able to afford great medical care and have enough free time for preventative actions
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Ticker: Don't die of heart disease
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#42I don't like this kind of content. The author might have a personal motivation for it, but for the general public, it's just more mental load.
We are all going to die one day.
When I was younger, I would fret over this kind of article. Great, one more thing I have to worry about. Now I just mostly ignore it. It's impossible otherwise. If I dedicate hours and days and months to all the heart best practices, what about when the liver, esophagus, kidney, bladder, brain articles come out?
We all know the good practices. Don't be a dumbass. Don't drink too much, exercise and so on. Besides that, I'm very much going to be reactive, as the article cautions against. I just don't have time or mental energy to do otherwise.
Re: Ticker: Don't die of heart disease
#43Tl;dr be affluent enough to be able to afford great medical care and have enough free time for preventative actions
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.
Lentils/legumes are cheap. There is probably no better bang for the buck. Yogurt is also cheap.
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#44Very 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".
If you start exercising in your 20s, and never stop, it will be so much easier to maintain fitness in 40s 50s etc. The challenge is that the benefits are not yet visible in your 20s (when you’ll probably be healthy and at a proper weight regardless). Gotta lay that foundation for older age though! EDIT - I misread the comment. It’s never too late to start, just be careful for injuries as that will block your ability…
It's a bit like saving money.
Re: Ticker: Don't die of heart disease
#45I don't like this kind of content. The author might have a personal motivation for it, but for the general public, it's just more mental load. We are all going to die one day. When I was younger, I would fret over this kind of article. Great, one more thing I have to worry about. Now I just mostly ignore it. It's impossible otherwise. If I dedicate hours and days and months to all the heart best practices, what about…
I share your general emotional reaction, but to be fair, heart disease is far and away more important than other type of disease. More people die of it in the US than die of all cancers combined: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm
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#46I recently did a comprehensive panel of my own volition with Quest Labs and was pleasantly surprised by the entire process. It was super easy to schedule, affordable, and their online platform is surprisingly sleek.
Re: Ticker: Don't die of heart disease
#47I don't like this kind of content. The author might have a personal motivation for it, but for the general public, it's just more mental load. We are all going to die one day. When I was younger, I would fret over this kind of article. Great, one more thing I have to worry about. Now I just mostly ignore it. It's impossible otherwise. If I dedicate hours and days and months to all the heart best practices, what about…
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#48I was planning to start getting scans ordered for specific risks like aneurysm or heart attack but what holds me back is the idea the scans will harm me worse than those things. It is very difficult to have any level of confidence with the medical industry so my current approach has been to eat as healthy as possible while staying as fit as I can without undue extreme stress.
As someone who would like to do this but has generally been choosing the easy paths - curious what your diet and exercise regime looks like.
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#49The value of the biomarkers are they applicable for all age range? What if someone already had a heart attack, then what should be the normal values post incident?
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#50There doesn't seem to be any mention of hypertension on that page.
Actually, there is. You have to search for "pressure". For example, "Other Tests: There are some other things that are important to know as well. You must know your blood pressure".