Comment by ericmcer
9 months ago
Seriously there is too much shit to worry about to micro manage each facet, unless your like a Bryan Johnson billionaire with a staff.
Beyond just heart disease & cancer taking you out entirely its: my eyesight is going, my hearing, every joint in my body could fail, my brain is slowing, etc.
There is just way too much shit to do anything other than be like: sleep, exercise, eat better and don't drink too much.
And even him doesn’t know what’s working and what’s making things worse. He claims to have really good biomarkers but that’s when cherry-picking numbers from studies made in a range of more than two years (!!).
You’ll never see a published set of tests from him. What you’ll see is ads to buy his supplements.
There are roughly 5 areas of which combined cover 80+% of things you can control.
1. Exercise (aerobic and strength, doesn’t have to be much but more is better). 2. Diet (mostly whole foods, mostly plants, low saturated fat). 3. Prevention (regular check ups and following doctor’s advice). 4. Meaning / purpose (either being passionate about your job or having such hobbies outside of it). 5. Friends and community.
This isn’t too much. By many that’s the bare minimum for having a satisfactory life.
> Beyond just heart disease & cancer taking you out entirely its: my eyesight is going, my hearing, every joint in my body could fail, my brain is slowing, etc.
Absolutely right. You can’t fix everything. But if you can only dedicate time, money, and attention to one thing, cardio health is probably highest impact for most people. This article makes that case. Also it makes the case that there are a few things that will have an outsized positive effect on cardio health and we’d be wise to focus on them.