Dr Paddy Barrett

Exercise is probably the single best way to extend lifespan.

You need to exercise like your life depends on it.

Because it does.

Here's why.
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Three things strongly linked to lower dementia risk:

• Fitness
• Metabolic health
• Blood pressure control

What rarely gets said about heart health:

Most people don’t need exotic biomarkers — they need to stop ignoring the obvious ones.

It's amazing how much your cardiovascular risk plummets when you simply:

Don't Smoke
Maintain Normal Blood Pressure
Keep LDL Cholesterol as low as possible for as long as possible.

Get those right, and you are most of the way there.

Cholesterol risk isn’t complicated.

Higher exposure.
For longer.
Equals more plaque.

We just keep pretending it’s controversial.