Cardiovascular Aging and Longevity

17/11/2022 43 min Temporada 6 Episodio 15
Cardiovascular Aging and Longevity

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Send us a textCardiovascular disease continues to be the #1 cause of mortality in the US and around the world. In this episode of The Health Edge, Mark and John review a paper that begins to address why it is that as we age, our risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all other "age-related diseases" goes up dramatically. In this 2021 paper from the Journal of The American College of Cardiology, inhabitants of the Ikaria Island in Greece, a Blue Zone culture demonstrate lower levels of age-related changes e.g. inflammation, high insulin, short telomeres and offers many reasons for lower CVD risk, mortality and expanded healthspan.https://www.jacc.org/doi/epdf/10.1016...https://www.thehealthedgepodcast.com

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