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  • asdfman12332 minutes ago
    Yes. The time to fix your health is now. Any unhealthy habits put time on the biological clock, and they&#x27;ll just get harder to undo later. This is true if you&#x27;re 20, 40, or 60. Plaque even starts building up on the arteries of healthy teenagers. It all adds up.<p>But don&#x27;t read this and panic or beat yourself up, that&#x27;s a waste of energy. That&#x27;s choosing the punishment instead of the fix.<p>Instead, quietly start doing one small healthy habit. If you stop, don&#x27;t revert to self-punishment again. Just quietly get back to it. Stubbornly persist until you&#x27;ve won.
    • throwawalien5 minutes ago
      yep.<p>eat healthy food as much as possible.<p>walk. exercise. and SLEEP.
  • brandonb42 minutes ago
    Previous studies have shown that heart health at 50 predicts brain health at 75.<p>This study is interesting in that it quantifies the benefit as 12.5 extra dementia-free years. People with 0 risk factors had 30 years of dementia-free survival, vs 17.5 years for people with all 3 risk factors measured.<p>The risk factors in this specific study are blood pressure, diabetes (HbA1c), and smoking. You could reasonably also include cholesterol&#x2F;ApoB, inflammation (hs-CRP), and perhaps Lp(a) as potential risk factors.