Exercise capacity is a strong, inverse predictor of all-cause death rates. Men in the highest quartile (fourth) of exercise capacity had from 1/4 to 1/3 lower risk of dying during several years follow-up.
Exercise was more important than BMI or blood lipids.
Among men referred for exercise testing, those in the lowest quintile (fifth) of exercise capacity had 4.5 times the risk of dying during 6 years of follow-up.
I recently finished reading "The Clot Thickens", and am now rereading it a 2nd time.
It's that good.
Interesting thing about Dr. Kendrick's theory that coagulation is directly related to heart disease is that it applies to other chronic diseases also, e.g. cancer. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
So-called Blue Zones, in addition to being cherry-picked for an agenda, are concentrated in regions with no birth certificates and short lifespans.
In other words, much of what's "known" about Blue Zones could be fraud.
"Surveying the ‘blue zone’ of Ikaria, Chrysohoou et al. observed that the oldest-old have... a 10% illiteracy rate, an average 7.4 years of education, and a 99% rate of smoking in men."
IOW not believable as a have for supercentenarians.
"iron satisfies many of the conditions we might look for in a universally pro-aging substance. It accumulates with age; it is associated with many age-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease;"
"it catalyzes the formation of cellular junk molecules and helps to prevent their turnover; removal of iron from plasma may be rejuvenating; and people with lower levels of body iron – blood donors – have a lower mortality rate."