Posts tagged Healthspan
Healthspan Versus Lifespan

This post will cover a new phenomenon that describes the disparity between healthy years of living and death. We are all familiar with lifespan, but the number of years we live as healthy individuals is called our healthspan. Since modern medicine and sanitary conditions have increased our lifespans almost 3 times, the disparity between healthspan and lifespan is increasing. Read on for more information.

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Diet, Functional Medicine, General Health, MovementScott Solomons, DDSHealthspan, Lifespan, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Lifestyle, Compression of MortalityComment
How Poor Dietary Advice Failed My Father

My father is almost 94. When he was in his early 50s, he had a massive heart attack and has had heart problems since that time, including heart failure. Sadly, he followed all of the advice to avoid heart attacks but still had a few. I will explain some of the reasons in this post.

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Diet, Functional Medicine, General HealthScott Solomons, DDSHeart Failure, heart disease, Heart Attack, Vegetable Oil, Margarine, Red Meat, Eggs, Linoleic Acid, Ancel Keys, Diet-Heart Hypothesis, Seven Countries Study, Minnesota Coronary Experiment, Whole Wheat, Whole Grains, Grains, Cholesterol, triglycerides, Triglyceride:HDL Ratio, Lifespan, HealthspanComment