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“Solved problem” is too strong of language, but the cardiologists I follow are generally open about the idea that we have enough tools and knowledges to reasona
by Aurornis 10mo ago
“Solved problem” is too strong of language, but the cardiologists I follow are generally open about the idea that we have enough tools and knowledges to reasonably prevent and manage it the average person.
Even without medications, we’ve had enough knowledge about diet and lifestyle factors that the average person (excluding generic abnormalities that lead to abnormally high risk) could reasonably avoid heart disease through lifestyle and diet alone. That’s easier said than done for a lot of people in the modern world, so it’s good that we have a few different medications on top of that knowledge.
- dubeye 10mo agothe cardiologist I pay, visit and follow, would likely advise perfect diet and excercise will only reduce risk not eliminate it. So it comes down to definition of 'resaonably'. diet and excercise will 'reasonably' reduce risk of most disease.
- Aurornis 10mo ago> will only reduce risk not eliminate it. Same with medications? It’s well known that medications don’t eliminate risk. For the average person without genetic outlier risk, perfect diet and exercise would definitely make heart disease a non-issue in their lifetime. The risk your cardiologist is talking about is probably the risk that you have one of those genetic outlier conditions that require medication regardless of diet.