I have recently conducted something that I had programmed for a while – a pre 30’s MOT (Health Screening clinically speaking) – which consisted in 3 hours of various tests, including blood analysis, ultrasound scans, ECG, vision, body fat…

Happy to find I was free of any traces of cancer (you do always wonder under the pressure of the clinical environment if you are going to get the worse news) I was distressed to find out that my levels of sugar and bad cholesterol were higher than normal.

The levels of bad cholesterol were almost double the limit of what is considered normal, and the level of fasting glucose was borderline normal.  Technically I was on my way to pre-diabetes and to develop hard disease.

Obviously these conditions do take years to develop or lead into serious forms of disease, and the good news are that, at my stage and in general it is all reversible and I was recommended for now lifestyle and diet changes, together with also being made aware of the consequences of non-action. Any plaques of fat disappear throughout the months and years from your veins and arteries, given that you conduct the correct diet and lifestyle.

I have got a list from the doctor of food I must not eat, I’ve exercised more, increased omega 3 intake and I feel much better after 14 days and have lost 3kg.

How could this have happened to me?  Although I was aware I increased weight (more 8 kg than 1 year ago) around March last year, I run a marathon and completed various half marathons at around 1h.50m and I did feel relatively fit for my age.

Reality is, in modern society, we should overall be more fit that we all currently think we are, I have been having a poor diet for over 9 months, it has been a cold winter and I have exercised very little and working from home I am constantly nibbling – it a nutshell of conditioning factors.

Researching on the subject, I was impressed to find that 57 million of American were pre-diabetic, (and my levels of fasting glucose are not even within those levels) and that cardiovascular disease has become the number one killer in USA and in many European states.

Basically, the majority of us are leaning towards being part of those stats, and others since they lead to other complications.

Many of us are already suffering some mild symptoms, and remaining un-diagnosed (get checked from time to time) until things go wrong and older you are worse it gets to regain health.

Obesity is something that is becoming normal amongst modern 1st world society, and we seem to be slowly forgetting that it actually indicates that we are at risk of various conditions and is a sign of potential decreased longevity.

Further researching on disease and longevity, it seems that most of human problems are self-inflicted by:

1) Diet

2) Life-style.

Now that I sort of raised a wake-up call, and do take it seriously otherwise, trust me, you won’t be happy when you get those results or even worse,  I will share information on some interesting discussions on the subject and in the common facts and habits of people that live until 100 and beyond. 

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