These Lifestyle Changes Help Lower Your Risk of Chronic Disease For Decades
A 21-year study published in JAMA indicates that intensive lifestyle changes reduce the risk of developing multiple chronic conditions by 21% for adults with prediabetes. This regimen of diet and exercise outperformed the medication metformin in reducing long-term disease accumulation. Benefits include a lower likelihood of developing combinations of conditions such as dementia and heart failure.
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New data from a long-term NIH-supported study shows lifestyle changes offer superior chronic disease protection compared to metformin.
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Lifestyle Interventions Lower Long-Term Chronic Disease Risk in Prediabetes
confidence 100%A 21-year study published in JAMA indicates that intensive lifestyle changes reduce the risk of developing multiple chronic conditions by 21% for adults with prediabetes. This regimen of diet and exercise outperformed the medication metformin in reducing long-term disease accumulation. Benefits include a lower likelihood of developing combinations of conditions such as dementia and heart failure.
What's confirmed:
- Adults with prediabetes who followed an intensive lifestyle intervention reduced their risk of developing multiple chronic conditions by 21% compared to those receiving a placebo.
- The lifestyle intervention included a reduced-calorie, low-fat diet and at least 150 minutes of exercise.
- The lifestyle group aimed to lose at least 7 percent of their body weight.
- The intensive lifestyle regimen outperformed the diabetes medication metformin in reducing the long-term accumulation of multiple chronic diseases.
- Researchers analyzed health records of 1,173 people originally enrolled in the Diabetes Prevention Program.
Still unconfirmed:
- Reversing prediabetes cuts the risk of deadly heart problems by 58%.
- Childhood trauma may permanently alter mitochondria energy production and accelerate cellular aging.
- A common vaccine is linked to 24% lower dementia risk.