Overturning the perspective of medicine, moving from “chronic disease” to “chronic health”: this is the concept at the center of the reflection of Luigi Fontana, program director Health for Life from the University of Sydney and among the world’s leading experts on longevity. The goal, he explained, is not simply to live longer, but to live better, adding life to the years and not just years to life. The Trentino doctor has invited to consider health as a daily investment and underlined how “we must go to the doctor to feel well, not just when you’re sick.”
The five factors to monitor
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Fontana, graduated in medicine at the University of Verona and then specialized with a PhD in Metabolism at the University of Padua, supporting the proactive medicine based on five basic factors: prevention, nutrition, movement, sleep and quality social relationships.The objective
The Silent Threat of Visceral Fat and How to Combat It
Visceral fat,the dangerous fat accumulated around the abdominal organs,is a growing health concern. Even a single extra centimeter of waist circumference represents a step towards chronic diseases such as diabetes, stroke, heart attack, and tumors. An excess of insulin after meals – the so-called post-prandial effect – accelerates the aging process and acts along the PI3K-TOR Pathway, linked to cell proliferation and cancer. Maintaining a low abdominal circumference means reducing inflammation, improving insulin resistance and hypertension, and slowing down the biological mechanisms that lead to frailty.
Physical activity? Yes, but every day
Physical exercise cannot be treated as an occasional commitment. physical activity is a daily medicine, not an occasional pastime. Just as no one takes pills only twice a week to cure themselves, the body needs to move every day. Movement reduces visceral fat,improves mood,supports memory,and stimulates the production of beneficial hormones. In children and young people, it contributes to cognitive growth and emotional balance.
The importance of the Mediterranean diet
One of the keys to chronic health is the Mediterranean diet.
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