Stay Active, Strong, and Pain-Free As you age, staying active and resilient often means repairing the natural wear and tear on joints, tissues, and cells
Some might combine approaches with medical guidance, for example, pairing a GLP-1 drug with fibre
Drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound are synthetic versions of GLP-1s that were created decades ago to treat diabetes but more recently have proven effective in weight loss
24 JAMA Internal Medicine report says that popular GLP-1s need to be rebranded from weight loss drugs to weight management drugs since some people may need to take them indefinitely
Other risk factors include a history of smoking, prior chronic medical conditions, immune deficiency, and those older than 65
191 A post-hoc analysis further found that those in the icosapent ethyl group had a 34% reduction in first revascularization procedures, 36% reduction in total revascularizations, 32% fewer stenting procedures, and 39% fewer coronary artery bypass grafting procedures