Posted on 01/22/2023 6:22:26 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Canadian cyclist Kris Yip died on Wednesday at the age of 47. The rider from Prince George had been riding and racing most of his life.
In 2022, he qualified for represent Canada at the 2022 UCI Esports World Championships with a very strong ride at the the Pan Am Selection Race, where he finished 11th overall.
The cause of death is not known at this time.
On Sunday, the Prince George Cycling Club held a memorial to honour Yip.
(Excerpt) Read more at cyclingmagazine.ca ...
Suddenly...unexpectedly...
Safe and effective
Uh huh.
The new norm.
I’m beginning to feel a little like Keith Richards....Hey Freepers look who we outlived today!
Gas Stove? Too many video games?
If you took the shot you’re already dead, you just don’t know it.
But antiVAXXERs are still the real problem...
“I’m beginning to feel a little like Keith Richards....Hey Freepers look who we outlived today”!
I’d bet Keith Richards did not get the jab.
Onward!
from the Suddenly? or a case of the dreaded Unexpectedly...
I still got nothing.
Brings back memories of Jim Fixx. What’s noteworthy is that his 60 lb weight loss did not resolve his blocked arteries.
Fixx died on July 20, 1984, at age 52 of a heart attack, during his daily run on Vermont Route 15 in Hardwick.[1] The autopsy, conducted by Vermont’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Eleanor McQuillen, revealed that atherosclerosis had blocked one coronary artery 95%, a second 85%, and a third 70%.[4][5]
In 1986 exercise physiologist Kenneth Cooper published an inventory of the risk factors that might have contributed to Fixx’s death.[6] Granted access to his medical records and autopsy, and after interviewing his friends and family, Cooper concluded that Fixx was genetically predisposed—his father died of a heart attack at 43 after a previous one at 35,[7] and Fixx himself had a congenitally enlarged heart—and had an unhealthy life: Fixx was a heavy smoker before beginning running at age 36, had a stressful occupation, had undergone a second divorce, and gained weight up to 214 pounds (97 kg).[8] Medical opinion continues to uphold the link between moderate exercise and longevity.[9] ]
In 35% there was fibrous streaking or intimal fibrous thickening without luminal obstruction. Forty-two percent had plaques causing at least 10% luminal narrowing, and 15% had at least 50% obstruction of one or more coronary arteries.1
In the smaller Vietnam War autopsy study (1968-1978), 45% of 105 American casualties had evidence of coronary atherosclerosis.11
Five percent were judged to have severe disease.
In contrast, postmortem examination of 3832 American casualties in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (2000-2011) demonstrated evidence of coronary atherosclerosis in only 8.5%, and severe disease (>50% obstruction) in only 2.3% of these young Americans.12
As shown in Figure 2, evidence of coronary atherosclerosis decreased from 77% in 1950-1953 to 45% in 1968-1978, to <9% in 2001-2011. The numbers of autopsies in the 1950s and from 1968-1978 were relatively small, but the findings are striking and clearly indicate a decrease in the prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis from the 1950s until the early 2000s.
Of particular note is the decrease in the prevalence of atherosclerosis in these young American men from nearly 50% in 1968-1978 to <10% in 2001. As noted in Figure 1, the decrease in coronary deaths in the US population began in the mid to late 1960s.]
What do they attribute the decrease to?
American men might be smoking less than they were 60 years ago but our diets are less healthy.
Speak 4 yourself.
[What do they attribute the decrease to?
American men might be smoking less than they were 60 years ago but our diets are less healthy. ]
But young men wouldn’t be taking statins or beta blockers...
“American men might be smoking less than they were 60 years ago but our diets are less healthy.”
Do you mean ‘less healthful’? It would be pretty hard for a diet to be healthy or unhealthy unless you eat things that are still alive.
Was it the?????
Hopefully this mysterious affliction won’t forget to visit Trudeau, who forced millions of obedient Canadians to take the..... multiple times....
[But young men wouldn’t be taking statins or beta blockers...]
I expect a big part of the reduction in arterial blockage issues has to do with a general decline in smoking, combined with increasing rates of physical activity. My impression is that while the average weight as a whole has increased, so has the recognition that vigorous physical activity is a necessary part of staying healthy. Meaning fewer people are completely sedentary.
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