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Startling Facts About Your HEALTH – Regarding Longevity
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- The Missing Secret Podcast
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- Jan 22, 2026
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- 1685
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Summary
In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John shared some startling facts about health and longevity. John says most people are fundamentally UNENLIGHTENED about their health. And admits that he was to, until about two years ago. Even though he was working out six times a week and eating well. But he was still unenlightened about medicine 3.0. Prevention and longevity. In this episode John talks about some key things that people typically don’t know. As an example, with cancer there has been no decrease in cancer in the last 20 years. And once a cancer gets out of the organ it starts in, your life expectancy is two and half years. That’s why early detection is so important. Additionally, being overweight and having high A1c substantially increases your likelihood of getting cancer. Then John talks about Alzheimer’s. If you have the Alzheimer’s gene, and 15% of people do, you have a substantially higher risk of getting Alzheimer’s. And if you have high A1c and are substantially overweight, you are at the same level of risk of getting Alzheimer’s that people that have the gene are. Then John goes on to talk about longevity. The number one factor in longevity is your cardio fitness as measured by your VO2 max. Number two factor in longevity is strength. In talking about medicine 3.0, it’s all about prevention. The foundation is getting your blood tested each quarter, then it’s reviewed by Dr., who then prescribes peptides and supplements to rectify the things you are deficient in. And the final thing that John points out is that according to Dr. Peter Attia, who just appeared on 60 minutes as the preeminent authority on health optimization in longevity, he says that when you turn 75, from a health standpoint, you literally fall off a cliff. You will see a 50% decli…