The think about preventive measures of any type is that you will never know what you might have prevented ..... Is it possible he could have died 10 years earlier if he hadn't been doing this lifestyle.
It is also possible that he concentrated heavily on a few things ... and didn't do well on some others ... like maybe Vitamin D?
Certain vitamin deficiencies are commonly found in people who think they have the best diets .... B12 is a big one for vegetarians.
Variety truly is the spice of life.
One thing I can tell you, is that when I used to always live a stressed out life, I had trouble sleeping well, but when I stay in a place of peace and well-being, well enough to be able to let anything and everything else fully go at bedtime, I can just climb into bed, stop my thoughts, and transition into a peaceful restful sleep, where I wake up feeling a lot better, not fighting the challenges of the day ahead, I feel more energy, recover from morning groggy faster. Quality sleep is important.
Whatever it is I could or couldn't be doing, I can say that I was happy when I got Covid over Thanksgiving, it passed by in a few days, wasn't even as bad as the Whooping cough I had years ago when I had been overweight (228 lbs) and out of shape. I lived to tell the tale, Covid was really a pleasure compared to some of the sicknesses I have had in the past.
I became more aware of my Vitamin D levels in life, back in 2007 when I had to get a fusion surgery done on my left ankle, and so they did it, and 4 months later found out it didn't fuse (bone didn't grow together). I started researching, and came to a hunch that maybe I had a nutritional deficiency, and specifically thought of Vitamin D, because the orthopedic surgeon mentioned to me around that time that you need sufficient Vitamin D levels in your body to 'push' Calcium into the bones, and to grow the fusion together.
So I went to my normal doctor and asked for a Vitamin D test, they took blood sent to the lab, come to find out my Vitamin D was at 29 nmol/L! They told me it should be at least 40-50 nmol/L... So I went onto intensive Vitamin D binge. Tanning beds, laying in Sun, Vitamin D supplement, etc... In 2 months I had it up to 52 nmol/L.
After that, I went and got a second fusion surgery done on the same ankle since fusion didn't 'take' the first time, and the second time it fused properly and grew together great.
That whole thing took around a year, for two surgeries (with recovery time between), and finally got it right and could walk again more normal (no crutches anymore). Vitamin D is super important for lots of things, also organ health, amongst others.
If in doubt what yours might be, a simple blood test can be ordered from your doctor and sent to a lab for analysis.
