Is Heart Disease A Condition Of Modernity?

It's not a question of modernity; it's a question of context.

Was our cardiovascular health much better in the past?

With our modern world incentivising such unhealthy behaviours, it might appear that now more than ever, we are seeing an epidemic of heart disease.

In reality, however, heart disease has been around for thousands of years, and although it remains the leading cause of death worldwide, we are actually …