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Harvard Heart Letter | April 2008
Heart Beat
Small price to pay for an extra 14 years
If
you had the foresight during middle age to exercise, eat plenty of
fruits and vegetables, drink alcohol in moderation, and not smoke, you
may have added up to 14 years to your life. Writing in the online
journal PLoS Medicine, British researchers showed that people
who didn’t do any of these four had the same chance of dying over a
decade-long follow-up period as those 14 years older who did all of
them. Much of the gain came from a reduction in deaths from
cardiovascular disease.
Even if middle age is behind you, doing any or all of these can help you live better and maybe longer.
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