A large, multi-center study led by Johns Hopkins researchers has found a significant link between lifestyle factors and heart health, adding even more evidence in support of regular exercise, eating a Mediterranean-style diet, keeping a normal weight and, most importantly, not smoking.
The researchers found that adopting those four lifestyle behaviors protected against coronary heart disease as well as the early buildup of calcium deposits in heart arteries, and reduced the chance of death from all causes by 80 percent over an eight-year period.
commentary: People have always been trying to defy aging and live longer. No matter what we do – go under the knife, apply all sorts of creams, take wonder pills and so forth – we seem to simply go back to the basics: eat right and live a healthy lifestyle. There isn’t just an instant lane Read the full commentary...
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