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Get your sleep -

Researchers at the University of California at San Diego have discovered that the more often you wake up in the middle of the night, the greater your risk of stroke and heart attack later in life.
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Coffee against heart disease -

Drinking four or more cups of full-caffeine coffee a day reduces your risk of dying of heart disease by 53%. That’s what researchers at Brooklyn College discovered when they analyzed a study tracking the caffeine intake of 6500 people for 2 years. However, the finding prompted an important question: Was the effect due to the […]

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Garlic good for the heart -

Eating a clove of garlic daily may help prevent heart attack according to Argentinian researchers. Credit alliinase, an enzyme found in garlic that helps improve bloodflow to the heart. The scientists also found that you can unleash higher amounts of the chemical by letting freshly chopped garlic stand for 10 minutes prior to cooking your […]

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Drink green tea -

Here are three good reasons for drinking green tea:

Green tea lowers your cholesterol (Vanderbilt University Medical Centre)
Green tea cuts risk of cardiovascular disease by 26% (Tohoku University, Japan)
Green tea can help you to lose weight (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

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Getting up early is not healthy -

Waking up early in the morning increases the risk of heart disease. This is the conclusion of a research done by several Japanese universities. For generations it was said that it was good for a person to get up early, but this study on 3000 Japanese test subjects showed that getting up early increases the […]

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Take a siesta -

Having a regular siesta is good for the heart. This is the result of a investigation done with 24.000 adult Greeks. People who took a nap in the afternoon of at least half an hour, had 37% less risk of dying of heart disease than people who didn’t take a nap. The French ministry of […]

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Eat vitamin E-rich fruit -

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland, United States, have found that ex-smokers can increase their life expectancy with vitamin E-rich fruit.
In an analysis of survival rates, those with diets high in vitamin E-rich fruit had a 19% lower risk of heart disease and where 21% less likely to be effected by cancer. “Vitamin […]

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