Add 5-13 Years With These Habits
05Jun
| Researchers analyzed data from the CDC and two long-term population studies — the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study — and found that people who practiced five specific lifestyle habits dramatically reduced their risks of heart disease and cancer, compared with those who did none of these things.Those lifestyle habits are: • Eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and unsaturated fatty acids, and low in red and processed meats, sugary drinks, trans fats, and sodium • Not smoking • 3.5 hours of physical activity each week • Drinking only moderate amounts of alcohol ? .For more information on self-care practices, check out Self-Care , a Special Health Report from Harvard Medical School. |
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