Reduce Your Risk of Heart Attack: Eat Berries

Eating blueberries sand strawberries three times a week could cut your heart attack risk by up to one third.

Scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of East Anglia found that women who ate the most blueberries and strawberries reduced their risk of heart attack by 32% compared with women who ate the berries only once a month or less.

Source: Women's Running Magazine

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Lower cholesterol by 10% with flaxseed

A three month study by Iowa State University reported a 10% drop in cholesterol levels seen by high cholesterol men eating three tablespoons of flaxseed every day.

That's a great result for the small effort of buying some flaxseeds and sprinkling them on meals and snacks.

Source: www.menrunning.co.uk

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