Four Tips That Cut Disease Risk

A fifteen year study of over twenty-five thousand people age 35-65 was recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The study showed that if you regularly do one or two of the following things, the risk of contracting a chronic disease will decrease drastically.

• Quit smoking cigarettes or better yet, never start.
• Exercise at least three and a half hours every week.
• Keep your BMI (body mass index) below thirty.
• Fill your diet with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fish.

Most of the population does one of these things, however the 9% that practices all four has a combined decrease of chronic disease risk by 78-80% and an individual decrease of risk for the following diseases.

• Diabetes-93%
• Heart Disease-81%
• Stroke-50%
• Cancer-36%

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