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Entries Tagged as 'cardiovascular health'

Chocolate fights more than free radicals

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

So I’ve been a bad blogger this week - apologies! - but to make up for it, let’s kick things off with a blog post you can really sink your teeth into (couldn’t resist…). While we all know about the amazing antioxidant effects of chocolate, something you may not know is that chocolate also contains […]

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Tags: antioxidants · cardiovascular health · chocolate · high blood pressure

Kitties help you live longer!

March 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

This just makes me purr: according to this story from the Dallas Morning News, a new study from the University of Minnesota finds that cat owners are less likely to die of cardiovascular disease than people who don’t own cats or people who own dogs — 30 to 40 percent less likely, in fact.
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Tags: cardiovascular health · heart attack · pets · stroke