Just 11 Minutes More Sleep, 50g Extra Vegetables & 4.5 Minutes of Exercise Daily Can Slash Heart Attack Risk by 10%, New Study Finds
A major international study has revealed that small, realistic daily habit changes can deliver powerful protection against heart attacks, heart failure, and strokes.
Researchers from Australia, Chile, and Brazil, analyzing data from over 53,000 UK Biobank participants over eight years, found that adding just 11 minutes of sleep per night, consuming an extra 50 grams of vegetables daily, and increasing moderate-to-vigorous exercise by 4.5 minutes can collectively reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events by 10%.
The findings were published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
The study, which used wearable devices for sleep and exercise tracking alongside dietary self-reports, recorded 2,034 major cardiovascular events during the follow-up period.
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