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Good Question – If you want to avoid dying early, what’s the #1 thing you should do?

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What kills people in the United States? The biggest preventable cause by far is Heart Attacks.

What are the symptoms of a heart attack, and how might you prevent yourself from having one? Here’s the answer:

Interesting fact from the video: “Heart attacks kill almost 700,000 men and women each year in the United States…”

To prevent a heart attack, diet and exercise are the best tools available. The “Standard American Diet” is a killer. The video recommends either of two dietary extremes as an alternative: 1) a low-fat vegetarian diet, or 2) the low-carb diet (aka Atkins). And the Mediterranean diet, which is higher in fat and lower in carbs than the “Standard American Diet”, also works.

See also: How heart defibrillators work

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