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GET SMART ABOUT YOUR BODY WITH US ! 1. Eating 45g of cocoa- rich dark chocolate daily reduces fatigue in patients  suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome. 2 . People who are overweight  or obese are 50% more likely to develop  asthma than people  than people of normal weight  3 . Treatment within 24 hours of a TIA (or mini - stroke ) cuts the risk of a major stroke by 80 %.

PURGE THE POISONS ! L ike your car or household appliances ,your body works best when kept clean.. The following pollutants are particularly bad for your heart ; Tobacco . Innumerable deaths from  cardiovascular diseases are linked to smoking .Its effects include damaging the lining of your arteries,and carbon monoxide replacing oxygen in red blood  cells so your heart has to beat faster  to keep your body going .Quit ,and a year later your risk your risk of tobacco-related heart diseases will have halved.In 15 years ,it will be the same as for someone who's never smoked. Noise  A study carried out in 32 Germen  hospitals found that environmental noise increased heart-attack risk by three-quarters in women and 45 per cent in Men.Try earplugs or heavy curtains to reduce annoying  external din. Respiratory infections . Serve  problems ,such as flu ,more than double the risk of heart attack or stroke(probably by causing blood vessel inflammation) ,...

Regular exercise brings down blood pressure, makes heart pumping more efficient and reduces insulin resistance ,which can lead to heart attack  and stroke.Even little can mean a lot .Ten minutes` dancing a day, for instance ,can burn off about a quarter kilo in weight a month. The following activities can increase your daily exercise time by 40 minutes or more while barely changing your routine : 1. take at least two flights of stairs for up to three kilos of annual weight loss  2.  Fidget.It burns 350 calories a day. 3. Have meetings standing up or walk around when on the phone. 4. Keep your hands busy by,say,knitting while watching TV. 5. Stand up,stretch your arms to the ceiling and rise up and down on your toes ten times once every hour while working at your desk. H ealth experts say you should walk from 10,000-12000 steps a day (up to two hour's worth at normal speed).That sounds a lot, but even very sedentary people walk 3000 steps and other activities can count...