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Increase Your Heart Health and Longevity by Adding These 5 Things Into Your Diet

Plant food is almost always the best way to increase your health and longevity

Ange Dim
ILLUMINATION
3 min readJun 9, 2022

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Plant-based foods contain many antioxidants and carotenoids, which act as a potent anti-inflammatory agents in our bodies.

We need as much of this as possible to attain the best health and combat disease.

That’s why it’s essential to increase your colorful vegetable and fruit range, as that will provide you with the best nutrients and give your gut bacteria more of the good guys it needs to stay healthy.

Lycopene is another powerful antioxidant that helps improve your blood pressure and cardiovascular health and reduces cholesterol. Plus, it helps fight off many types of cancers.

Since heart disease and cancer is the leading cause of death in the US, it’s within your best interest to start adding lycopene-rich foods into your diet for added protection.

The great news regarding these foods is that they are likely available all season long, so you can be sure to get the full benefits throughout the year. But, if they aren’t — why not go for the frozen alternative?

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Ange Dim
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Written by Ange Dim

Multi-passionate creative who's immersed in health, wellness, exercise and loves creating healthy recipes. Low carb Recipes: https://bit.ly/4cHgO8r

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