She talks to Olympians and to open-water champions like Lynne Cox to find out why they live to swim, why swimming is man's most sensuous sport (because skin is his largest sensory organ) and why it keeps your arteries elastic, your joints supple, is good for your heart as well as your brain, and offers more than a cursory help in the fight against ageing.
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We create these problems in the full knowledge that smoking is a killer, that drink destroys your liver, that obesity never going to be good for your heart.
In this regard, everything that is good for your heart is also probably protective against developing bipolar disorder.
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She and Rich used to drink red wine every day in reasonable quantities because it was supposed to be good for your heart.
Preliminary research shows that chocolate could be good for your heart.
They're not sure why, however, the scientists say perhaps it's because shrimp is low in fat and contains fish oils that are good for your heart.
Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found.
Keep your ticker ticking It's easy to knock back several glasses of wine when you're sitting around the holiday table for long stretches of time, especially if you tell yourself that wine is good for your heart.
"The reality is a vacation should really be about you and what your body needs, what your mind needs, what your soul needs and what your heart needs, and that drives good vacation decisions, " she said.
By opening your heart to others, good things will come to you, too.
"Given his advanced age and deteriorating health, justice may be better served by turning a compassionate eye towards this good son, father and patriot and finding it in your heart not to add 'prisoner' to Anthony Marshall's otherwise unblemished resume, " Roker wrote in his letter to the court.
And if you have a kind heart, you can always give your old eurozone money to good causes.
He posits that the heart of good strategy is finding unique ways to serve your customers, everywhere along the value chain.
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But you make a very good point, which is that the place you put your money makes a pretty clear indication of where your heart is.
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