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review of more than 160 studies has established compelling evi- dence that happy people tend to live longer and experience better health than their unhappy peers. One study that followed nearly 5,000 university students for more than 40 years found those that were the most pessimistic as students tended to die first. An even longer-term study that tracked 180 Catholic nuns from early adult- hood to old age revealed that those that wrote positive autobiographies in their early 20s tended to outlive the nuns that wrote more negative ac- counts of their young lives.
A SECRET TO LONGEVITY
Source: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.
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ew research from King’s College London and the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, England, reveals yet another healing benefit of garlic. The scientists discovered that women that consume a diet high in garlic and other allium vegetables, such as onions and leeks, experience less hip osteoarthritis.
GARLIC IS KIND TO CARTILAGE
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