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Re-activateHere are other ways that exercise and watching what you eat can help your heart:
LDL "bad" cholesterol . Many people know they should avoid trans fats, saturated fat, and dietary cholesterol, but they might be less familiar with foods that can help. Each of the following can lower LDL by up to 10 percent: two to three daily servings of soy protein; two daily servings of plant stanols or sterols, found in products such as Benecol and Take Control margarine; and plenty of fiber, especially from oat bran, psyllium, and barley.Blood sugar. Diet and exercise work twice as well as drugs at preventing type 2 diabetes among people who are overweight or who have mildly elevated blood sugar levels, according to a 2009 study. And in a survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center of more than 5,000 people with the disease, respondents who had successfully managed their diabetes were twice as likely as those who were unsuccessful to have lost weight.And medication isn't the only—or always the best—solution for a number of other conditions, too, including arthritis, indigestion, and insomnia.
—Aaron Bailey
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