Get enough sleep!
Posted by Charles Waisbren on January 19, 2019 at 1:22 PM
After controlling for smoking, diabetes, fasting glucose and cholesterol, researchers found that compared with people who slept seven to eight hours a night, those who slept less than six hours were 27 percent more likely to be in the highest one-third for the amount of plaque in their arteries. Hence, get to bed early! (I tell my wife this all the time....)

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