New recommendations for preventing heart problems include mindful eating, meditation practice, and sauna use, as well as staying socially connected.

Whatever you eat, eat it with care: A 2016 study found that mindful eating, which involves paying attention to sensory cues while you eat, minimized some risk factors for type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

These tips round out staying physically active, eating a plant-based diet, not smoking, and drinking moderately, if at all.

 

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