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Most read of 2023: how to live a long, healthy life, the power of fasting: your 7 top health and wellness stories

  • A number of health stories struck a chord with readers in 2023, from the 10 diet secrets of people living the longest to how TCM can help with iron deficiency
  • We also looked at what experts say about how to maintain a healthy heart and keep cholesterol low, and examined how Chris Hemsworth fasted for a Disney+ series

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Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley, died in January 2023, which prompted us to ask experts how to maintain a healthy heart and keep cholesterol low. We take a look back at this and other top health and wellness stories of 2023. Photo: AFP
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The death in January of Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, aged just 54 – she suffered a heart attack – prompted Anthea Rowan to turn a spotlight on how to maintain a healthy heart and keep cholesterol low.

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We also looked at nine ways cardamom, the “queen of spices”, can boost your health, from better sex to fresher breath to weight loss.

We look back at those and other health and wellness stories that struck a chord with Post readers in 2023.

1. Secrets to a long and healthy life

Stuffed squash halves with blueberry wojapi from “The Blue Zones American Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100” cookbook by Dan Buettner.
Stuffed squash halves with blueberry wojapi from “The Blue Zones American Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100” cookbook by Dan Buettner.

We looked at 10 diet secrets of people living longest and healthiest – more beans, nuts and sourdough bread, less meat, dairy, eggs and sugar.

People in the world’s five “Blue Zones” live the longest, healthiest lives – frequently to or beyond 100 years, without chronic illnesses.
Read more here.

2. How to safeguard heart health

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