Putting activity in your day

Published: November, 2006

Daily activities like gardening or taking the stairs are good for your heart, lengthen life, and keep you mobile.

Few of us take advantage of the closest thing we have to a magic bullet "" exercise "" for preventing or controlling heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and a host of other physical woes.

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