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Exercise and Vitamins: Better Together Moderate exercise combined
with vitamins C and E and the dietary supplement L-arginine can protect
you against heart disease, say researchers. Combined, they are especially
effective in boosting the body’s production of nitric oxide, which
keeps atherosclerosis at bay.

Noisy Snack Attack Women—but not men—exposed to
frustrating noise stress eat more cheese, chocolate, potato chips and
popcorn after the din subsides, researchers find. Both men and women tend
to eat more during stressful periods, but this is the first study to show
a difference in the sexes’ reactions in the aftermath of a
nerve-racking experience.

26 Percentage by which taking an aspirin a day reduces the risk of
breast cancer in women. This is an added benefit for many women, who are
already taking aspirin to reduce the risk of heart disease.

Why Women Know More about Love Both maternal love and romantic love
activate many of the same specific regions of the brain. What’s
more, both types of love lead to a suppression of brain activity
associated with critical assessment of other people and negative
emotions.