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HEALTH TIP BROUGHT TO YOU FIT TIME FOR WOMEN

Surprising Ways To Help You Live Longer

From AOL

Floss! Flossing helps reduce plaque buildup in the teeth and gums. Plaque is a thick coating of nasty bacteria and is linked with an overactive immune system and a doubled risk of cardiovascular disease.

Avoid Antibiotics! Frequent antibiotic use, which can prematurely age the immune system, is linked to a number of illnesses and is a sign that the immune system is often in battle mode. Fighting an infection wreaks havoc on a person's health.

Play with Rover! An animal companion helps support your immune system. Pets create contact with most of the harmless germs your immune system needs to know as it develops in childhood. Without exposure to the right germs, your immune system may react to everything from pollen to grass, leading to allergies, asthma, and rashes.

Forget Three Meals -- Graze All Day Long! Despite what you might think, eating three large meals a day is no longer considered healthy. Meals are one of the biggest stresses on your immune system, and the bigger the meal, the greater the stress. Instead, feel free to graze all day -- as long as you eat small amounts each time.

Sleep! When you sleep, your immune system can finally relax, recharge, and repair. It can't do this during the day -- it's too busy defending you. But during sleep, all kinds of important repair processes take place.

Soak Up the Sun! Too much sun exposure can lead to skin cancer. But that doesn't mean you should avoid sunlight, which is the primary way we get our vitamin D. Twenty minutes of daily sun exposure on the face and arms--or any other similarly sized body part -- meets the need for your daily D requirement.

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