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...Barber: Out of the frying pan, into the fire. Yes, some people say drinking more than five cups of regular coffee can raise your risk of dying from heart disease, but decaf may raise your blood levels of LDL cholesterol, which is bad for the arteries...
...Barber: Gave them up? Don't you know that people in the south of France eat twice as much pâté as anyone else in the country but have the lowest rates of fatal heart disease? The French in general have less heart disease than Americans, thought they eat lots of fat and cholesterol. Red wine could be part of the reason...
...Barber: Sleep's not so safe either. Just last month the New England Journal of Medicine reported that when you're dreaming, the sympathetic nervous system, which helps the body react to emergencies, is twice as active as it is when you're awake. Your heart beats faster, your blood pressure goes up, and your blood can get stickier, so it can clot and cause a heart attack. On the other hand, waking up isn't so great either. Heart attacks occur more often in the morning than at any other time...
...Barber: You see that crease in your earlobes? A kind of diagonal wrinkle? A University of Chicago physician did a study showing that such a crease may be associated with - you guessed it - an increased risk of heart disease...
...Barber: What's that? You say you get moderate exercise, eat a low-fat diet and don't smoke? Well, that's another story. Those things make more of a difference to your cardiovascular health than any of the things I was talking about. And besides, most of the studies I mentioned are considered suggestive but not definitive. They could even be wrong. Forget everything I said. Let's try combing some hair over from the side to hide that bald spot...