2015
Health
Resolutions
Made
Easier
Skip extreme resolutions in favor of small, smart
health changes you can actually stick to.
By Stephanie Abramson and Lisa Whitmore
Resolutions are great, but let’s face it: The more radical they
are, the more likely you are to drop them. And then feel bad
about doing so. Instead, try adapting a few smart new habits
based on science-supported statistics. The changes you’ll
make to your routine are practically effortless (will you have
a hard time, say, incorporating chocolate into your diet?),
but they can have life-altering benefits.
Health
Resolutions
Made Easier
The stat: Eat chocolate five or more times a week and you
may be 57 percent less likely to have coronary heart disease
than people who don’t.
The details: Studying more than 4,900 people, researchers
at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, found that
those who ate chocolate—dark, milk, whatever!—five or
more times a week were less likely to have heart disease
than chocolate teetotalers. While the study didn’t examine
the physiological reasons for the results, e \