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" Enjoying a varied diet and nutrition, rather than simply sticking to one type of food, could be the key to long life, scientists in Sweden believe. While in the past a number of studies have promoted the health benefits of individual diets, including regimes rich in anti-oxidants or low in fat, the team from the Antidiabetic Food Centre at Lund University have reported that mixing things up can help reduce both cholesterol and blood pressure levels. Specifically, the team&amp;#039;s research found that a diet that contained foods providing anti-oxidants, wholegrains and vital fatty acids helped reduce these risks by ten per cent. Announcing the findings, the head of the research centre, Professor Inger Bjorck said that this is further evidence to support the idea of &amp;#039;combined effects&amp;#039; in health. &amp;#039;Drugs or specific products with health claims affect only one or maybe a couple of risk factors,&amp;#039; she said. By reducing cholesterol and blood pressure levels, a varied diet could therefore cut the risk of a number of serious conditions, including heart disease and Alzheimer&amp;#039;s. This comes soon after a team from Florida State University reported that their research has led them to conclude that eating watermelons can help lower blood pressure levels. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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