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Forget wrinkles. To gauge how old your body really is, check your blood pressure.
“It’s the number one cause of aging,” says Dr. Oz.
When high blood pressure blows a hole in one of your arteries, your body has to patch it up, either with healthy HDL cholesterol or lousy LDL cholesterol, he says.
If you eat a healthy diet full of lean meat, produce and good fats found in flaxseed oil and nuts, then you’re more likely to have a high amount of HDL, which makes a great patch on your artery wall. link...
