the researchers were surprised by the power a healthy lifestyle could be, noting: 3
“It’s not surprising that healthy lifestyle choices would lead to a reduction in heart attacks… What is surprising is how dramatically the risk has dropped as a result of these factors.”
However, this is not the first time such a drastic reduction in risk has been discovered. The INTERHEART 2004 study, which examined cardiac risk factors for heart disease in more than 50 countries worldwide, revealed that 90 percent of heart disease cases are completely preventable
