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Researchers have [discovered / discovery] the people with the healthiest hearts in the world. The Tsimane people live in the Amazon [regional / region] of Bolivia and have almost no [risky / risk] of serious heart disease because of their plant-based [diet / dietary] and high levels of physical activity. [Besides / Insides] having a healthy heart, the Tsimane also have low blood pressure, low cholesterol levels and low [blood / bloody] glucose. This all [subtracts / adds] up to a very strong cardiovascular system. And this means they [evade / avoid] many of the diseases and conditions that kill hundreds of millions around the world, such as heart attack, [strike / stroke] , diabetes and kidney failure. A study estimates that an 80-year-old from the Tsimane tribe has the same cardiovascular age [has / as] an American in their mid-50s.

The study on the Tsimane is published in the [medically / medical] journal 'The Lancet'. Study co-author Dr Gregory S. Thomas stated: "This study [suggests / suggestive] that coronary disease could [be / have] avoided if people adopted some [elementary / elements ] of the Tsimane lifestyle, such [as / was] keeping their cholesterol, blood pressure and blood [sugar / sugary] very low, not smoking and being physically [activate / active] ." He added: "Most of the Tsimane are able to live their [entire / entirely] life without developing any coronary disease. This has never been seen in any [before / prior] research. While difficult to achieve in the industrialized world, we can adopt some aspects of their lifestyle to potentially forestall a condition we thought would eventually effect almost [all / every] of us."

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