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Make like a rabbit: Eating veggies such as carrots and kailan is associated with a lower risk of dying from heart disease, a study in the Journal of Nutrition reports. Researchers followed 559 men for 15 years and found that those ate more alpha-and beta-carotenes-the compounds in fruits and vegetables that help bring out their orange, red, or yellow color-had about a 20 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease than those who ate less of the compounds. Similar results have been seen in women, says lead author Brian Bujisee, M.Sc., of the German Institute for Human Nutrition. So fork up daily servings of carrots (if served cooked, they're the carotene kings), sweet potatoes, cantaloupe, romaine lettuce, and spinach.