Stuck in traffic? Keep your cool. Running your car’s air conditioner can help your heart, suggests a new study from Taiwan.
When people kept the air on during their 2-hour commute, their heart-rate variability, a measure of cardiovascular health, was as much as 32 percent better than that of people who rolled their windows down instead.
Study author Kai-Jen Chuang, Ph.D., says AC filters out exhaust particles, pollutants that can cause a cascade of internal inflammation. Over time, this inflammation can disrupt your heart’s electrical signals.
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