Consuming just five prunes per day is sufficient to benefit a dozen or so risk factors related to cardiovascular disease, from reducing cholesterol to boosting antioxidant activity. 

A recent study found that combining supplemental NMN and melatonin protected the hearts of aging rats in several surprising ways. 

This work shows the importance of maintaining proper levels of NAD+ to stave off the senescence of blood vessel cells, which can be modulated with the NAD+ precursor, NMN.

Waking up often in the night could be as detrimental to cardiovascular health and longevity as not getting enough hours of sleep, with the associations much stronger in women.