4 tips to help you go green

Ever consider that a healthy environment can create a healthier you? It's true: Going green can pay some serious health dividends. Michael Roizen, MD, discusses four tips to improve the environment and your health.

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[MUSIC PLAYING] Help the Earth and boost your own health in the process

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with these four tips.

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Pass on paper receipts. Decline the receipts at self-serve gas stations and ATM machines.

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You don't need all that clutter in your wallet. You'll also cut exposure to Bisphenol A, BPA.

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It's a hormone-disrupting chemical linked to heart disease, diabetes, and birth defects that those receipts have.

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Skip red meat. Two pounds of beef create more greenhouse gas emissions than driving your car does for three hours.

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Eating less red meat also makes your heart younger and makes diabetes and colon cancer less likely.

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And get out more. This makes your blood pressure lower and improves your mood.

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Or you can start an organic garden. This keeps groundwater cleaner.