Your health is written in your hands

Are your blood vessels toughening up?

Press your hands together, as if you're praying. Then, keeping your fingers pressed against each other, move the palms away from each other so you flex your hands back from the knuckles. ‘Ideally, you should be very flexible and your hands should form a 90-degree angle. Much less than this suggests your blood vessels are hardening, probably due to overconsumption of salt and saturated fats,' says Simon. ‘Avoid fried foods, red meat, dairy and salt for a month, then try the exercise again.