It's hard to overestimate the importance of protecting your heart. After all, it works 24/7. If you're an average, healthy person, you can expect your heart to circulate around five to six liters of blood each minute. And if you're exercising, that figure can jump nearly eightfold (per the Cleveland Clinic .)

Since it's generally a sturdy, resilient muscle, the heart can keep pumping for about 80 years — give or take a few years based on multiple variables, including your nutritional choices. For this reason, you may want to consider adding more cardioprotective nutrients into your diet. Three top choices are magnesium, potassium, and fiber, which are all conveniently available in dried figs, a Mediterranean fruit that's compact, sweet, and nutritionally dense.

For every cup of dried f

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