Apple a Day Keeps the Cardiologist Away

摘要

Eating an apple a day might in fact help keep the cardiologist away, relates research published in the Journal of Functional Foods. In a study of healthy, middle-aged adults, consumption of one apple a day for four weeks lowered by 40% blood levels of a substance linked to hardening of the arteries. Taking capsules containing polyphenols, a type of antioxidant found in apples, had a similar, but not as large, effect.