An apple a day keeps the doctor away – or at least that's what we thought.
It turns out that an apple every other day may be enough to maintain health and even help extend life.
Scientists have discovered that consuming four apples a week can reduce the likelihood of death from heart disease by almost 40 percent.
Bananas are also extremely beneficial – reducing the risk of premature death by almost 30 percent. If you consume both fruits three to four times a week, the risk of an early death is almost halved.
According to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, researchers from Yangtze Hospital in Jinzhou, China, followed 2,184 middle-aged men and women who had high cholesterol.
Over a ten-year period, those who consumed three to four apples a week were 39 percent less likely to die from any cause compared to those who rarely consumed them.
Regular consumption of bananas had a similar impact. /Express newspaper/
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