Eating an apple or two each day may reduce heart disease risk factors, a new study shows.
The study, which is the latest to polish the apple's heart-healthy reputation, found that eating apples daily appeared to lower levels of cholesterol and two other markers associated with plaques and inflammation in artery walls.
"We were pleasantly surprised ..." that apples so effectively lowered LDL (bad) cholesterol, says study researcher Bahram H. Arjmandi, PhD, RD, Margaret A. Sitton Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences at The Florida State University in Tallahassee.
The study was presented at Experimental Biology 2011, in Washington, D.C.
Experts said the study's results were consistent with previous evidence that apples do indeed live up to the famous adage about keeping the doctor away.
"When we look at the whole composite of human studies and animal studies and in vitro lab studies, when you look at the active components in apples and apple juice, there's definitely benefit," says Dianne A. Hyson, PhD, RD, a nutritionist and researcher at the University of California at Davis.
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