What We’ve Thought About an Apple a Day is Wrong
It’s not “An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away” anymore because it’s “An Apple A Day Keeps The Pharmacist Away” now.
A research published by Jama Internal Medicine had revealed that eating an apple a day won’t keep a patient avoid doctors or hospitals, especially diseases that needs thorough screenings.
Authors of the research analysed data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey to see if apple eaters see doctors less than non-apple eaters. The survey was done from 2007 to 2010.
Based on the study, people who eat apples on a regular basis had higher educational attainment, less likely to smoke and were from a racial or ethnic minority.
But taking into considerations the socio-demographic and health-related characteristics of those who participated in the survey, no statistical difference were noted.
The only thing that’s remarkable is that people who eat apples were successful in avoiding prescription medications. So the doctors who made the research had concluded that ‘an apple a day can keep the pharmacist away’.
Apples tend to help lessen the risk of postmenopausal women dying from coronary heart and cardiovascular diseases.
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Published at: 04/24/2015
