![]() ![]() Maybe we need to center our whole diet around plant foods. ![]() And, the “vidence does not support that an apple a day keeps the doctor away…” So, maybe it takes more than an apple a day. 8,000 individuals surveyed, and only about one out of ten reported eating an apple over the last 24 hours. So, they compared daily apple-eaters to non-apple-eaters, and asked if they had been to the doctor in the last year, been hospitalized, seen a shrink, or took a prescription medication within the last month. “Promoted by the lay media and powerful special interest groups including the US Apple Association”-so powerful that Big Apple recently spent a whopping $7,000 lobbying politicians- “the beneficial effects of apple consumption” may include a facilitation of “weight loss,” protection of the brain, “cancer suppression, a reduction in asthma symptoms, and improved cardiovascular health.” So, apple consumers ought to require less medical care, right? “Although some may jest, considering the relatively low cost of apples…, a prescription for apple consumption could potentially reduce national health care spending if the aphorism holds true.” “Objective: To examine the relationship between eating an apple a day and keeping the doctor away.” Greger may be referring, watch the above video.ĭoes an apple a day really keep the doctor away? That’s “a public health message” that’s been around since 1866, but is it true? You don’t know, until you put it to the test: “The association between apple consumption and physician visits,” published in the AMA’s internal medicine journal. ![]() To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content. ![]()
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