{"id":5364,"date":"2011-09-20T05:13:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T03:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=5364"},"modified":"2015-02-14T17:34:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T22:34:49","slug":"apple-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/apple-day\/","title":{"rendered":"An Apple a Day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/files\/2011\/09\/Red-Rome-Apple-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/>Thanks to\u00a0the focus on antioxidant phytochemicals over the last few years, deeply colored veggies and (super)\u00a0fruits\u00a0have\u00a0been touted over more\u00a0prosaic\u00a0choices like apples, pears and bananas. But &#8211;\u00a0according to a recent study &#8211; \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/healthland.time.com\/2011\/09\/16\/study-an-apple-a-day-may-keep-stroke-at-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these &#8220;white fruit&#8221; mainstays\u00a0may provide significant health benefits, too.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Although recent studies have touted vibrantly colored fruits and vegetables as being the most healthful \u2014 orange sweet potatoes, green kale and bright blueberries, for instance \u2014 it was humbly pale-fleshed apples and pears that came out as big winners in the new study.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers analyzed data on more than 20,000 men and women aged 20 to 65, who were healthy and free of cardiovascular disease at the start of the 10-year study. Based on questionnaires filled out by the participants, researchers tracked their intake of fruits and vegetables by color: green (broccoli, kale, spinach and other leafy greens), orange\/yellow (citrus fruits, carrots, peaches), red\/purple (tomatoes, beets, cherries) and white (apples, including applesauce, pears, bananas, cauliflower, cucumber, chicory).<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;The investigators followed the participants for a decade, logging the number of strokes people suffered. There were 233. When the rate of stroke was compared to the participants&#8217; diet, researchers found no association with the amount of brightly colored fruits and veggies they ate, a bit of a surprise considering that the phytochemicals that lend these foods their hue have been linked with good heart health and a lower risk of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Participants who consumed 171 grams of white-fleshed produce daily, however \u2014 the equivalent of one medium to large apple \u2014 were 52% less likely to have suffered a stroke than people who ate less than 78 grams of white produce. Overall, for every 25 grams of white fruit consumed each day, participants saw a 9% reduction in stroke risk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Looks like there could be a germ of truth to the old saying, &#8220;an apple a day keeps the doctor away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stroke.ahajournals.org\/content\/early\/2011\/09\/15\/STROKEAHA.110.611152.full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for the full study.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to\u00a0the focus on antioxidant phytochemicals over the last few years, deeply colored veggies and (super)\u00a0fruits\u00a0have\u00a0been touted over more\u00a0prosaic\u00a0choices like apples, pears and bananas. But &#8211;\u00a0according to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,23,28],"tags":[720,1548],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5364"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8526,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364\/revisions\/8526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}