Curiously, the original rhyme about an apple a day omitted the part about LDL cholesterol, but it did get the general drift right. Now HealthDay gives us a more comprehensive report, concluding that women who ate dried apples every day for a year lowered their total cholesterol by 14 percent and their levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol by 23 percent. The health site reports that researchers randomly assigned 160 women between the ages of 45 and 65 to one of two dietary intervention groups. One group was given 75 grams of dried apples every day for a year, while the other group was given dried prunes daily for a year. The researchers found that in addition to lowering total cholesterol by 14 percent and dropping LDL cholesterol by 23 percent, the daily apple consumption also significantly lowered levels of C-reactive protein and lipid hydroperoxide, two substances that may indicate an increased risk of heart disease.
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