File this under the things your grandmother knew all along: an apple a day really does keep the doctor away – especially if the doctor happens to be a cardiologist. In a recent study, Ohio State University researchers found that eating just one apple a day for 4 weeks significantly lowered a particularly nasty type of “bad” LDL cholesterol that contributes to atherosclerosis.
The apple a day also led to increases in a powerful antioxidant enzyme called superoxide dismutase in the body. The researchers found that the antioxidants in apples had an even greater effect than those found in antioxidant heavyweights curcumin and green tea.
