Florida State researchers assigned 160 women aged 45 to 65 to eat 75 g of dried apples or dried prunes daily for a year. By six months the apple group's LDL cholesterol had fallen 23 percent, HDL rose about 4 percent, and lipid hydroperoxide and C-reactive protein dropped.
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Healthy Recipes: Pork Chops with Braised Red Cabbage, Apple and Cranberries
Dana Jacobi's AICR column makes the case for cheap seasonal red cabbage and apples, braised with dried cranberries, cinnamon and clove and served as a bed under pork chops, then paired days later with wild rice and black beans.
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Apple juice may help Alzheimer's patients
In an open-label trial, 21 people with moderate to severe Alzheimer's drank two 4-oz glasses of apple juice a day for a month. Cognitive and daily-living scores did not change, but caregivers reported improvement in behavioural and psychotic symptoms, chiefly anxiety, agitation and delusion.
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