When I was a boy many years ago, along with washing behind the ears, we were regularly reminded on the old adage “An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away”.

Apart from the now ubiquitous “five a day” or in Australia “seven a day” is there anything specifically about apples?  Si  if one is eaten  per day does it  enable the consumer to indulge in a bit of physician  dodging.

To assist our readers PatientTalk.Org has conducted extensive research and has managed to ascertain the following useful information for our readers.

Perhaps most importantly according to The Stanford Cancer Center they may offer increased protection against certain kinds of cancers, in particular colon cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer.  For more information please go to   http://cancer.stanford.edu/information/nutritionAndCancer/reduceRisk/.

It has also been suggested that apples have antioxidant properties.  To find out more about antioxidants please check out our blog https://patienttalk.org/?p=252.

Finally it is worth noting that apples are high in dietary fibre and are great source of Vitamin C.

So while it seems that they won’t prevent you from every spending quality time in a Doctor’s waiting room, they are a great part of your daily fruit and vegetable intake.

Do you know anything more about the adage “An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away”?  If so we would love to hear what you know about it.  Please feel free to tell us in the comments boxes below.

Thanks in advance