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Apples Confirmed to Help Prolong Life
Posted On: Friday 4th March 2011
Summary: A recent study has shown apples can help prolong life
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Apples Confirmed as Helping to Prolong Life
Fruit flies, which share many genes with humans despite their tiny size, were either fed normally or had an apple extract added.
Those fed normally lived an average of 50 days, whereas those whose food was supplemented with apple lived an extra 5 days, thats an additional10%. An extra 10% for a human could mean perhaps an extra 8 years.
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Not only did the flies given the apple extract live ten per cent longer, they also found it easier to walk, climb and move about as they aged.
The apple extract also cut levels of various biochemicals found in older fruit flies and linked to age-related deterioration.
The researchers, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, believe that the antioxidants in the extract mopped up free radicals – dangerous chemicals blamed for a host of ills, including ageing.
A spokesman for the American Chemical Society said: ‘The results, obtained with fruit flies – stand-ins for humans in hundreds of research projects each year – bolster similar findings on apple antioxidants in other animal tests.’
In another study, researchers who quizzed thousands of women about their diets found that those who regularly ate apples were 20 per cent less likely to suffer heart attacks and strokes.
Extract from: www.dailymail.co.uk
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