When it comes to fruit, pick smart. Apples, but not apple juice, can help improve your cholesterol profile, suggests a new study in the European Journal of Nutrition.
After eating about two and a half large apples a day for 4 weeks, study participants experienced a 7 percent and 6 percent dip, respectively, in their LDL (bad) and total cholesterol levels. But when they switched to apple juice (2 cups a day), the same markers increased by 7 percent and 5 percent.
We know you probably won’t eat that many apples a day, but here’s why choosing the fruit over its juice helps your health in general: Processing strips away the apples’ fiber, which can bind to the cholesterol and carry it out of your body, according to the study authors.
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