These seven nutrient-packed fruits and vegetables are ready to fall into your plans for optimal health and well-being. Keep this list of the freshest produce available this season handy and make sure to take advantage of their unique benefits. Apples and Their Anticancer Potential It’s easy to take apples for granted for their availability all year round—this is their real season—but their healing properties stand out. In a study using aged mice, apples were found to prevent oxidative damage and impaired maze performance, as well as reduced cognitive performance. Consuming apples has also been linked by a few studies to cancer risk reduction, including the risk of colorectal cancer. In one study published in Reviews on Environmental Health, that type of cancer was inversely correlated with the daily number of apple servings, with the most significant reductions observed for an intake of one or more servings of the fruit daily. In liver …
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