6/03/2011

8 'Boring' Fruits With Amazing Health Benefits


The Healthiest Power Fruits Next Door

Forget exotic, pricey produce: These supermarket staples can help lower your cancer risk, drive down your cholesterol, blast body fat, and more.

By: Rachel Meltzer Warren, MS, RDPrint E-mail Page 1 of 10Next » Exotic superfruits like guava, mangosteen, acai, and goji may tout sky-high levels of antioxidants and vitamins, but reams of recent research have shown that the ordinary apples, grapes, and other fruits that make our shopping lists week after week boast some pretty impressive health benefits of their own. While there’s nothing wrong with splurging on imported power fruits, some of the best finds in the produce department are the ones you’ve probably been eating all along. Read on to see just how good those shopping-cart staples are for your health.



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