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10 Apr 2008
People who eat apples or drink apple juice every day could have a reduced risk of developing health problems linked to diabetes, a study suggests.
Researchers looking at the association between apple consumption, general diet and metabolic risk factors, found that people who consumed apples, apple sauces or apple juice were 27 per cent less likely to be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, a cluster of health problems connected to the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The US study reviewed data looking at the diets of adults between 1999 and 2004, looking specifically at the number of apples and apple products eaten.
Adults who ate apples and apple products were found to have smaller waistlines, indicating lower body fat and lower blood pressure.
Apple eaters also had much healthier diets than their non-apple eating counterparts on the whole, demonstrating a greater consumption of fruit and nutrients including fibre, vitamin A and C, calcium and potassium.
Also known as Syndrome X or insulin resistance syndrome, metabolic syndrome is a term applied to someone who shows a combination of a number of symptoms including high blood pressure, increased waist size and abdominal fat.
According to the British Nutrition Foundation, metabolic syndrome may affect up to one in five people in some parts of Europe.
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