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Eating an apple every day can stop a heart attack. Fewer people would have heart attacks and strokes if they ate an apple every day. There could be 11,000 fewer deaths in England. A doctor said it is important to eat healthy food. He said small changes in our diet "can make a real difference in preventing heart disease and stroke".

The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" is over 100 years ago. Scientists tell us that today. Apples lower cholesterol in our body. Cholesterol is bad for us. There are over 7,500 kinds of apples. China grows half of them. People eat apples raw. They also bake them, stew them, and make sauces and cakes with them.

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