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New research says eating an apple every day can [protect / protection] your body from a heart attack. The research is from Oxford University in England. The researchers said if people in England over 50 years old ate a [day / daily] apple, 8,500 fewer people would die each year [for / from] heart attacks and strokes. They added that if [all / every] adults ate more fruit and vegetables every day, there would be 11,000 [few / fewer] deaths in England. Lead researcher Dr Adam Briggs explained how [health / healthier] eating can have big [effects / affects] on our health. He said: "It just shows how effective small changes in diet can [do / be] , and that both drugs and healthier [living / livelihood] can make a [real / really] difference in preventing heart disease and stroke."

The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor [out / away] " entered the English language over 100 years ago. People in the 19th century [know / knew] about the benefits [of / for] apples. Scientists in the 21st century are still telling [them / us] . Apples contain chemicals that lower cholesterol in our bodies. Too much cholesterol increases the risk of having a heart attack. Wikipedia.com says there are more than 7,500 different [kind / kinds] of apples. In 2010, we ate 69 million tons of [a / the] fruit. China grows nearly [half / halve] of the world's apples. The USA is the second-leading producer, with [around / round] six per cent of world production. People do many things with apples, from eating [them / it] raw, baking them, stewing them, and making sauces and [cakes / caked] with them.