Apples & Asthma

I read this interesting study the other day on Thorax online, April 5, 2007

A European study of almost 200 pregnant women and their off spring reports that asthma is less likely to develop in children whose mothers eat apples during their pregnancy.

Four apples each week resulted in 53% fewer diagnoses of asthma, compared to those who ate one less per week.

The study looked at a wide variety of foods, with apples showing the asthma benefit.

You know the old saying, " an apple a day keeps the doctor away".

On a side note always make sure to wash your apples real well as apples are one of the highest fruits to receive pesticide spray.

Stay well!