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An apple a day keeps the doctor away

New research says eating an apple every day can protect 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 daily apple, 8,500 fewer people would die each year from heart attacks and strokes. They added that if all adults ate more fruit and vegetables every day, there would be 11,000 fewer deaths in England. Lead researcher Dr Adam Briggs explained how healthier eating can have big effects on our health. He said: "It just shows how effective small changes in diet can be, and that both drugs and healthier living can make a real difference in preventing heart disease and stroke." 

The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" entered the English language over 100 years ago. People in the 19th century knew about the benefits of apples. Scientists in the 21st century are still telling 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 kinds of apples. In 2010, we ate 69 million tons of the fruit. China grows nearly half of the world's apples. The USA is the second-leading producer, with around six per cent of world production. People do many things with apples, from eating them raw, baking them, stewing them, and making sauces and cakes with them.

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if  a-h  below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	Researchers from a French university found new things about apples.	T / F
b.	Thousands of over-50-year-olds would not die early if they ate apples.	T / F
c.	11,000 fewer adults in England would die if they ate healthier food.	T / F
d.	A doctor said only big changes in diet can make a difference to health.	T / F
e.	The phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" is 300 years old.	T / F
f.	Apples contain chemicals that help lower cholesterol in out body.	T / F
g.	There are over 7,500 different kinds of apples in the world.	T / F
h.	China grows over half of the world's apples.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	protect	a.	food
2	daily	b.	successful
3.	effects	c.	reduce
4.	effective	d.	came into
5.	diet	e.	results
6.	phrase	f.	good points
7.	entered	g.	guard
8.	benefits	h.	uncooked
9.	lower	i.	expression
10.	raw	j.	every day

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	Where is the research from?	6.	When did people start using the phrase "an apple a day…"?
	a) The Apple University b) Yale University c) Oxford University d) Université de la Pomme		a) in the 18th century b) before 1914 c) when apples were first discovered d) April 17, 1931
2.	How many lives of over 50-year-olds could be saved?	7.	What did people in the 19th century know?
	a) 8,500 b) 5,800 c) 58,000 d) 85,000		a) how to make kinds of apples b) how to make apple pie c) why some apples were green and     some were red d) that apples were good for us
3.	How many lives of adults could be saved if they ate apples every day?	8.	What do apples reduce in our bodies?
	a) 110,000 b) 111,000 c) 11,100 d) 11,000		a) apple juice b) cholesterol c) protein d) our height
4.	Who is Dr Adam Briggs?	9.	How many different kinds of apples are there?
	a) an apple grower b) the lead researcher c) someone whose life was saved by     apples d) a nutritionist		a) over 7,500 b) exactly 7,500 c) slightly less than 7,500 d) no more than 7,500
5.	What two things can make a real difference in preventing heart disease?	10.	Which country grows 6% of the world's apples?
	a) apples and rice b) apples and drugs c) drugs and healthier living d) healthier living and chocolate		a) UXZ b) UK c) UAE d) USA

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