An apple a day keeps vascular mortality at bay, study suggests

This will never replace statins.The drug industry will not allow it.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/270298.php

Statins vs. apples

Researchers say eating an apple a day could reduce the annual number of vascular deaths in the UK by 8,500, while daily statin use could reduce the number of deaths by 9,400.

Taking these factors into consideration, the investigators decided to see how widespread use of statins would impact the rate of vascular mortality in the over-50 UK population, and they compared this with the effects of apple consumption.
They used a mathematical model to estimate the number of annual vascular deaths that would be reduced if the total over-50 UK population were prescribed either a statin - if not already taking them - or an apple once a day.

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