Nobody seriously believes apples are a magic
illness-fighting wonder fruit. Good for you, maybe; delicious in a pie,
absolutely—but life saver? Come on.
Not so fast. According to researchers at Ohio State
University, apples may help fight off everything from cancer to strokes. Thanks
to something called phytochemicals, eating a whole bunch allows your body to
break down cholesterol twenty percent faster, freeing up your arteries to do
important stuff like keeping you alive. This in turn decreases your chance of
taking a fatal nosedive into your morning pizza; while increasing your lung
capacity to Brian Blessed proportions. And while we’re on the subject of fruit
. .
Does Bananas Make Boys
Let’s say you and your partner are trying for a boy. You
don’t fancy IVF, but are willing to play loose with nature’s rules. What do you
do?
You could try eating all the bananas. A comprehensive study
by Oxford University found a high potassium intake around breakfast time
increases your chance of having a boy. And guess what? Bananas are the kings of
potassium. From a sample of 740 mothers, the researchers found that those on
the banana diet had a fifty-six percent chance of having a boy, compared to
forty-five percent on a separate diet. An eleven percent difference may not
sound like much, but holy hell, when you consider the amount of children born
each year, that’s potentially quite significant.
