Fruits Health Benefits | OutcomeReference

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In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.

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Decreased risk of Colorectal Cancer Digestive system	2 studies Fruit, Vegetables, Dietary Fiber, and Risk of Colorectal Cancer Study in 2001 -65% with High evidence in 9 years 7 months 61,463 subjects Relation of meat, fat and fiber intake to the risk of colon cancer ... Study in 1990 -28% with High evidence in 6 years 88,751 subjects
Decreased risk of Acid Reflux Digestive system	1 study Dietary Intake and Risk for Reflux Esophagitis: A Case-Control Study Study in 2013 -35% with High evidence 537 subjects
Minor decreased risk of Heart Attack (Myocard... Cardiovascular system	1 study Mediterranean diet and reduction in the risk of a first acute myoca... Study in 2002 -67% with Moderate evidence 342 subjects
Minor decreased risk of Stroke Brain system	1 study Total Antioxidant Capacity of Diet and Risk of Stroke: A Population... Study in 2012 -17% with High evidence in 12 years 31 subjects
Minor decreased risk of Chronic kidney disease Urinary system	1 study A Comparison of Treating Metabolic Acidosis in CKD Stage 4 Hyperten... Study in 2013 -45% with Moderate evidence in 1 year 141 subjects
Minor decreased risk of Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular system	1 study Cardiovascular disease Risk factors -11% with High evidence
Minor decreased risk of Depression Brain system	1 study Vegan diet alleviates fibromyalgia symptoms Study in 2009 -40% with Low evidence in 3 months 33 subjects

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Minor increase risk of Cancer Lymphatic system	2 studies Vegetable intake, but not fruit intake, is associated with a reduct... Study in 2015 +4% with Low evidence 14,198 subjects Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of overall cancer in Japane... Study in 2017 +3% with Moderate evidence 191,519 subjects
Minor decreased risk of Blood Pressure - Hype... Cardiovascular system	1 study Effects of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet ... Study in 2016 -3% with Moderate evidence in 30 days 103 subjects

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Apples Nutrition

The apple tree is a deciduous tree in the rose family best known for its sweet, pomaceous fruit, the apple. It is cultivated worldwide as a fr...

1 health benefit found in 3 studies

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Avocado Nutrition

The avocado is a tree that is native to South Central Mexico, classified as a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae. Avocado also ref...

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Bananas Nutrition

The banana is an edible fruit, botanically a berry, produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some ...

2 health benefits found in 5 studies

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Berries Nutrition

Berry fruits are usually juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet or sour, and do not have a stone or pit, although many pips or seeds may be p...

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Butternut squash Nutrition

Butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata), sometimes known in Australia and New Zealand as butternut pumpkin or gramma, is a type of winter squash...

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Cantaloupe Nutrition

A Charentais melon is a type of cantaloupe melon, Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis. It is a small variety of melon, similar in flesh to cantalo...

Citrus (orange, mandarines, lemons, lime, tangerine, grapefruit) Nutrition

Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important cr...

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Grapes & Raisins Nutrition

A grape is a fruiting berry of the deciduous woody vines of the botanical genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten fresh as table grapes or they can b...

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Prunes Nutrition

A prune is a dried plum of any cultivar, mostly Prunus domestica or European Plum. The use of the term for fresh fruit is obsolete except when...

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