Eat More Fruit

Are you eating enough fruit? Top Fanwood Chiropractor Eric Chludzinski explains why you need to eat more fruit.

Metabolic syndrome is closely linked to obesity and is described as a cluster of conditions-increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels-that elevates a person's risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. A review of data from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study involving over 5,000 adults revealed that participants who consumed four or more servings of fruit per day were nearly 50% less likely to develop metabolic syndrome than those who ate one or fewer servings of fruit per day.

European Journal of Nutrition, June 2019