Here's an interesting article clipped from one of the net news sites.

Fresh Fruit for a Long Life

Go forth and eat fruit ... fresh fruit! In a huge, 17-year study of 10,771
"health-conscious" eaters in England, Scotland and Wales, the people who
ate fresh fruit every day (compared with average eaters who didn't make it
a habit) had 24% less chance of fatal heart attack, 32% less chance of
fatal stroke and 21% less chance of dying from any cause (British Medical
Journal, September 28, 1996). (Veggies and whole grains were also
protective, but daily fresh fruit was the winner in this study.) Another
study found men who ate fresh fruit (such as apples, pears, oranges and
bananas) every day -- equal to only about 1/2 c. of fruit salad -- had 70%
less chance of dying from cancer of the digestive tract than those who ate
almost no fruit (Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, September
1996).

Stephen