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What Do You KnoW?

DISCUSS Look at the photo and read the caption. Discuss the questions.
1. What are the health benefits of eating apples?
2. What other foods and activities promote good health?
FIND THE ERRORS This paragraph contains two errors with a preposition. Find the errors
and correct them. Explain your corrections to a partner.

CAUSE-EFFECT PARAGRAPH

An Apple a Day

1 A famous proverb says “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but how true is
this statement today? The earliest written record of this saying was at the 1860s. More
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than 150 years later, we now have scientific evidence that eating apples can improve

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our health. In a 2004 study by the United States Department of Agriculture, apples
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were the twelfth best food for antioxidants, which help fight diseases. Apples are also
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good for our digestion because they are full by fiber. In addition, researchers believe
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that phloridizin, which is found only in apples, can help make stronger bones. In
2015, Medical News Today ranked apples first on its list of the top ten healthy foods to

eat, which means that apples were ranked better for our health than almonds, broccoli,

blueberries, and oily fish. Some people might think it is difficult to eat an apple every
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day, but others recognize the great health benefits of eating this delicious fruit.

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