apple a day
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This simple at-home treatment is as commonplace as an apple a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2025
But whoever said an apple a day keeps the doctor away was lying.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
We've all heard that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but how true is that?
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2023
Researchers did find that apple eaters were a bit less likely to require prescription medications compared to non-apple-eaters, leading the researcher to joke that “an apple a day keeps the pharmacist away.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2019
Just now we are trying to increase the consumption of apples, to lead the people to eat an apple a day: it cannot be accomplished by customary commercial methods.
From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
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