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
If one apple a day is not enough to make us healthy, what about eating two or three?
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
“Improvement on ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away,’” quoted Ruth.
From Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold by Alice B. Emerson
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