Apples are good for women. Besides containing lots of vitamins A and C, a study done with women showed apples significantly reduce a key factor for heart disease. In a study presented at the Experimental Biology 2011 conference, 160 women - ages 45 to 65 - were divided into 2 groups. The women in one group ate dried apples daily for a year. The women in the other group ate dried plums. All the women had blood tests at 3, 6 and 12 months; but only the apple-eaters had a sharp decrease in LDL (bad) cholesterol. So ... an apple a day definitely provides "fruitful" results.
Another study done with women showed Vitamin D reduces risk of age-related macular degeneration - a leading cause of vision loss and blindness in older adults. In a University of Buffalo study the women who consumed the most vitamin D (720 international units daily) decreased risk of AMD 59%. Vitamin D can be obtained from supplements and sun exposure, but vitamin D from food was the most effective. Cold water fish, dairy, eggs and leafy greens are good sources of this vitamin. Considering 8.5 million Americans have age-related macular degeneration, we shouldn't be "blind" to the benefits of vitamin D.
Although researchers can't decide whether coffee is good or bad for women, a study published in the Journal of Urology found too much coffee - tea of caffeinated soda - is bad for women. Of more than 65,000 U.S. women ages 37 to 79, those who drank 4 or more cups of coffee daily - or 10 cups of tea or cans of caffeinated soda - were 19% likelier to develop urinary incontinency over a 4-year period. The likelihood of incontinence not only increases with age, women are twice as likely to be affected. That's more proof women need twice as many restrooms.
However, there's also more proof that coffee is good for women. In a study published in Breast Cancer Research, researchers used questionnaires to track the health and habits of approximately 6,000 women ages 50 to 74. Women who drank at least 5 cups of coffee a day were up to 57% less likely to develop ER-negative breast cancer than women who drank less than 1 cup a day. ER-negative is an especially aggressive type of breast cancer. Although coffee contains many phytoestrogens that have estrogen-effects in the body, researchers aren't sure what the link or "coffee break" is.
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