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Moderate evidenceA seven-month school-feeding trial in India. Hemoglobin rose and anemia fell. But body iron stores, which the trial had named in advance as its primary outcome, did not rise significantly. What happened and what did not have to be read apart.

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Moderate evidenceTwenty people on juice concentrate for seven days slept longer and more efficiently. Thirty-four people on a 500 mg capsule for fourteen days showed no change on any measure.

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In a 12-month trial in 235 postmenopausal women, 50 g a day preserved hip bone density and 100 g did not — because 41% of the 100 g group dropped out.

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Moderate evidence4,530 µg of lycopene per 100 g — 1.8 times the raw tomato's 2,573 µg. There is a blood pressure analysis too, but it is not an analysis of watermelon.

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Moderate evidence3.6 g of fibre in 42 kcal per 100 g. A trial of Korean pear juice did find hangover scores 16–21 % lower.

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Moderate evidenceGrape polyphenols lowered systolic blood pressure by 1.48 mmHg. Every resveratrol trial used a supplement.

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Moderate evidenceEight berries cover your vitamin C for the day. But the randomised trial that tried to lower cholesterol with strawberries failed on its target measure.

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Moderate evidenceIts antioxidant capacity really is high. The hormonal marketing, though, runs well ahead of the evidence.

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Moderate evidenceKiwi is one of very few fruits with trial evidence for improving bowel movements at two a day. It also carries a protein-digesting enzyme.

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Moderate evidenceEveryone knows about the vitamin C. Less known is that the white pith people pick off carries the fibre and flavonoids.

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Moderate evidenceMost of an apple's fibre and polyphenols live in the skin. Peel it and what remains is mostly sugar and water.

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Moderate evidenceA green banana is mostly resistant starch; a ripe one is fast sugar. Choose the stage that matches what you want from it.

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Moderate evidenceMonounsaturated fat and 6.7 g of fibre are the headline, but the most interesting part is what avocado does to the vegetables you eat alongside it.

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Moderate evidenceAnthocyanins — the pigment behind the blue — are the compound that keeps showing up in vascular and cognitive research. A handful a day is the studied dose.