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We’re all familiar with the ‘apple-a-day’ philosophy. It’s no secret that fresh fruit, especially locally sourced fruit is great for our health and better for the environment.

But what happens when we get overly ambitious and suddenly the kitchen is filled with over-ripened fruit that nobody wants to eat?

As the saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade, in the same way, when your kitchen has over-ripened fruit – make a fresh fruit salsa!

Read more here: What to do with over-ripened fruit?

There’s nothing more refreshing on a hot summer day than biting into a juicy, sweet, ripe piece of fruit. But how do you know if a peach or strawberry is going to taste as good as it looks?

While it’s true that choosing delicious fruits is more of an art than a science, there are some guidelines that can help you make smart choices.

Read more here: How to choose the ripest fruits

There’s nothing more refreshing on a hot summer day than biting into a juicy, sweet, ripe piece of fruit. But how do you know if a peach or strawberry is going to taste as good as it looks?

While it’s true that choosing delicious fruits is more of an art than a science, there are some guidelines that can help you make smart choices.

Read more here: How to choose the ripest fruits

Living an unhealthy lifestyle can add a dozen years to your age, according to a new study.

When people combine four common bad habits — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — they increase their risk of death, and can actually appear 12 years older than people who have a healthier lifestyle, researchers said.

Read more here: 4 bad habits to break

Eating lots of fruit and vegetables has only a small effect on warding off cancer, a study published on Wednesday says, although its authors insist that tucking into the recommended “five-a-day” is still good for general health.

Eating lots of fruit and vegetables has only a small effect on warding off cancer, a new study has shown although its authors insist that tucking into the recommended “five-a-day” is still good for general health.

Doctors led by Paolo Boffetta at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, pored over eight years of data from a major European investigation into the relationship between cancer risk and food.

The investigation, which is continuing, covers nearly 470,000 volunteers recruited in 10 Western European countries.

Read more: ‘Five-a-day’ has limited impact on cancer risk

MIAMI (AFP) – Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.

University of Florida researcher Nam Dang and colleagues in Japan, in a report published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, documented papaya’s anticancer effect against tumors of the cervix, breast, liver, lung and pancreas.

The researchers used an extract made from dried papaya leaves, and the effects were stronger when cells received larger doses of papaya leaf tea.

Read more: Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya