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Top five-a-day foods new study says your heart needs
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- Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Getty Images Eating very specific types of fresh food each day - not just any five portions of fruit and vegetables - could help keep your heart healthy, a study suggests.
- Not all five-a-days are equal, researchers claim, meaning people may not be getting enough important nutrients called flavanols in their diets.
- Eating blueberries, plums, blackberries, broad beans and cherries, washed down with green tea, is an ideal way to top them up, they say.
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Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Getty Images Eating very specific types of fresh food each day - not just any five portions of fruit and vegetables - could help keep your heart healthy, a study suggests.
Not all five-a-days are equal, researchers claim, meaning people may not be getting enough important nutrients called flavanols in their diets.
Eating blueberries, plums, blackberries, broad beans and cherries, washed down with green tea, is an ideal way to top them up, they say.
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