US study finds eating one avocado & mango every day improves blood vessel function in prediabetic adults

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.We all laud apples for their health benefits. Of course, no other fruit has an entire idiom centred around its pros.

But, we often overlook these other fruits in the supermarket aisle, as the apple tempts us with its charm (who can blame Eve?).There is some great news for summer fruit lovers. A new study by researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) shows that eating mango and avocado every day could offer unexpected benefits for heart health.

This study published by Journal of the American Heart Association suggests that incorporating these two nutrient-rich fruits into everyday meals may help support cardiovascular health.What the researchers didThe study was a randomised, two-arm, partially controlled feeding trial involving 82 adults with prediabetes. Participants were generally healthy, non-smokers, and were overweight or had obesity, with an average age of 45 years and an average body mass index of about 30 kg/m².They were split into two groups.