Most of you know the old adage "an apple a day keeps the doctor away", which may encourage you to choose the red or green office fruit from the office fruit delivery as the pectin content in them really does act as an antioxidant.
But picking an apple from the office fruit box can even reduce any hayfever symptoms you’re experiencing.
The Times has compiled a list of things that help reduce the health effects caused by hayfever, such as puffy eyes, runny nose.
It has based its recommendations on research from Japan, which came out a year ago, that suggests eating apples, berries and cherries can decrease the effects of the annoying symptoms.
These three fruits contain quercetin, which, when 100mg is consumed, led to hayfever sufferers experiencing significantly fewer problems with itchy, sore eyes than people who took a placebo in the tests.
Unfortunately, not all hayfever symptoms were reduced by the quercetin consumption, but few people who experience hayfever would be ungrateful for less itchy eyes.
So if you’re sitting bleary-eyed at your desk, you might want to take some cherries, apples or strawberries from the office fruit basket to see a bit more clearly.
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