The beginning of summer adds one thing to my “to do” list, according to Dad. “Be sure you buy peaches when you’re at the grocery store,” he always reminds me. Dad has an affinity for this fruit, also known as a drupe due to the hard stone pit surrounding the fruit seed.
And it turns out that eating peaches – as well as their cousins, plums and nectarines – may be part of the battle plan to fight obesity and diabetes. Preliminary findings from a study by Dr. Jose Cisnero-Zevallos,...
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