A team carried out an extensive study into the health benefits of eating one of the world’s most favored fruits, concluding that eating an apple a day – like taking cholesterol-reducing medication such as statins – could significantly reduce the U.K.’s heart attack and stroke rates.

Researchers from the University of Melbourne have found antioxidants from concentrated tomato and apple peel waste can reduce the growth of cervical and liver cancer cells, reported magazine Australasian Science.