A diet high in fruits and vegetables may reduce your heart and kidney disease risk, study says [Video]

Eating a couple more apples (and broccoli florets, cucumbers, bananas or green beans) may really help keep the doctor away — especially for people with high blood pressure at risk for heart and kidney disease, according to new research.Video above: Doctor on getting children to eat healthier”Patients with high blood pressure, the two big problems that they get is heart disease and kidney disease,” said lead study investigator Dr. Donald Wesson, professor in the department of internal medicine at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.”The study tested whether or not reducing the amount of acid in our diet reduces the kidney disease- and heart disease-related complications of high blood pressure,” he said.Animal products — notably meat — tend to produce acid, while fruits and vegetables are base-producing when consumed, Wesson said.To explore how plants could help, researchers conducted a randomized control trial of 153 people with …