If you want to stay in good health, see red. Apples aren't the only fruit that keep the doctor away.

The same can be said for almost any red fruit including cherries, raspberries, watermelon and tomatoes.
Many red fruit and vegetables are loaded with powerful, healthy antioxidants such as lycopene and anthocyanins.

Antioxidants soak up damaging free radicals.

They can do everything, from fighting heart disease and prostate cancer to decreasing the risk of stroke and macular degeneration (the leading cause of blindness in people aged 60 and older).

'Raspberries are high in fibre, which we know helps lower levels of low-density lipoprotein or bad cholesterol,' Dr Lona Sandon, an assistant professor of nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas told WebMD.

This story was first published in Mind Your Body, The Straits Times, on Oct 23, 2008.