According to an article published in JAMA Internal Medicine, eating apples is correlated to taking less prescription medications. The authors of the article compared daily apple eaters with non-daily apple eaters. From the total amount of participants surveyed, 9 percent were apple eaters and 91 percent were not. While a bit skewed, the apple eaters were found to have a higher educational attainment than the non-apple eaters and were less likely to be smokers. There was no statistic showing whether eating an apple a day kept the doctor away, but apple eaters were found to have less of a need for prescription medication. bit.ly/1G1B9me