Improved Nutrition

Nine Reasons to Eat
An Apple a Day ...

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”…but why?

Apples have properties that no other fruits have and an apple combines everything and makes it simpler.

An apple a day will:

1 - Give you Vitamin C, which helps greatly your immune system. A lot of people who lack Vitamin C in their diet have poor healing, bruise easily and have bleeding gums.

2 - Prevent heart diseases. Because apples are rich in flavonoid, it can prevent both coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease. Flavonoids are also known for their antioxidant effects.

3 - Provide calories dense with nutrition. A regular size apple has between 70-100 calories. Eating an apple when craving for candy or chocolate can make the desire disappear since apple in itself contains sugar, but gives you only one forth of the calories.

4 - Prevent Cancers. (Yes, that is plural) We all know that cancer comes in several forms and in different places. Apples target multiple cancers such as colon cancer, prostate cancer and breast cancer in women.

5 - Gives you phenols, which have a double effect on cholesterol. It reduces bad cholesterol and increases good cholesterol. They prevent LDL cholesterol from turning into oxidized LDL, a very dangerous form of bad cholesterol which can be deadly.

6 - Prevent tooth decay. The juice of the apples has properties that can kill up to 80% of bacteria, which is what causes tooth decay. So there you have it, an apple a day also keeps the dentist away

7 - Protects your brain from brain disease. Apple has substances called phytonutrients, and these phytonutrients prevents neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinsonism.

8 - Give you healthier lungs. A research at the University of Nottingham Research shows that people who eat 5 apples or more per week has lower respiratory problems, including asthma.

9 - Provide great taste! And not only that, they also come in many flavors and colors. Their taste can vary greatly, but still give you all the apple benefits. Variety is an important element to maintaining your health.

On average, Americans consume around 20 pounds of apples a year, which comes to around 1 apple a week. Eating apples is part of balanced and healthy diet than will increase your longevity, so why limit yourself to only 1 per week?

More news on apples:

Research suggests:

Children of mothers who eat plenty of apples during pregnancy
are less likely to develop asthma.

The University of Aberdeen project quizzed 2,000 mothers-to-be on their eating habits, then looked at their child's health over five years.

They found that those who ate four or more apples a week were half as likely to have an asthmatic child compared with those who ate one or fewer.

The study was presented at the American Thoracic Society conference.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6669173.stm

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