Benefits Of Apples For Your Health
The benefits of apples and the health benefits of apple juice will help keep you looking younger.
Eating apples or drinking apple juice, whatever is your preference you will gain the tremendous goodness to be had for your body.
Apples are rich in flavonoids and polyphenols both of which are powerful antioxidants, and perfect for anti aging and helping to overcome many health problems or prevent them.
Apples are also one of the top 10 fat burning foods, they make the perfect snack and easy to carry around in your bag.
They contain large amounts of vitamins and minerals which will help strengthen your blood, help remove toxins from your system, lower cholesterol, good for people who suffer from obesity, headaches, gallbladder stones, tuberculosis, anemia, arthritis, gout and rheumatism.
Eating an apple about 15 mins before meals will help fill you up and you will eat less, this is a very effective way of helping you lose weight. They contain pectin which is known to help make you feel full, and this full feeling will last for a long time.
They also make a great snack to have instead of something unhealthy, as they are very low in calories
Drinking apple juice will help deliver the same positive effect on your body. Studies have shown children drinking apple juice daily has helped lesson wheezing symptoms due to asthma.
It is great for helping sufferers of arthritis and rheumatism, as it contains a large amount of potassium, and it has been found that a lack of potassium can make such conditions worse. It is a great drink for the elderly.
Apple juice will also help flush out your liver and kidneys, therefore reducing the chances of liver or kidney disease
It has also been found drinking apple juice daily has the potential to help reduce the risk for heart disease. Help clean your teeth and strengthen your gums.
Nutritional Value Of Apples
- Vitamin C, B, A
- Calcium
- Potassium
- Iron
- Phosphorus
- Sodium
- Folate
Studies have also found that people who eat apples daily or drink apple juice have less abdominal fat.
Apple or apple juice contain phytonutrients giving you the same benefits of red wine. Phytonutrients delay the breakdown of bad cholesterol LDL.
To get the most goodness out of apples you need to eat them with the skin on, the only problem with this is; apples are waxed to give them that shiny look and the wax traps the pesticides. Apples have very high pesticides residue compared to other fruits such as banana’s and oranges.
Usually it is best to peel the apple, yet by doing this you are missing out on most of the goodness. By peeling an apple you don’t get rid of the pesticides residue, you only reduce it a little as pesticides can penetrate the skin.
If you want to juice your own apples always juice with the skin on; and if you can buy organic apples.
The health benefits of apples is truly amazing and remember “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”.
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