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Have YOU Eaten Your Apple Today?

I f you have not eaten your apple today, perhaps you should reconsider the facts about doing just that…eating a apple in your daily diet! Today’s Health site found some fascinating facts about this every day fruit that has almost 7500 hundred varieties that may just suit your individual needs. There is a common saying, most of us are familiar with, “A Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away”!

Why such a proclamation…no other fruit has been attached to such a bold statement. What makes this fruit so important to our health needs and why should we again include the Apple a Day into our regular diet!

Even though Apples are very delicious, easy to carry for snacking, low in calories, a natural mouth freshener, and they are still very inexpensive.WHY do we not have our Apple a Day?

Could it be that simple. Why… do we then need to be reminded of all the facts. Today’s Health discovered these facts.

Apples today arrived through a selection of over thousands of years, and the apple tree perhaps was the earliest tree to be cultivated. Alexander the Great was credited for finding the dwarf apples in the Asia minor in 300 BCE Those he brought back to Macedonia, may have been the parents of dwarfing root stocks . The Apples brought to North America by colonists in the 1600s, started the first orchard near Boston in 1625. In the 1900s, irrigation projects in Washington state began and allowed the development of the multi-billion dollar fruit industry, the apple being the leading fruit

Back to ”The Apple a Day will Keep the Doctor Away”. Now certainly it takes more than a daily apple to keep you healthy, yet it is a great step in the right direction. Apples are source of both fibers, soluble and insoluble . Soluble fiber such as pectin, actually helps to prevent cholesterol buildup in the lining of blood vessel walls, thus reducing the incident of arteriosclerosis and heart disease. The insoluble fiber provides bulk in the intestinal tract, holding water to cleanse and move food quickly through the digestive system.

It is also a good idea to eat apples with their skin. Almost half of the vitamin C content is just underneath the skin. Eating the skin also increases insoluble fiber content. Most of an apple’s fragrance cells are also concentrated in the skin.

Apple Nutrition Facts
(One medium 2-1/2 inch apple, fresh, raw, with skin)

Calcium 10 mg
Calories 81
Carbohydrate 21 grams
Dietary fiber 4 grams
Folate 4 µg
Insoluble fiber
Iron .25mg
Phosphorus 10 mg
Potassium 159 mg
Sodium 0.00 mg
Soluble Fiber
Vitamin A 73 IU
Vitamin C 8 mg

A important source of dietary flavanoids found in Apples, through its consumption, provides a high proportion of fiber compounds, replenishing the fiber intake of our body. The powerful antioxidants, anthocyanin, found in red apples, can protect us from cardiovascular disease and cancer development. For those who use Tobacco, the catechins and quercetin (flavonoid antioxidants) in the apple can protect us against the harmful effects of tobacco.

If you are a person with diabetes, suggestion is… you should eat sour apples. If your suffering from obesity or cardiovascular you should eat a sweet apple. Eating a ripe apple is a good remedy to cure constipation. You may also eat one fresh organic apple before sleeping to eliminate oral germs. Besides improving our kidneys’ functionality, the raw apple can be blended for juices, which provides a good remedy to cure cough. For those young or old who have indigestion problems, they should heat the mashed fresh organic apple before consuming it.

As mention earlier there are hundreds of varieties of apples on the market today, yet most people have only tasted one or two of the most popular, like the Red Delicious or Granny Smith. Apples can be sweet, tart, soft and smooth, or crisp and crunchy, depending on the one you choose. There are apples to suit everyone’s taste, so why not choose one. Have an apple today!