Health Benefits of Apples

Health Benefits of Apples

An apple a day keeps the doctor away for a variety of ills. Delicious and crunchy apple fruit is one of the most popular fruits, favorite of health conscious, fitness lovers who believe in the concept “health is wealth”. Many researches have found that apples have many health benefits and they are also low in calories.

One medium apple is the recommended serving size and it contains about 65 calories. Apples contain Vitamin A, Calcium and Iron all at about 1% of your daily recommended intake. Vitamin C can be found in a medium apple at 10% of your daily intake. One apple also provides 12% of what is recommended daily for Dietary Fiber.

Benefits of Apple:

• The pectin in apples lowers bad cholesterol. People who eat two apples per day may lower their cholesterol by as much as 16 percent.
• Biting and chewing an apple stimulates the production of saliva in your mouth, reducing tooth decay by lowering the levels of bacteria.
• Apple also contains a small amount of minerals like potassium, phosphorus, and calcium. This helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure; thus, counters the bad influences of sodium.

• Research found that rats fed an extract from apple skins had a 57 percent lower risk of liver cancer. So apples prevent form liver cancer.
• Apples can be used to help in the treatment and prevention of some illnesses. Some of these include asthma.
• Apples are also useful in the management of diabetes. Galacturonic acid, found in apples, lowers the body’s need for insulin. 
• It has been found that women who ate three apples per day lost more weight while dieting than women who did not eat fruit while dieting.
• This fruit has been linked to an uptick in acetylcholine production, which communicates between nerve cells. So apples may help your memory and lower your chances of developing Alzheimer's.