Very often in life, we too appreciate the rare overseas products, giving them sometimes invented medicinal properties, and at the same time, the emphasis is not usual for us to notice the gifts of fields and gardens. This fully applies to apples.
Apples are so commonplace and accessible, which does not pretend in our mind for the role of the miraculous nature of the drug. Meanwhile, our ancestors have been well known medicinal properties apples. Not for nothing that they are so often found in fairy tales and legends as a symbol of fertility, beauty and health.
If we analyze the nutritional composition of apples, we see that they are mainly composed of water, almost no fat and protein, very low in carbohydrates. But here there is a large amount of a set of essential vitamins and especially vitamin C.
In addition, apples contain various essential for our body macro and trace minerals, including potassium, sodium, zinc, and so on. Caloric quite low: 100 g apples contains on average about 45 kcal.
life extension
According to researchConducted by the American Chemical Society in 2011, scientists were able to prove the increase in life expectancy of experimental animals on apple feeding by 10%.
There is also evidence of increasing locomotor activity of animals. Although studies are currently being conducted on laboratory animals, there is no obstacle in the application of our general findings and to man.
Improve memory
According to researchConducted by the University of Massachusetts, apple consumption increases the production and the amount of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brain. He is a multifunctional hormone, one of whose tasks is the modulation of neural plasticity, which is responsible for the brain's ability to change and to build new structures.
Increasing the amount of acetylcholine in the brain leads to improved memory and prevent the emergence of Alzheimer's disease and can slow the decline in mental abilities.
Reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes
About heart attacks, strokes and atherosclerosis, we all know that: a) it is a very bad thing; b) they are literally at every second; c) the cause is often a surplus of LDL-cholesterol ( "bad cholesterol").
And here is what you almost certainly do not know - apples in a position to reduce the number of LDL-cholesterol patients by 23%. This is an incredible achievement in the treatment of patients suffering from high cholesterol levels, normal medications can reduce LDL-cholesterol by 18-50%, bringing along with a number of deleterious side effects. Apples treated with no side effects.
Reduced risk of cancer
According to researchHeld in Hawaii, there is a correlation between apple consumption and the risk of suffering from lung cancer in both sexes.
In the study in the group with the highest consumption of apples was recorded reduction in risk by 40-50%. This high antioxidant activity apples can be explained that blocks certain processes in the human body responsible for the development of lung cancer.
What other fruits?
There is a reasonable question: is the healing properties inherent only apples or there are other similar products?
Yes there is! IN this work Cornell University investigated the antioxidant activity of various fruits. We see that the champion in terms of health benefits is a cranberry, a little behind the apple red grapes and strawberries.
Improve memory, reduce the risk of various diseases and prolonging life expectancy - not too bad for a traditional fruit. And it's also very tasty!
Do you eat at least one apple a day?