An apple a day keeps the doctor away, how true?

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Welcome to today Food Nutrients and Health, we shall take a look at a topic titled

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away".

 Considering the title of today’s Food Nutrients and Health, we might just be thinking about what is meant by this sentence. Yes but calm down it's just an English language proverb.

 Firstly, every one of us like eating an apple because it's an edible fruit and good looking fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet. An apple is also used to describe any round fruit that grew on a tree. An apple is also thought to be the forbidden fruit, eaten by Adam and Eve's in the Garden of Eden, every one of us is familiar with the story. But we know that might not necessarily be true.

Meaning of an Apple

An apple is a native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties, its firm rounded edible fruits. Apples have a good claim to promote health. They contain vitamin C, which aids the immune system, and phenols, which reduce cholesterol. They also reduce tooth decay be cleaning one's teeth and killing off bacteria.

Apples protect brain cells against neurodegenerative disorder like Alzheimer’s disease.

 An apple a day keeps the doctor was coined in 1913; the proverbial advice to eat an apple a day first appeared in print in 1866. The daily apple eaters in the study we're more likely to successfully avoid prescription medication use than people who didn't eat apples. It began usage at the end of the 19th century. The background for the proverb was that at bed time it was served either a fried filled with Caraway seeds or a fresh apple with Caraway seeds stuck in the apple.

 A Pembroke shire proverb, eating an apple on going to bed, and you will keep the doctor from earning his bread, it means apple consumption or consumption of fruit and vegetables in general has identifiable health benefits. Caraway seeds stuck in apple was considered healthy and the apple was a way to eat as much Caraway as possible scientific evaluation found that consumption of apples might prevent strokes, study found that apple consumption significantly lowered bad cholesterol levels in middle aged adults.

 A 2015 study looked directly at the relationship between apple consumption and physician visits are found no evidence that the proverb was true.

 The overall conclusion of this study was that only one finding supported the long-standing wisdom, apple eaters were somewhat more likely to avoid prescription medication use than non-apple eaters. Promotion of apple consumption may have only limited benefit in reducing national health care spending adding 39% of apple eaters avoided more than one yearly doctor visits, compared with 33.9% of non-apple eaters.

*Health Benefit of Apples*

1.         Apples are Nutritious

Like really, the apple fruit is also a storehouse of nutrients. It gives calories, carbs, fiber, vitamins A, B, C, E and K, minerals like potassium, manganese and copper. They are likewise very rich in polyphenols

2.         Friends of the Heart

Apples are great friends with that muscle in our chest called heart, because they are rich in polyphenols and anti-oxidants, which are much more contained in the outer skin. Flavonoid, a class of polyphenol, befriends the heart by lowering blood pressure and also being an antioxidant. Research also reveals that apple eaters are at a lesser risk of stroke.

3.         Avoid Alzheimer’s disease

 A study on the benefits of apples shows that drinking apple juice could keep Alzheimer’s away and fight the effects of aging on the brain. The mice in the study that were fed an apple-enhanced diet showed higher levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and did better in maze tests than those on a regular diet.

4.         Curbing cancer

Apples are full of naturally occurring compounds which actually help combat cancer.

5.         Reduced risk of diabetes

6.         Dealing with abdominal disorders

Fibers really play a great role in keeping the abdomen in a balanced state and are recommended for complications like constipation and diarrhea.

7.         Detoxifying Liver

We should know that one of the major functions of the liver is to reduce the amount of toxins present in the body. And fruits generally go a long way to promote this function.

8.         Stronger Immune System

 Red apples contain an antioxidant called quercetin. Recent studies have found that quercetin can help boost and fortify your immune system, especially when you’re stressed out. That’s one of the most unexpected health benefits of apples.

9.         Combats Asthma

Antioxidants prevent lungs from oxidative damages.

10.       Good for bone health

In conclusion, the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” can actually be said to mean that apples are very beneficial and can help to keep us healthy. Really! Thanks for reading…

Thanks for reading!

Article By: Adisa Ruth Aanuoluwapo

Food, Nutrients & Health.

References

1. Healthline media UK Ltd, Brighton 2004-2019 All rights reserved.

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