Want to keep the doc away?
Five reasons why you should eat an apple a day and use produce as your medicine.
1. One medium apple packs a nutritious punch.
Naturally FAT FREE
NO Cholesterol
ZERO Sodium
Promotes GOOD Gut Bacteria
95 Calories
25 Grams of Carbs
Nutrient-DENSE:
- 4 grams of Fiber
- Vitamin C: 14% of the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI)
- Potassium: 6% of RDI
- Vitamin K: 5% of RDI
- Manganese, copper, and vitamins A, E, B1, B2, & B6: >4% of RDI
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Want a simple, nutritious lunch? Top a whole wheat tortilla with cream cheese, sliced turkey, lettuce, and apple slices.
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Eat your apple with its peel on! The skin of an apple contains most of its quercetin, so it’s important to eat the whole piece of fruit to reap its brain-boosting benefits.
2. The apple—a smart choice for your brain.
Apples have been linked to brain benefits. Studies have shown that eating apples can potentially decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and age-related mental decline. Apples contain quercetin, an antioxidant, that can help protect your brain from free radicals, thereby reducing the potential for memory loss.
3. Apples can help you feel full, lose weight, and look great!
Apples are high in fiber and water, and low when it comes to energy-density…yet they still deliver volume…qualities that make them filling. State University of Rio de Janeiro researchers studying the impact of fruit intake on weight loss found that overweight women, eating the equivalent of three apples or pears a day, lost more weight on a low-calorie diet than women who did not add fruit to their diet.
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Eat an apple 15 minutes before lunch to help you eat fewer calories overall.
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Start tomorrow off with an easy, delicious breakfast. Combine equal 1/3 cups of: old-fashioned oats, milk, and yogurt—refrigerate overnight. Tomorrow, top with chopped apples, cinnamon, and chia seeds. YUM! Your skeleton (and stomach) will thank you.
4. No bones about it. (More like, every bone shout it!)
Eating apples is linked to higher bone density—a marker of bone health. Why? Because of their naturally-packed antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds. In one study, women ate a meal that either included fresh apples, peeled apples, applesauce, or no apple products. Those who ate apples lost less calcium from their bodies than those that did not.
5. Hearts love apples.
The antioxidant powers of apples may reduce heart disease risk factors. A 2012 study found that eating apples everyday appears to lower levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) by as much as 40%, as well as two other markers associated with plaque and artery-wall inflammation. Apples are rich in pectin, a soluble fiber, which blocks cholesterol absorption in the gut and encourages the body to use (versus store) the waxy stuff.
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Dip SweeTango apples in creamy peanut butter (or nut butter) for a healthy snack that the whole family will love.
