Apples and Weight Loss?
Apples
The Ancient Greeks, Arabs and Egyptians believed the apple healed all ailments.
The American Medicine magazine has praised the apple as ?? therapeutically
effective in all conditions of acidosis, gout, rheumatism, jaundice, all liver and gallbladder troubles, nervous and skin diseases caused by sluggish liver, hyper acidity and states of auto intoxication.?
Apples have these important benefits: They help stabilize blood sugar, an important factor in controlling diabetes.
Nutritionists suggest that eating two or three apples a day can boost the body?s protection against heart disease, thanks to the fruit?s amazing ability to reduce blood pressure and lower dangerously high cholesterol levels. In fact, they say, the higher the cholesterol, the greater the benefits will be if you increase your consumption of apples.
The apple?s ability to keep our hearts healthy and pumping has been confirmed by U.S., French and Italian researchers, among others.
One reason for this may be the pectin in the apple, that soluble fiber that is usually squeezed out to make jelly. The French researchers discovered that the pectin, acting with vitamin C and other natural chemicals in the apple, also forms a fortress like shield around the heart that prevents cardiovascular disease. However, for some mysterious reason, an apple rich diet lowers cholesterol more efficiently in women than men.
Apples rank high among foods that best control blood sugar. Some people just have to smell an apple to get the benefit. Scientists at the prestigious Yale University?s Psychophysiology Center discovered that the scent of spiced apples produces a calming effect which helps to lower blood pressure.
Whole apples (as opposed to just the juice) are great for dieters. Remember that to get the best health benefit, you have to eat the whole thing, skin and all.
Apples or applesauce have been used for centuries to help people get back on a regular diet after suffering bouts of diarrhea. The pectin in the apple fiber apparently is the healing factor, which explains why it is included in Kaopectate, an over the counter diarrhea remedy. Scientists in Norway found that children who ate apples had cleaner teeth than those who did not, and they also had significantly less risk of tooth decay.
