A medium-sized apple has about 90 calories.
Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol-free!
Dieting? Try eating an apple about a half-hour
before your meal to curb your appetite. Apples are filling so you will most
likely eat less.
Nearly half of the vitamin C is just underneath
the skin and the skin contains much of the insoluble fiber* and flavor.
Apples are filled with phytonutrients and
antioxidants that help lower bad cholesterol (LDL) and may fight cancer.
Pick an apple for vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C, E,
and K; folate and niacin; and minerals potassium, phosphorus, calcium,
manganese, magnesium, iron, and zinc.
Apples are not at the top of the list when it
comes to fiber (about 5 grams each) but a substance called "pectin"
found in apples works with other substances in the apple to offer the kind of
health benefits you find in really high-fiber foods. In other words, the pectin
kicks it up a disease-prevention notch.
*More details on this in a later post!
*More details on this in a later post!
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