The health benefits of Apples
Apples have alot of benefits for the heart!
Apples contain a long list of phytonutrients that act as antioxidants and support heart health this way. Included in this list are quercetin, catechin, phloridzin and chlorogenic acid. To take full advantage of the antioxidants in apples, it is important to include the skins. Since the skins are also more exposed to the outside world, we always recommend buying organically grown apples to minimize exposure of the skin of the apple spraying unwanted pesticides and other potential contaminants.
You will have about 4 grams of dietary fiber in half Apple 5 ounces, or about 15% of the daily value (DV) for fiber. Included in this total insoluble fiber (such as cellulose) and soluble fiber (pectin as). Studies have shown that both types of fiber can help keep LDL cholesterol levels under control, and if you have a LDL cholesterol are too high, can help reduce. In some studies, it was found that only two ounces of apple a day (less than half a medium-sized apple) to be useful.
This amount means you only need to eat a medium sized apple three days a week to fit in the same category of heart benefits.
With antioxidants and fiber, flavonoids are a third reason to put the apples in a heart support system. You get large amounts of flavonoids in the skin and pulp of the apples. Flavonoids have been repeatedly shown to help reduce the risk of heart disease and to improve the problems of heart disease, once it has occurred.
Protection against cancer
Reduced risk of lung cancer in women, for example, has been associated with the daily consumption of apples and apples were the only fruit that has a lot of benefits and showed specific association of lung cancer charity. Instead of a large collection of laboratory and animal studies, there is good reason to believe that apples can be helpful in reducing the risk of colon cancer and breast cancer as well, even if it will be a series of studies in humans to see if these benefits are to people and in what circumstances.
Lung Health
Apples have been prominent among the other fruits when it comes to the general support of lung function and lung health. The only apple flavonoids - including phloridzin - are thought to potentially play a key role in the special ability of apples to support lung health.
For more detailed information on health benefits and history of the apple, visit the world's healthiest foods, information
Income
The recipe below is my Southern Living cookbook, published in 1987. I have no idea if this is the latest version or not. What I like about this dish is how the "cake". It cooks naturally in the form of bread, a "vessel" for the edible apple mixture.
German Apple "Pancake"
2 eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
3/4 cup brown sugar [I use much less than]
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup melted butter
4 cups peeled and sliced apples
Mix eggs, flour, salt and 1/2 cup of milk and whisk until smooth. Heat a ovenproof nonstick 10-inch skillet [I use cast iron] 450 for 5 minutes or until hot. Add 1 tablespoon butter, stirring to coat the pan and pour the batter. Bake at 450 for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 and bake 10 minutes or until golden.
Mix sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan and add 1/2 cup milk and 1/4 cup melted butter. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Lower the heat and add the apples and cook until tender. Pour half of the pancake mix. Cut into pieces and serve with remaining potato mixture. Yield: 4-6 servings.
14 things you didn't know about Strawberries !!
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- Strawberries are the only fruit that carry their seeds on the outside. The average Bay is decorated with about 200 of them. No wonder it only takes one bite to get seeds stuck in your teeth.
- Strawberries are not real fruit such as blueberries or grapes. Technically, a bay is within its seeds. And to be technical über each strawberry seed is considered by botanists as a separate fruit. Whoa, meta!
- Strawberries are members of the Rosaceae family. In case you come to a bush growth, see: smell as good as they taste.
- Strawberry is a perennial. This means that if you plant now, will be back next year and the next and the year after. You can not bear fruit immediately, but once you do, it will remain productive for about five years.
- Americans consume an average of three books-and-a-half of fresh strawberries each year. It is about five pounds if you count frozen. In one study, more than half of the nine-year-old picked strawberries as their favorite fruit. They are gentle in nature!
- Belgium has a museum dedicated to strawberries. In the gift shop at the Museum of Strawberry (Strawberry Museum), you can buy everything from strawberry jam to strawberry beer.
- Native Americans ate strawberries long before European settlers arrived. As a first result of the spring, which were delicious, freshly picked and cooked cornbread.
- The Romans thought strawberries medicinal properties. They use it to treat everything from depression to fever fainting, kidney stones, bad breath and sore throat
- Sex and strawberries? In France, where it is considered an aphrodisiac, strawberries served to newlyweds in the traditional wedding breakfast sweet soup as creamy.
- Strawberries are supposed to help reduce the risk of heart disease and certain cancers. They are low in calories and rich in vitamins C, B6, K, fiber, folic acid, potassium and amino acids.
- Strawberries contain high levels of nitrate. This has been shown to increase blood flow and oxygen to the muscles. Research suggests that people who charge on strawberries before exercise have more resistance and burn more calories.
- California produces 80% of the strawberries in the U.S. They grow about 2 million pounds of fruit in the shape of heart a year. All U.S. states and every province in Canada grows your account.
- To store fresh strawberries, wash and cut the stem off. However, if you keep in the refrigerator for a few days to wait before eating clean. Rinse accelerates deterioration.
- Strawberries also be pickled. Especially when picked green or immature. If the fruits are ripe, make jam!
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A funny way to stay healthy
The initiative taken by healthy eating guide -
"Healthy eating guide", dedicated to the promotion of public health groups, made two conscious efforts to promote healthy eating habits among the population of New Zealand
- The first effort was to join Columbus Café, a coffee shop chain in New Zealand, who had come to the health food guide to help provide healthy foods. The general perception that fast food cafes offering is broken when they started to offer healthier options, which was well received by all its customers. Not only resulted in an increased ROI Columbus Café, but people also take healthy eating habits, even at the end of the day.
- The other important alliance by healthy eating guidance has resulted in a positive outcome in school-age children who have obtained a better insight foods they eat. They worked with "Let's Get Cooking with Parmco" to introduce students to the art of cooking and preparing food for themselves. The main objective of the program is to get children to understand some aspects regarding the food they eat, including their health aspects. Starting understand that at first, start eating healthy, otherwise it can lead to poor eating habits that lead to obesity and other health problems, to that extent, 'they get older.
"Let's Cook with Parmco" Agenda -
Healthy Food Guide in collaboration with Parmco promote healthy cooking fun way among the children of the school. Children participating in various challenges Brett McGregor, winner of MasterChef in their schools. They learn to cook delicious and healthy dishes. As children not only learn how to choose and cook healthy foods, but also instill a love of cooking, which could become a passion.
As the popular saying of Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "The first wealth is health" early in life learning to eat healthy, helps us stay healthy throughout life.
These initiatives certainly help instill this habit early in life. Congratulations to the efforts!
