Apples Are Goshdarn Healthy
I never used to really like apples all that much as a kid. Maybe it’s because I felt they were crammed down my throat as a “required” part of my lunch that was packed every day, sort of like the banana that was packed which made everything in my darn lunch pail taste like a banana.
Apples were just never that great tasting to be honest. I know now that it’s because I was eating the waxed up, non organic, pesticide laced apples that I grew up with. Now that I buy apples as an adult, I have learned that only the organic apples taste fabulous.
They actually taste sweeter to me and have a better texture. The organic apples I eat are rarely grainy, and they don’t have the weird, waxed look that normally grown apples have. Not only that, but apples really are a fruit, much like berries since you eat them whole, that you should really buy organic.
It’s because you eat the whole fruit, skin and all, and if you eat a whole piece of fruit that is not peeled that has been sprayed with pesticides, well then guess how many pesticides you are eating!?
Apples, no matter how they are grown (but organic is better), are a very nutritious fruit. They are kind of like the cathch-all fruit and they are really great because they are so easily grown and grow in most states in the US. Very easily accessible, which makes them even better.
Remember the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Well there was a good reason for that saying. Apples contain a valuable type of fiber in them called pectin, which is a soluble fiber that soaks up water easily and makes you feel really full.
I often have an apple as a mid morning snack – my favorite kind, the fuji organic apple, and it keeps me filled up until lunch time. I don’t get full easily either. Apples are also mildly acidic, so they actually help to whiten your teeth believe it or not!
Apples soluble fiber has been proven to help reduce inflammation in the body as well. They contain a plethora of antioxidants, which sop up free radicals and help prevent oxidation (death) of the body’s vital cells.
Polyphenols, a very high class of antioxidant, are present in apples. Apples are very low calorie for how filling they are and for their size, meaning they can help you control your weight. They also contain vitamin C, and are excellent, all natural blood sugar regulators. YAY for APPLES!!!