1, eaten raw: Apples are generally eaten raw, because eating fruits raw is the best way to protect their water-soluble vitamins. Apple is rich in carbohydrates, organic acids, cellulose, vitamins, minerals, polyphenols and flavonoids, and is called "all-round healthy fruit" by scientists.
(1) Reducing blood lipid: The human experiment of Japan Fruit Research Institute showed that after eating two apples a day, the triglyceride level in the blood of the subjects decreased by 265,438+0% after three weeks, and the high triglyceride level was the chief culprit of arteriosclerosis. After apple pectin enters the human body, it can combine with bile acids, absorb excess cholesterol and triglycerides like a sponge, and then excrete it. At the same time, the acetic acid decomposed by apple is beneficial to the catabolism of these two substances. In addition, vitamins, fructose and magnesium in apples can also reduce their content.
Lowering blood pressure: Excessive sodium is an important factor leading to hypertension and stroke. Apples contain enough potassium, which can be combined with excess sodium in the body and excreted, thus lowering blood pressure. At the same time, potassium ion can effectively protect blood vessels and reduce the incidence of hypertension and stroke. Dr Susan Arlich, a famous British pharmacologist, found that polyphenols and flavonoids contained in apples can effectively prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
(c) Prevention of cancer: A study by Hirosaki University in Japan confirmed that polyphenols in apples can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells. A study in Finland is even more exciting: flavonoids contained in apples are an efficient antioxidant, not only the best vascular cleaner, but also the bane of cancer. If people eat more apples, the risk of lung cancer can be reduced by 46%, and the risk of other cancers can also be reduced by 20%. The latest research by the French National Institute of Health Medicine also tells us that proanthocyanidins in apples can prevent colon cancer.
(d) Antioxidant effect: The research team of Cornell University in the United States immersed the brain cells of mice in a liquid containing quercetin and vitamin C, and found that the antioxidant capacity of brain cells was significantly enhanced. Compared with other fruits and vegetables, quercetin in apples is the best, and red apples are better than yellow apples and green apples. Therefore, apples are the best food for patients with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
(e) Strong bones: Apples contain minerals such as boron and manganese, which can strengthen bones. Boron can greatly increase the concentration of estrogen and other compounds in blood and effectively prevent calcium loss. Medical experts believe that if menopausal women can consume 3 grams of boron every day, their calcium loss rate can be reduced by 46%, and menopausal women eat more apples, which is beneficial to the absorption and utilization of calcium and the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
(f) Maintaining acid-base balance: 70% of diseases occur in people with acidic constitution, and apples are alkaline foods. Eating apples can quickly neutralize excessive acidic substances in the body (including acid produced by exercise and acidic metabolites produced by acidic foods such as fish, meat and eggs), and enhance physical strength and disease resistance.
(g) Weight loss: apples can increase satiety, and eating before meals can reduce food intake and achieve the purpose of weight loss.
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2, cooked.
Ripe apples have more unique effects. Eating ripe apples can prevent and treat internal heat phenomena such as lip sore, gingival inflammation and tongue crack.
The method is: cut the apple into six to eight pieces and cook it in a cold water pot. The water is boiling, take it out and eat it with the skin. Once a day, one pill at a time, seven to ten pills can be cured. This method also has a laxative effect. And the effect is obvious.
Studies abroad have found that the content of polyphenols natural antioxidants in apples will increase greatly after heating. Polyphenols can not only reduce blood sugar and blood lipid, inhibit free radicals, resist oxidation, inflammation and sterilization, but also inhibit the increase of plasma cholesterol. It can be seen that eating cooked apples is of great benefit.
Reasonable diet, healthy nutrition concept and proper exercise will make life full of happiness and beauty!