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Nutrition
  
It’s true an apple a day does keep the doctor away!
In the 2004 national bestseller “SuperFoods RX,” Dr. Steven Pratt revealed how 14 nutrients common to the most disease-preventing, anti-aging diets in the world exist in 14 “superfoods” easily found in your supermarket. His new book, “SuperFoods HealthStyle: Proven Strategies for Lifelong Health” applies cutting-edge science to developing a healthy lifestyle.
Apples are a great source of fiber, vitamin C, polyphenols and potassium. Apples have proven themselves to be potent weapons against cancer, heart disease, asthma and Type II diabetes. They are also filled with super antioxidants. The antioxidant activity of approximately one apple is equivalent to about 1,500 mg of vitamin C. And don't peel the apple! The peel has two to six times more polyphenols and vitamin C than the flesh of the apple itself.
Try to eat: One apple a day
Source: Weekend Today, Updated: 12:03 p.m. ET Jan. 16, 2006
In July 1994, USApple (then called the International
Apple Institute) requested the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
update its nutrition information database for fresh apples.
Under FDA's nutritional database, fresh apples
are fat free; saturated fat free; sodium free; and cholesterol free.
Low fat diets rich in fiber-containing products, fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors. Apples are an excellent source of fiber.
Eating a couple of apples a day may significantly cut heart disease risk, according to a new study of the health benefits of fiber consumption – suggesting that high-fiber carbohydrates should be embraced, not avoided, experts say.
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