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HEALTH RELATED
1. Apples have been found to reduce blood cholesterol, improve bowel function, reduce risk of stroke, prostate cancer, type II diabetes and asthma. This is due to the fibre and phytonutrients present in the apples.

2. Recent researches have shown that eating apples are linked to reducing cancer risk in several studies. Some examples are:
      a. Quercetin, a flavonoid abundant in apples,has been found to help
          prevent cancer cells.
      b. Phytonutrients in the skin of apples inhibited the growth of colon
          cancer cells by 43%.
      c. Food containing flavonoids, like those in apples, may reduce the risk of
          lung cancer as much as 50%.
      d. Dietary phenolics, such as flavonoids found in apples, have inhibitory 
         effects on the developments of carcinogenic substances in the
         bladder, there by reducing the risk of bladder cancer, especially
         smokers.
      e. Eating apples has also been attributed to lower cholesterol, prevent 
         wrinkles, and promoting hair growth.
      f. Apples are best eaten with the peel since most of the fiber and
         antioxidants are found in the skin.

FUN FACTS
 1. Granny Smiths, our pomme of choice, originated in Australia
2. Granny's descended from French crabapples, discovered by chance by
    by "Granny" Anne Smith of Ryde.
3. According to Country Living Gardener magazine, archeologists have found
    evidence that humans have been enjoying apples since at least 6500 B.C.

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APPLES as Brain Food

The age-old wisdom of eating and apple a day to keep the doctor away just got juicier. A study published in the Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging reports that apple juice and apple products may reduce the effects of age-related brain disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. This new research uncovered that apple juice and apple products may have nutritional properties that promote memory and learning and maintain brain health. Both normal and genetically inferior mice at risk for diseases like Alzheimer's were examined after a month-long diet of apple juice; the genetically deficient mice performed poorly without apple juice, but with apple juice, they performed as well as the normal mice. The study also claims that drinking apple juice counteracted the negative effects of a poor diet.

exert taken from Specialty Food Magazine, 5/2004

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