A wealth of research suggests that eating apples may impact your health in a number of beneficial ways.
Brain Health: Apples have been found to protect neuron cells against oxidative stress-induced neurotoxicity and may play an important role in reducing the risk of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease.
Stroke: Eating apples is linked to a decreased risk of stroke.
Diabetes: Three servings of apples (and other fruits, such as blueberries and grapes) is linked to a 7 percent lower risk of type 2 diabetes. This may be due to their beneficial role in blood sugar regulation, as apples contain compounds that may lessen absorption of glucose from your digestive tract, stimulate beta cells in your pancreas to secrete insulin and increase uptake of glucose from your blood by stimulating insulin receptors.
Cancer: Apples have a number of properties that may help reduce the risk of cancer, including antimutagenic activity, antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory mechanisms and antiproliferative.
Heart Disease: Eating apples is associated with a lower risk of death from heart disease, an association that's thought to be related to their content of antioxidant flavonoids.
Source: Dr. Mercola with mercola.com
Community on 09/28/2016