Apples more beneficial than we thought

"Eat one Apple a day helps you to be healthy. "We have all heard this saying or something similar, but is it true? The concrete answer is: yes ; but not only because empirical knowledge , if not already demonstrated by a scientific study , that this fruit, demonized for a long time due to the relationship with Adam and Eve, is more beneficial of what we thought.

Researchers of the Florida State University , directed by the Dr. Bahram Arjmandi , professor of Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences of the aforementioned university; They found that apples really are fruits "miraculous "and not only because of its high content of fiber , if not because of its high content of pectin Y polyphenols that help protect the cardiovascular health reducing the levels of the so-called bad cholesterol and other harmful compounds in the blood. In addition, the consumption of these fruits also seems to help reduce body weight. Not to mention that it helps mitigate the bad breath .

The participants (160 women between 45 and 65 years old) were divided into two groups : one should consume 75 grams of dried apples daily for one year and the other group consumed prunes . Blood samples were taken from the women at 3, 6 and 12 months of the study.

Incredible changes

According to him Dr. Arjmandi , the results were surprising: "In the women who ate the apples incredible changes occurred at six months. They experienced a 23% reduction in LDL (low-density lipoprotein or bad) cholesterol and a 4% increase in HDL (good cholesterol). The daily consumption of apples also led to a reduction in the levels of hydroperoxide and C-reactive protein, both markers of inflammation. I never expected that apple consumption would reduce bad cholesterol to that degree. "

"And also, another advantage was that the 240 calories daily ingestions that were ingested daily with the dried apple did not cause an increase in body weight in the women. In fact, they lost, on average, close to 1.5 kilos ".

The researchers believe that the person responsible for this weightloss is the pectin , a compound that is known to produce a sensation of satiety .

Scientists now plan to conduct a larger study across the United States to confirm the results of this research.

The scientists of the University of Illinois they found that the Soluble fiber , which contains among other compounds the pectin , causes an increase in the production of a anti-inflammatory protein , which helps cells heal and recover from infections .


 


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