Amazing Health Benefits of Apples

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Amazing Health Benefits of Apples
« on: April 10, 2012, 01:00:01 PM »
Amazing Health Benefits of Apples

Apples are one of the most favorite fruits in the world and available in Bangladesh. It has many beneficial effects. Here are ten reasons described to choose apple.

1) Protect your Bones
Researchers from French found that a flavanoid named phloridzin which is found in apples only may actually protect women who get virginal bleeding from osteoporosis. Apples can also increase the density of bones as well as strengthening them.

2) Reduce Asthma attacks
Did you know that Apples could help reduce the effects of Asthma? A study has been shown that many children who eat Apples frequently had suffered less Asthma than those who have little or hardly any.

3) Prevent Lung Cancer
Due to the high amount of flavanoids in Apples, those who eat more apples can lower their chances of lung cancer by far. Two of the flavanoids are called quercetin and navinin.

4) Reduce Alzheimer’s disease
An Apple can stop it. A university has studied that Apples can protect the brains cells from certain damage which could cause Alzheimer.

5) Lower Cholesterol level
It is possible that having a few apples a day could rapidly drop your cholesterol rates. This is because of the pectin that you will find on the skin of the Apples.

6) Reduce Breast Cancer
There has been a study on rats where many of them had eaten a few apples a day. It was discovered that the more Apples they eat, the chances of suffering Breast Cancer was lower.

7) Reduce Colon Cancer:
 Prevent all this Cancers. Pectin isn’t the only ingredient that cures Breast and Lung Cancer. But it is also a remedy for Colon Cancer. On the other hand, the Pectin can be used to keep a healthy digestive system.

8.Reduce Liver Cancer:

 Apple can cure this too. Fortunately, researchers have found that Apples can greatly reduce Liver Cancer. However, having a full Apple could further help.

9) Diabetes Management
The pectin in apples supplies galacturonic acid to the body which lowers the body's need for insulin and may help in the management of diabetes.

10) Weight Loss
A Brazilian study found that women who ate three apples or pears per day lost more weight while dieting than women who did not eat fruit while dieting.

Apart from these Apples can also help you with other health benefits including:
    * Obesity
    * Headache
    * Anaemia
    * Arthritis
« Last Edit: April 10, 2012, 01:07:31 PM by sharifa »
Dr. Sharifa Sultana
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy,
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences,
Daffodil International University

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Re: Amazing Health Benefits of Apples
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2012, 08:00:05 PM »
Madam, so we need more and more apple......... more import of apple increase more pressure on foreign currency.........
Tanbir
Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy,
DIU.