Apples All The Way

"An apple a day will keep the doctor away."

Is this true or not?

​Apples are indeed one of the healthiest foods you can eat. It's high in vitamin C and polyphenols. Vitamin C has many benefits. The most common benefit is immunity. Vitamin C protects your body from infection and maintain healthy bones and teeth, as well as quicken the body’s ability to repair wounds. Vitamin C is also a great antioxidant. Likewise, polyphenols are great antioxidants, which reduces the number of free radicals, molecules that cause cell damage and that may cause cancer, repair cell damage and kill cancer cells heart disease and other chronic illnesses. Both of these properties can be found in the skin and the meat of the apple. ​

Apples also contain high amounts of fiber which aids in gastrointestinal protection.All of these benefits mean that apples may mitigate the effects of asthma and Alzheimer's disease, while assisting with weight management, bone health, pulmonary function

Apples are often called the "miracle food." Would you agree?