Apple is a very common and popular fruit. As the saying goes, 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away'. This sentence fully shows that eating apples has a good health care effect. So what are the benefits of eating an apple every day? What effect can it play? In this article, we will learn about the benefits of eating an apple every day.
1. Eating apples often can prevent colds
Apples contain 13% of vitamin C needed by the human body in a day, which can enhance the body's resistance; In addition, apples also contain some cellulose and other nutrients. Eating them often helps to improve the ability of the whole body and has a certain effect on preventing colds.
2. Eating apples often can lose weight
If you want to lose weight by eating apples, the method of eating is very important. If you eat after meals, although there is no obvious weight-loss effect, it can supplement certain energy; If you eat before meals, you can increase the sense of satiety, reduce eating, and help lose weight. In order to lose weight, many people choose to eat only one apple at dinner, because Apple can not only provide certain energy to the human body, but also rich in nutrients needed by the human body. However, director Yang Jie said that if this weight loss method is implemented for a long time, it will do harm to the human body. If all beauty loving girls want to lose weight healthily, they still need to control it through exercise and diet.
3. Eating apples often can reduce blood pressure and blood lipid
Studies have found that the fiber, pectin and other nutrients contained in apples can reduce the level of low-density cholesterol, improve the level of high-density cholesterol, soften blood vessels and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
4. Eating apples often can prevent colon cancer
Apple cancer prevention, mainly for gastrointestinal tumors. The cellulose and tannic acid in apples can keep the human body's stool unobstructed and enhance the intestinal transportation and chemical ability. Therefore, the most direct way to eat apples is to prevent colon cancer to a certain extent.
5. Apple aroma can help sleep
It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi put apples in her room as spices. Director Yang Jie said that the smell of apples really makes people relaxed and happy and calm. Some scientists have shown through experiments that some people smelling the smell of apples can indeed alleviate depression and promote sleep. It does have such a magical effect. You might as well try it.
Nutritional value of apple
Apples contain sugar, protein, pectin, fat, crude fiber and a variety of vitamins. They also contain more than 30 kinds of nutrients necessary for human body, such as carotene, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, zinc, copper, sodium and magnesium.
Apple has high nutritional value. In every 100 grams of Apple meat, it contains 13 grams of carbohydrates, 1.4 grams of crude fiber, 0.3 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 9 mg of calcium, 10 mg of phosphorus, 0.4 mg of iron, 0.08 mg of carotene, as well as more potassium salt, pectin, tannic acid, malic acid and other substances.
Among the 15% carbohydrates contained in apples, fructose accounts for 5.93%. Fructose is the sweetest monosaccharide among natural sugars. It is easy to be absorbed and utilized by the human body. Moreover, Apple has good color, aroma, taste, shape and quality, which is known as the 'crown of fruit'.