Crunch Time
Your favourite Fall fruit has surprising health and fitness benefits, research shows. Here's why you'll want to bag up a bunch of different varieties plus, fresh and delicious new ways to savour them, no wondering an apple a day keeps the doctor away...
Eat One & You'll Power Through Your Workout:
Thanks to slow burning carbs and high water content, an apple is a great pre post workout snack. Pair them with some protein, e.g. nuts, if your sweat session was intense. Eating an apple a day may even boosts you performance at the gym, some studies suggest that Quercetin, a flavonoid found in the fruit, may increase your endurance and shorten your recovery time.
Apples Keep You (& your gut bugs) Strong and Happy:
Your gut bacteria help regulate your digestion, immune system, weight and mood, and apples boost the population of the good kind, a recent study found. That's because the fruit (especially th Granny Smith variety) is a great source of the type of fibre that fuels these microbes, so they products fatty acids that keep your colon healthy and prevent chronic disease.
They Make Your Heart Healthier:
Eating two medium apples a day could lower your cholesterol (the bad kind) by up to 24% in just 6 months according to a Florida State University Study. Apples are particularly high in pectin, a type of soluble fibre that binds to cholesterol in you gut and sweeps it out of your body . P Participants in this study saw a significant drop in their levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of systemic inflammation that can lead to heart disease and diabetes. The women who ate apples actually lost weight during the study, even though they were adding more calories to their diet, perhaps because of the additional fibre intake.
Apple Picking - Three newer varieties you'll want to snack on...
Piñata - This red yellow apple has a tropical flavour, with notes of pineapple and vanilla.
SweeTango - A hybrid of Honeycrisp and Zestar, its sweet and tart with a hint of spice.
SnapDragon - Super juicy and intensely sweet, this variety is satisfyingly crunchy.
Eat One & You'll Power Through Your Workout:
Thanks to slow burning carbs and high water content, an apple is a great pre post workout snack. Pair them with some protein, e.g. nuts, if your sweat session was intense. Eating an apple a day may even boosts you performance at the gym, some studies suggest that Quercetin, a flavonoid found in the fruit, may increase your endurance and shorten your recovery time.
Apples Keep You (& your gut bugs) Strong and Happy:
Your gut bacteria help regulate your digestion, immune system, weight and mood, and apples boost the population of the good kind, a recent study found. That's because the fruit (especially th Granny Smith variety) is a great source of the type of fibre that fuels these microbes, so they products fatty acids that keep your colon healthy and prevent chronic disease.
They Make Your Heart Healthier:
Eating two medium apples a day could lower your cholesterol (the bad kind) by up to 24% in just 6 months according to a Florida State University Study. Apples are particularly high in pectin, a type of soluble fibre that binds to cholesterol in you gut and sweeps it out of your body . P Participants in this study saw a significant drop in their levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of systemic inflammation that can lead to heart disease and diabetes. The women who ate apples actually lost weight during the study, even though they were adding more calories to their diet, perhaps because of the additional fibre intake.
Apple Picking - Three newer varieties you'll want to snack on...
Piñata - This red yellow apple has a tropical flavour, with notes of pineapple and vanilla.
SweeTango - A hybrid of Honeycrisp and Zestar, its sweet and tart with a hint of spice.
SnapDragon - Super juicy and intensely sweet, this variety is satisfyingly crunchy.
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