
With a functional food available throughout the year is over, this is an excellent opportunity to discuss positive qualities of a popular apple fruit. Apples are a very important source of plant chemicals called phenolic compounds possess antioxidant and chemotherapy decency. Phytochemical are molecules with beneficial health properties. In addition, an apple (1 / 4 pounds) 1500 mg of vitamin C. Without doubt, the regular consumption can have numerous health benefits.
An epidemiological study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School under 125,000 U.S. showed a decrease by 20% lower risk for lung cancer, for smokers, who regularly consumed one apple per day. A similar study has been observed in Finland in the elderly.
However, it is important to note that the strong antioxidant activity depends on eating whole fruit (except the cork). You should eat unpeeled fruit.
The chemical plant of the apple is indeed a much higher concentration than in his own skin and flesh peeled apples cut in half their antioxidant potential. The reason for this is to simply stop, protects the apple itself with the help of chemical warfare against insects, bacteria and fungi. The first line of defense, because apple will not walk away, where the rind of the fruit packed his defense. Besides its strong antioxidant activity have shown cancer, several laboratories that the apple-chemical plant in a position to create a disturbance involved with the 4 basic processes in cancer formation.
One Response
Liz
December 8th, 2009 at 8:56 am
1Interesting. An “apple a day keeps the doctor away” was always what I was told when I was younger, but eventually someone told me that even though you eat apples, you will still get sick. Obviously. But this seems like good news for cancer patients or potential cancer patients. Maybe if doctors put cancer patients on a special diet, the need for mesothelioma chemotherapy treatments won’t be as necessary if they can find certain foods that will naturally get rid of disease.
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