Apples are a top health Pick

Crunch on this: Apples are a major source of disease-fighting nutrition neatly packaged in a delicious, easily portable, portion-controlled fruit. It turns out “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is based in fact. Science shows apples’ multiple health benefits — from your brain to your bowels.

With fall comes a bounty of crisp, juicy apple varieties to pick from. Check out the apple’s many juicy perks:

• Studies have linked the consumption of apples with reduced risk of some cancers, cardiovascular disease, asthma and diabetes.• In the Women’s Health Study, women eating apples had a 13 to 22 percent decrease in heart disease risk.• Fibre in apples combined with the fruit’s strong antioxidant activity lowers cholesterol to reduce your risk of heart disease.• Apples are a good source of both soluble and insoluble fibre to aid digestive health. • Apple pectin, an insoluble fibre, may reduce the risk of colon cancer.• Apples are a very significant source of flavonoids, a type of phytonutrient. In a Finnish study,
   flavonoid intake — mainly through eating apples — was associated with decreased
   mortality.• Several studies have specifically linked eating apples with a reduced risk for cancer,
   especially lung cancer. Scientists credit apples’ high concentration of flavonoids,
   particularly quercetin.• Apple peel is loaded with vitamin C, an antioxidant.• Research is showing a group of phytonutrients in apples could protect the brain from
   neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.• Quercetin, one of the phytonutrients in apples, has stronger anti-cancer activity and
   antioxidant protective effects than even vitamin C.• Apple’s phytochemicals fight bacterial and viral infections, and are anti-inflammatory.• Eating apples has been shown to lower the risk for type 2 diabetes partly thanks to the high
  concentration of quercetin in apple peels.

For better health, treat yourself to a healthy diet abundant with fruits and vegetables. Pur Aloe’s nutritional products can also boost your intake of beneficial phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals and fiber. For example, Pur Aloe, Aloe and Green Tea is a rich source of phytonutrients and other antioxidants.