Rejuvenation APPLE! BODY ASKS candy? EAT THE APPLE!

Apple justifiably considered the most valuable fruit of all. Of course, other fruits also contain useful substances, but it is in apples combination of useful elements most successful. No wonder Russian proverb «onions from seven disease» is in English «apple» analogue - «An apple a day keeps the doctor away» (literally: One apple a day - and the doctor is not necessary).

Archaeologists claim that even the cavemen used to eat apples. Pliny the Elder described 23 varieties of apples, known in Rome. Thanks to the Roman soldiers apple migrated to Europe, and now it is one of the most popular and accessible fruit. Let's try to understand the useful properties of this seemingly familiar to us fruit.

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Apples contain vitamin C, which is known to be very useful for the immune system. The weakening of the immunity is expressed, in particular, in susceptibility to colds and viral diseases.

Apples also contain flavonoids, known for their antioxidant properties. They help to prevent cardiovascular disease.

Apples - low-calorie product. Typical medium-sized apple contains no more than 70-100 calories. The body requests a chocolate or candy? Eat an apple! Thus, you meet the needs of the organism in the Sahara with a minimum number of calories.

Chronic use of apples in the food helps prevent the emergence of various types of cancers, such as, for example, breast, prostate, etc.

Contained in apples phenols have a double effect on cholesterol levels in the blood, while simultaneously reducing the number of so-called «Bad» cholesterol and increasing the level of «good».

Apple juice will neutralize those bacteria of the oral cavity, which contribute to the destruction of tooth enamel and tooth structure. So do not hesitate after every meal and brush your teeth or eat a delicious apple.

Contained in apples phytonutrients prevent such neurodegenerative brain diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.

Healthy lungs - it's so easy! A study conducted by Nottingham Research Institute, found that weekly consumption of 5 apples helps to reduce levels of respiratory diseases (including asthma).

Among other things, on earth there are so many different varieties of apples that you can easily say: apple - a fruit for every taste. There was even created the so-called apple calendar, whereby the whole year in any month, the table can come fresh apples, as early varieties ripen in June, and later stored until May.

Thus, the benefits of apples we saw and decided to eat at least 5 apples a week. But what to do with a rich harvest? It's time to pamper yourself and family dishes from apples. We offer you a few recipes:

Salad "Walldorf"

In salad bowl combine 1 peeled and sliced apples, 2 cut sticks of celery, a handful of dried nuts and a few torn leaves of green lettuce. Season with mayonnaise, season and mix.

Apple muesli

Put in serving dish of your favorite cereal. Add grated apple, a large spoonful of yogurt, a little honey and leave for 5 minutes. Cover with cold milk and serve for breakfast.

Baked pork with apples

Bake ham in the oven for half an hour until ready to add in the form of pork apples, cut quarters. Make a sauce of Calvados or apple cider and serve pork with sauce and baked apples.

Quick apple pie

Ingredients: 2 eggs, 1 tbsp. sugar, 1 tbsp. sour cream, 1 hour lodges. soda to extinguish vinegar, 2 boxes. honey or part-time hours lodges. cinnamon 4-5 apples, 2 cups flour

Peel and chop the apples into cubes, eggs beaten with sugar, add sour cream, soda, cinnamon or honey (to taste) all beat well, add flour, beat, add the apples Stir all well. Bake for about 20-25 minutes. When cool sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Hot apple punch

Ingredients: Per 10 Servings - 4 large oranges, plus decoration, 8 carnations, 1.5 L of cloudy apple juice, 2 cinnamon sticks, broken (plus a few for decoration), 100 g of quince paste, 200 ml of Calvados (apple vodka)

Cut 2 oranges in half and stick the cloves into the peel. Of the other 2 oranges squeezed juice. Pour apple juice into a large saucepan, add half an orange with cloves, orange juice, cinnamon sticks and paste of quince.

Slowly heat, stirring, until the quince paste has dissolved. Remove from heat, set aside and let it brew for 2-3 hours.

Before you file, add the Calvados and warm. Pour into glasses and serve warm, decorated cinnamon sticks and orange slices.


And finally - some amusing and cognitive «apple» facts:

Apples were a favorite fruit of ancient Greeks and Romans.

The longest strip of skin was cut Kathy Madison Oct. 16, 1976 in Rochester, New York. Its length was 52 meters.

The number of seeds in an apple depends on the health of the tree. Different varieties have different amounts of seeds.

Most of the flowers of apple, first pink, then, when opened, they gradually become white.

The heaviest apple in the world weighed 1.3 kg.

In prehistoric settlements in Switzerland were found burnt fruit apples.

A crop of apples can be kept quite a long time, if the collected apples stored in a cool, dark place or refrigerator. Storage temperature - approximately 5 - 7 degrees Celsius. So, how many apples storage depends on when they are collected and what they class.

Eugene ZOLOTOVA
http://womanweight.blogspot.com/