{"id":13434,"date":"2024-09-23T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=13434"},"modified":"2024-09-23T09:25:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T09:25:30","slug":"how-healthy-are-apples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=13434","title":{"rendered":"How Healthy Are Apples?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAn apple a day\u201d might seem like overkill, but America\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data-products\/chart-gallery\/gallery\/chart-detail\/?chartId=106474\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">most popular fruit<\/a> \u2014 currently weighing down branches in orchards everywhere \u2014 is packed with health benefits. Here\u2019s what nutrition experts have to say about apples, plus some recipes from <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/cooking.nytimes.com\/68861692-nyt-cooking\/1685838-apple-recipes?ds_c=71700000052595478&amp;site=google&amp;network=g&amp;campaign_id=1400169272&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw9Km3BhDjARIsAGUb4nztTMukzmvygYqAXhR8p8m5S6ASAWpO72_UFPyyaKoxmvcnb_lHkL4aAqs6EALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\" title>New York Times Cooking<\/a> to help you eat more of them all year long.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"RelatedLinksBlock-1\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazy-loader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6deab42a\">They\u2019re good for your gut.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Apples are rich in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/14\/well\/eat\/fiber-diet.html\" title>dietary fiber<\/a>, a type of complex carbohydrate that our body isn\u2019t capable of digesting on its own. That fiber acts as food for many of the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/02\/22\/well\/eat\/gut-microbiome-health.html\" title>bacteria species that reside in our guts<\/a>. These bacteria have a powerful impact on our health, affecting everything from <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/aacrjournals.org\/cebp\/article\/29\/10\/1856\/124446\/The-Human-Microbiome-in-Relation-to-Cancer-Risk-A\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">cancer risk<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0255446\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to weight<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/psychiatry\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyt.2024.1295766\/full\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to mood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A diet high in fruits and vegetables, including apples, has been shown to increase the number of beneficial bacteria and decrease the number of harmful bacteria<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em>in peoples\u2019 guts, said Marie van der Merwe, a nutrition scientist at the University of Memphis.<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>That could lead to better overall health, Dr. van der Merwe said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition, apples themselves contain a host of beneficial bacteria. (While this is true for all fruits and vegetables, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0059310\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">one study<\/a> found that apples have a greater variety of bacteria than most.) When you eat an apple, some of those bacteria may become part of your microbiome. The apple is \u201cacting like a probiotic in addition to acting like a prebiotic,\u201d Dr. van der Merwe explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-3\"><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"UnstructuredBlock-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5f20159a\">They\u2019re heart healthy.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Apples have high amounts of pectin, a dietary fiber that can help you maintain healthy cholesterol levels. In a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S2212267212006259\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">2012 study<\/a>, 160 postmenopausal women ate either 75 grams of dried apples (equal to about two medium sized apples) or prunes every day for one year. After six months, the women who consumed apples experienced a 13 percent drop in their total cholesterol and a 24 percent drop in \u201cbad\u201d LDL cholesterol, while the women who ate prunes experienced a 3.5 percent drop in total cholesterol and an 8 percent drop in LDL cholesterol. <\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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Here\u2019s what nutrition experts have to say about apples, plus some recipes from New York Times Cooking to help you eat more of them all year long.They\u2019re good for your gut.Apples are rich in dietary fiber, a type of complex carbohydrate that our body isn\u2019t capable of digesting on its own. That fiber acts as food for many of the bacteria species that reside in our guts. These bacteria have a powerful impact on our health, affecting everything from cancer risk, to weight, to mood.A diet high in fruits and vegetables, including apples, has been shown to increase the number of beneficial bacteria and decrease the number of harmful bacteria in peoples\u2019 guts, said Marie van der Merwe, a nutrition scientist at the University of Memphis. That could lead to better overall health, Dr. van der Merwe said.In addition, apples themselves contain a host of beneficial bacteria. (While this is true for all fruits and vegetables, one study found that apples have a greater variety of bacteria than most.) When you eat an apple, some of those bacteria may become part of your microbiome. The apple is \u201cacting like a probiotic in addition to acting like a prebiotic,\u201d Dr. van der Merwe explained.They\u2019re heart healthy.Apples have high amounts of pectin, a dietary fiber that can help you maintain healthy cholesterol levels. In a 2012 study, 160 postmenopausal women ate either 75 grams of dried apples (equal to about two medium sized apples) or prunes every day for one year. After six months, the women who consumed apples experienced a 13 percent drop in their total cholesterol and a 24 percent drop in \u201cbad\u201d LDL cholesterol, while the women who ate prunes experienced a 3.5 percent drop in total cholesterol and an 8 percent drop in LDL cholesterol. 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