Apples are not high in vitamin A, nor are they a great source of vitamin C. But apples contain many health-promoting bioactive substances, making the fruit is a “functional” food.
levels by decreasing the amount of glucose absorbed from the small intestine and increasing excretion from the kidneys.So if apples are functional foods that promote health, do they really help keep the doctor away?apple-eating patterns and number of doctor visits
among more than 8,000 adults. Of those, about 9% ate one apple daily. Once adjusted for demographic and health-related factors, the researchers found that the daily apple eaters used marginally fewer prescription medications than the non-apple eaters. But the number of doctor’s visits was about the same between the two groups.A group of European researchers found that
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