This Is What Happens To Your Body When You Eat One Apple Everyday For Two Months

What makes one say “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. Is it just to make us eat apples or is there any truth behind it? Well, let’s find out why we have been hearing this all our lives, besides its rhyming and being easy to recall value. Though it is unlikely that it is so popular with any substance to it. One of the most cultivated fruits in the world, apples are also called ‘miracle food’. They are extremely rich in antioxidants, flavonoids and fiber.

• Pectin – Apples being an excellent source of pectin helps lowering the blood pressure as well as glucose levels in the body. Along with it also controls the bad cholesterol.
• Boron – This nutrient supports healthy and strong bones.
• Quercetin – A kind of flavonoid, this particular nutrient helps in reducing free radicals and improves skin health.
• Vitamin C – This vitamin is known to improve the immune system and overall general health of the body.
• Phytonutrients – These include vitamin A, E and beta-carotene which helps the body to fight against heart disease & mitigates the effects of asthma.

With all these and more, eating apples make so much sense. If you eat an apple every day for nearly two months, your body with have the following effects:

1. Improved neurological health – with antioxidant like ‘quercetin’ the body is able to maintain healthy state of mind.
2. Reduce the risk of stroke – past studies have shown that people who regularly consume apples run a lower risk of stroke.
3. The fruit lowers the level of bad cholesterol and increases good cholesterol in the body.
4. Most of the vitamins are found just under the skin and therefore the food is best eaten with the skin.
5. The insoluble fiber helps in creating a bulk in the intestinal track and this bulk in turn helps in holding water which cleanses and moves the food smoothly through the digestive system.
6. The fruit fights against cancer with the highest amount of antioxidants present and protects the body from this terminal illness to a great extent.

With all these benefits, wouldn’t eating an apple is what you want to do from this moment onwards? Apart from the above benefits, apples also clean our teeth and prevents tooth decay. Being low in calorie density, it can be eaten in good quantities and is good source of nutrient to fill your stomach.

But does this mean you will never get sick or can avoid the doctor completely? No, but you will certainly live a healthier life for a long time by balancing your diet with fruits and vegetables. And adding apples to your daily diet can surely give you a better health in the long run.