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The Health Benefits of Apples

    • Delicious and crunchy apple fruit contains good quantities of vitamin-C and beta carotene. Vitamin C is a powerful natural antioxidant. Consumption of foods rich in vitamin C helps body develop resistance against infections and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the body.
    • Apples are low in calories; 100 g of fresh fruit slices provide only 50 calories. They are contain no saturated fats or cholesterol but rich in dietary fiber which helps prevent absorption of dietary LDL cholesterol in the gut and also help protect the colon from exposure to toxic substances by binding to cancer causing chemicals.
    • Apples are rich in antioxidant phyto-nutrients flavonoids and polyphenols. The important flavonoids in apples are quercetin, epicatechin, and procyanidin B2. Apples are also good in tartaric acid that gives tart flavor to them that  help body protect from deleterious effects of free radicals.
    • Apple also contains small amount of minerals like potassium, phosphorus and calcium. Potassium in an important component of cell and body fluids helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure, thus counters the bad influences of sodium.
    • Apples are good source of B-complex vitamins such as riboflavin, thiamin and pyridoxine (vitamin B-6). These vitamins help as co-factors for enzymes in metabolism as well as in various synthetic functions inside the body.
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