Soluble Fiber - Unlike insoluble fiber (think: kale), soluble fiber can absorb and trap liquids (think of how oatmeal absorbs water). In your body, soluble fiber absorbs and traps cholesterol, and actually helps to remove it from your body. Because of their soluble fiber, apples have been shown to decrease total cholesterol (yeah!).
Antioxidants - in nearly every fruit or vegetable, apples are filled with them to protect the body from oxidation (think rust building up on iron). Apples help prevent the rust from building up.
Protect your heart by eating apples!
Blood Sugar Regulation - Apples include nutrients that slow digestion, slow glucose release, and increase the available insulin to process the glucose. We couldn’t design this process better if we tried! Don't you just love God's Pharmacy!
Apples are the original "fast food". Ready to eat on the go. I have some yummy Gluten Free apple recipes. Message me if you are interested.
A handful of nutrients in apples work together to help keep blood sugar stable. First, some nutrients increase the amount of time it takes for the apple to be digested into the simple sugars (glucose) that your body uses for energy. Then, other nutrients slow down the process of pushing that glucose into your blood stream. This is good—when the release of glucose is slower, your blood sugar does not “spike,” your body does not have to work as hard to manage a large dose of sugar, and you are satiated for a longer period of time. Meanwhile, other nutrients in apples ask the body to produce more insulin, which helps to take the simple sugars out of our blood and turn them into energy. So apples include nutrients that slow digestion, slow glucose release, and increase the available insulin to process the glucose. We couldn’t design this process better if we tried! Don't you just love God's Pharmacy!
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