Healthy apple

Apple fruit nutrition facts

              Delicious and crunchy, apple fruit is one of the most popular and favorite fruits among the health conscious, fitness lovers who firmly believe in the concept of ''health is wealth''. This wonderful fruit is packed with rice phyto-nutrients that ,in the true sense , indispensable for optimal health. certain antioxidants in apple have several health promoting and disease prevention properties, and thereby, truly justifying the adage,''an apple a day keeps the doctor away''.

• Scientific name: MALUS DOMESTICA

                                                     Apples are obtained from medium-sized free belonging to the Rosaceae family. The apple tree is thought to have originated in nutrient-rich mountain ranges of Kazakhstan. Today,it is being cultivated in many parts of the world including the US as an important commercial crop. 

                                                     Apple fruit feafures oval or pear shape .Its outer peei come in different hues and colors depending upon the cultivar type.Internally its crispy , juicy pulp is off-white to cream in color, and has a mix of mild sweet and tart flavor. Its seeds are bitter in taste and therefore inedible

                                                     Hundreds of varieties of apples that are meant to be used either as table fruits or dessert and cooking apples grown inside the US and worldwide. cooking apples tend to be larger in size, crispier,and tarter than dessert types.

Health benefits of apple

• Delicious and crunchy apple fruit is notable for its impressive list of phtyto-nutriends, and anti-oxidants,studies suggest that its components are essential for optimal growth, development,and overall  wellness.
• Apple are low in calories;100g of fresh fruit slices provide just 50 calories. They however, contain no saturated fat or cholesterol.Nonetheless, the fruit is rich in dietary fiber ,which helps prevent absorption of dietary-LDL or bad cholesterol in the gut. the fiber also saves the colon mucous membrane from exposure to toxic substances by bindingto cancer-causing chemicals inside the colon.
• Apples are rich in antioxidant phyto-nutrients flavonoids the total ineasured  anti-oxidant strength (ORAC value) of 100g apple fruit is 5900TE some of the important flavonoids in apples areguercetin ,epicatechin, and procyanidin B2. Additionally, they are also good in fartaric acid that gives tart flavor to them . Aitogether these cornpounds help the body protect from deleterious effects of free radicals
• Apple fruit contains good  guantities of vitamin-c and beta-carotene.vitamin-c is a powerfull natural anti-oxidant consumption of food rich in vitamin-c helps the body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge hannfull, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the body