Friday 20 April 2012

Amazing health benefits of apples


These days most of us are becoming health conscious and one of the best ways to do so is by enjoying fruits and vegetables rather than fast food. So, let’s look at one fruit in particular at this time – the Apple! 

Apples are surely delicious and there are various types – sweet and sour; green, red and you’ll even find a huge variety amongst them.  Apples have various benefits, let’s take a look at few of them:

Cholesterol control:

Apples help reduce the level of bad cholesterol in your blood and therefore, just one apple a day too would help immensely. Apples possess pectin and that’s responsible for the reduction of cholesterol. But, pectin is found on the skin of Apples and hence you’d need to have the skin – just in case you’re in the habit of throwing it away.