We eat too much salt in our daily life, which may lead to more sodium accumulation in the body, which may increase blood pressure, especially in the elderly. Through modern research, it is found that apples contain more potassium and less sodium. Excessive sodium is an important factor causing hypertension and stroke. Therefore, after taking apples, the original potassium element can be combined with the excess sodium element in the body, so that it can be excreted smoothly. Therefore, eating apples can prevent and treat hypertension well and help balance electrolytes in the body. At the same time, potassium ion can effectively protect blood vessels and reduce the incidence of hypertension and stroke. Dr Susan Allridge, a famous British pharmacologist, found that polyphenols and flavonoids contained in apples can effectively prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It is recommended to eat apples raw or juice them.

The elements such as phosphorus and iron contained in apples are easily absorbed by the intestinal wall, and have the functions of nourishing the brain, calming the mind and sleeping. The aroma of apples is a good medicine for depression and depression. After many experiments, experts found that among many smells, the aroma of apple has the greatest impact on people's psychology, and it has an obvious effect on eliminating psychological depression. The clinical application proves that the depressed patients' mood is greatly improved, their spirits are relaxed and happy, and the sense of depression disappears after smelling the aroma of apples.

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Second: prevention and treatment of diabetes

The main cause of diabetes is caused by high cholesterol in the body, and apples are rich in pectin, which can prevent the body from having high cholesterol and reduce the blood sugar content. If you want to get better therapeutic effect, it is recommended to eat more sour apples.

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Third: reduce blood lipids.

The human experiment of Japan Fruit Research Institute showed that after eating two apples a day, the triglyceride level in the blood of the subjects decreased by 2 1% after three weeks, and the high triglyceride level was the chief culprit of arteriosclerosis. After apple pectin enters the human body, it can combine with bile acids, absorb excess cholesterol and triglycerides like a sponge, and then excrete it. At the same time, the acetic acid decomposed by apple is beneficial to the catabolism of these two substances. In addition, vitamins, fructose and magnesium in apples can also reduce their contents.

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Fourth: lower cholesterol.

Researchers in China have come to the conclusion through experiments that eating apples can reduce the cholesterol content in blood, increase bile secretion and bile acid function, thus preventing cholesterol from precipitating in bile to form gallstones. Some experiments have found that more than 50% of people who eat apples regularly have lower cholesterol content 10% than those who don't eat apples. Eating apples often can prevent the formation of gallstones, stimulate the gallbladder to secrete more bile, thus avoiding cholesterol from forming gallstones and causing lithiasis.

Eating a few apples or drinking several glasses of apple juice every day can prevent gallstones.

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Fifth: prevent cancer.

The latest research found that polyphenols in apples can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells, and eating more apples can enhance lung function and prevent lung cancer. Patients with lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema and women who often cook may wish to eat some apples often. Because apples are rich in antioxidants, it helps the human body to improve its antioxidant capacity to resist the damage caused by oxygen damage, thus enhancing human lung function. A study in Finland is even more exciting: flavonoids contained in apples are an efficient antioxidant, which is not only the best blood vessel cleaner, but also the bane of cancer. If people eat more apples, the chances of getting lung cancer can be reduced by 46%, and the chances of getting other cancers can also be reduced by 20%. It is possible that it is best to eat an apple a day, but as long as you eat at least five apples a week, you will have the above benefits. The latest research by the French National Institute of Health Medicine also tells us that proanthocyanidins in apples can prevent colon cancer.

Eating more than one apple/kloc-0 a day can reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, breast cancer and ovarian cancer by 9% ~ 42%.

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Sixth: the dual efficacy and function of laxative and antidiarrheal.

1: Treating constipation

Apples are rich in organic acids and cellulose, both of which can promote the peristalsis of our intestines, make the feces in the large intestine soft, avoid induration and be more easily excreted; Apples are rich in organic acids, which can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis and promote defecation. If you want to get the best effect of treating constipation, you can bake apples and take them.

2. Treatment of diarrhea

Do you know that many substances in apples have good astringency, especially malic acid, pectin, organic acids, cellulose and tannic acid, etc. These substances can absorb bacteria and toxins well, inhibit abnormal peristalsis of intestinal tract, slow down digestive activities, and thus inhibit mild diarrhea. If you want to get the best effect, it is recommended to eat an apple on an empty stomach every morning and evening. In addition, you can also boil the half-cooked apple in a pot and then take it with soup and meat.

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Seventh: antioxidant effect

The research team of Cornell University in the United States immersed the brain cells of mice in a liquid containing quercetin and vitamin C, and found that the antioxidant capacity of brain cells was significantly enhanced. Compared with other fruits and vegetables, the quercetin contained in apples is the best, and red apples are better than yellow apples and green apples. Therefore, for patients with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's syndrome, apples are the best food.

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Eighth: prevent aging.

Apples contain mineral elements boron and manganese that can strengthen bones. A study in the United States found that boron can greatly increase the concentration of estrogen and other compounds in the blood, which can effectively prevent calcium loss. Medical experts believe that if menopausal women can take 3 grams of boron every day, their calcium loss rate can be reduced by 46%, and menopausal women eat more apples, which is beneficial to the absorption and utilization of calcium and the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

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Ninth: Maintain acid-base balance.

70% of diseases occur in people with acidic constitution, and apples are alkaline foods. Eating apples can quickly neutralize excessive acidic substances in the body (including acid produced by exercise and acidic metabolites produced by acidic foods such as fish, meat and eggs) and enhance physical strength and disease resistance.

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Tenth: lose weight

Apples can increase satiety, and eating before meals can reduce food intake and achieve the goal of losing weight. This should be the most concerned benefit of eating apples for many women who love beauty. Studies have found that apples are rich in vitamins and malic acid, which can promote the decomposition of fat. Compared with other fruits, the fat and protein contained in apples are almost negligible, and the unique fruit acid can burn fat well. Eating apples often can not only not gain weight, but also reduce weight. Therefore, some obese people can eat an apple before meals every day, which can not only provide a good feeling of fullness, but also prevent obesity. If people want to lose weight better, they can eat more sour apples in moderation.

For example, you don't have to starve, take medicine or spend money. You can only eat apples in three days until you are full, and you can lose 3 to 5 kilograms. This is a popular "three-day apple diet" in Japan.

Eleventh: beauty beauty

The content of calcium and vitamins in apples is very rich. These substances have cosmetic effects after entering the body, which can well delay the aging of the body and maintain youth and beauty. In addition, a large amount of pectin contained in apples can keep the skin elastic and shiny.

Improve rough skin, because it contains a lot of moisture and moisturizing factors. Long-term consumption of apples can play a role in moisturizing, improve rough skin, and inhibit melanin deposition. Among them, fruit acid can make pores smooth and prevent the breeding of acne.

Of course, for female friends, apples are still very good beauty food.

Twelfth: treatment of anemia

Studies have found that eating apples often can also make our skin color better and make our skin red and tender. This is mainly because apples can increase the hemoglobin contained in the body very well, which is very good for some anemia patients and can play a very good role in adjuvant treatment of anemia symptoms.

Treating anemia with apples can be eaten raw or baked.

Thirteenth: eliminate fatigue

Due to the accelerating pace of life, modern people are more and more stressed in life and work, which often makes them feel tired. Apples contain a lot of potassium, sugar, pectin and so on, which can well eliminate the fatigue of the body after taking them.

Fourteenth: Enhance memory.

Apples contain a lot of nutrients needed for the normal operation of the brain, and even zinc is very rich. Modern research has found that zinc is very important to the human body and is a key element to promote growth and development. It is an important part of many enzymes. Zinc deficiency in human body will have a bad effect on memory.

A new study in the United States found that eating apples can promote the production of acetylcholine, which helps nerve cells transmit information to each other. Therefore, eating apples can help the elderly to enhance their thinking, promote their memory and reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's disease.

Fifteenth: women take it well during pregnancy.

Apples are very suitable for all kinds of people, even pregnant women in special periods. Many women will have morning sickness in the early stage of pregnancy. At this time, the damage to the body is relatively large, and it may even endanger the development of the fetus. Eating apples can not only supplement the calories and vitamins needed by the body in time, but also adjust the balance between water, salt and electrolyte, effectively prevent acidosis caused by frequent morning sickness, and well protect the health of the fetus and pregnant women.

Make breathing smoother. A recent study in Britain found that eating more apples during pregnancy makes the children healthier and less likely to suffer from whooping cough or asthma. Apples can also reduce the risk of lung disease, asthma, lung cancer and other diseases.

Seventeenth: Supplement the vitamins needed by the body.

Apples are rich in vitamins. Eating apples often can supplement the vitamins needed by the body, so that our bodies will not suffer from certain diseases due to lack of vitamins, which can effectively prevent various diseases.

Apple has high nutritional value and contains many vitamins. Apples contain15% carbohydrates and pectin, and are also rich in vitamins A, C, E, potassium and antioxidants. Apple contains polyphenols and flavonoids, which are natural chemical antioxidants, which can remove the metabolic "garbage" in the body in time and reduce the content of neutral fat in the blood. Neutral fat is the chief culprit of vascular sclerosis and is particularly important for preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Eighteenth: hangover

Apple can relieve the toxicity of ethanol and excrete it quickly after drinking. Apples can relieve headache, brain swelling and blushing after drinking. Relieve the absorption of alcohol in stomach and protect gastric mucosa.

Nineteenth: Eating more apples can protect the prostate.

Apple has always been a healthy food recommended by nutritionists to the public.

Recently, a foreign study found that the benefits of apples have been added, that is, eating apples for a long time can treat chronic prostatitis in men.

For patients with chronic prostatitis, eating 2-3 apples a day can get enough zinc.

Eating apples can also achieve the purpose of synergistic treatment of prostatitis and prevention of recurrence. Drinking apple juice or eating jam can be used.

Twentieth: protect your teeth

Apples can protect teeth from tooth decay and gingivitis, and help prevent periodontal disease.

Twenty-first: cure spasm

Spasm may be caused by the lack of calcium, magnesium, potassium and vitamins B and C, which can be fixed by apples.

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Twenty-two: cure hiccups

Overeating or eating too much greasy or sweet food is easy to burp. Apple vinegar helps stomach acid to return to normal level and relieve hiccups.