German scientists have found that pectin in apples can lower cholesterol. After a long-term investigation, Dutch scholars found that people who eat 1 apple every day have increased bile excretion and bile acid concentration, which is helpful for the liver to excrete more cholesterol. Polyphenols and flavonoids contained in apples are natural chemical antioxidants, which can remove the metabolic "garbage" in the body in time. Eating ripe apples can cure constipation. Eating chopped raw apples can prevent mild diarrhea with pectin.
Malic acid can stabilize blood sugar and prevent senile diabetes, so diabetics should eat sour apples. Apple contains sugar, lithium and bromine, which is an effective sedative and hypnotic without side effects. Apples contain zinc and magnesium, so eating apples often can enhance memory and promote children's development. Because some elements in apples can eliminate lead and mercury harmful to health, European scientists call apples anticancer drugs.