Cholesterol drops when you eat apples everyday, and you do not get fat with the energy added by the apple

Have you heard of the proverb saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away?" I would like to take fruits rich in vitamins and dietary fiber positively every day, but why especially apple is recommended by name, among a number of fruits, health benefits that will support the proverb Has become clear.

In an experiment conducted in the United States for 160 women over 45 years old, when eating apples everydayLDL(So-called "bad cholesterol") has decreased and HDL (so-called "good") has increased, and furthermore, weight has not increased due to energy intake added by adding apple to usual dietary habits is.

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Florida State UniversityThis study by Dr. Bahram H. Arjmandi et al. Of Nutrition and Motor Science Department of the University of Tokyo is the first to evaluate the long-term cardioprotective action by daily intake of apple to menopause and the results are in April It was held in Washington, DC on 12thExperimental Biology 2011(2011 American Experimental Biology Society).

Although apple is known as fruit rich in dietary fiber, it can expect a great health effect which can not be explained with its dietary fiber alone, even even familiar "miracle fruit" may be called.

Included in applesPectinYaPolyphenolToLipidPromotes metabolism,Inflammatory moleculeIt has already been clarified in an experiment using animals that there is an effect of reducing the amount of occurrence.

In the experiments of Dr. Arjmandi et al., 160 subjects from women aged 45 to 65 were randomly divided into "apple group" and "pruneGroup ", and I got an everyday appetite or dried prunes to eat 75 g / day a day, in addition to regular meals, and blood tests were done at 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after starting the experiment.

As a result, in the women of the "apple group", the average blood concentration of 23% LDL (bad cholesterol) decreased at 6 months and the lipid hydroperoxideLipid peroxide) AndC reactive protein(Proteins that appear in the blood when inflammatory responses and tissue destruction are occurring) have also decreased. Also, it seems that the HDL (good cholesterol) concentration has increased by 4%. Dr. Arjmandi shows surprises, "We did not expect that there is any effect so far."

Also, it was calculated that the intake energy of subjects increased by 240 kcal per day by dry apple, but it seems that this did not lead to weight gain, and the apple group's women's weight was It is said that it decreased by an average of 3.3 pounds (about 1.5 kg).

There is also a part that can explain this weight reduction effect by the effect that the pectin contained in the apple gives a sense of satiety. In other words, the amount of eating other things is decreasing as apples got feeling of fullness, and actually it may not be that the energy consumed increased by 240 kcal, but that "dry apples get fat because of high calorie" It seems not at all.

Dr. Arjmandi who proved that "there is a scientific truth behind the proverb" is a need to support the results of this research through larger experiments and surveys in the future, Dr. Arjmandi said, "Eat more apple You should be healthy benefit by eating apples. "