RichlandGourmet Apple Contributor/Blogger
Who sits
up and thinks about how much water, vitamins and carbohydrates are in an apple? Scientists do and we at Richland Gourmet Apples are glad about it!
According
to the Institute
of Food Research, apples
are made of more than 80% water. Only 4%
of the apple consists of vitamins and minerals while the other 10% is
carbohydrates1. When you
break down the numbers like that, eating one of our jumbo sized granny smith apples makes good health sense; but wait there’s more.
Research
conducted prior to 2008 proved that apples contain flavonoids. Flavonoids are
what’s known as a plant secondary metabolites2. Huh?
We’re not scientists here but bottom-line, eating granny smith apples
helps with such things as heart disease, memory and lung function. You see because the skin of our granny smith apples contains Vitamin C and E, researchers have shown “a positive correlation
between lung function and the number of apples eaten per week. Eating five or
more apples a week was linked to better lung function3.’
Can you
imagine eating five of our jumbo granny smith apples hand dipped in caramel,
covered in large pecans, roasted almonds and mouth watering walnuts? Or what about one striped with Belgian milk chocolate, thin wafers, and marshmallows?
I mean, does that sound like it can help you with your lung function or
what? Didn’t your heart skip a beat? But
wait, I digress.
Getting
back to the original point, there are some really cool benefits to eating one
of large granny smith apples. So if you’re like so many Americans who’s trying
to be more health conscious but still would like to enjoy an occasional applely
indulgence, why not purchase some of our chocolatey delights today? Visit
richlandgourmetapples.com!
Copyright ©
2013 Richland Gourmet Apples®. All rights reserved.
SOURCES:
No comments:
Post a Comment