An Apple a Day Can Revitalize Your Love Life: Researchers
Thursday, 24 Jul 2014 06:04 PM By Sylvia Booth Hubbard
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" has been
a common saying for more than a century, and it turns out that people have been
repeating it for good reason. Modern research shows that apples improve health
in numerous ways, and the latest study found that apples can even boost a
woman's sexual pleasure.
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The study, which was published in Archives of Gynecology
and Obstetrics, found that women who ate one or two apples a day had better sex
lives than those who didn't eat apples. The researchers believe that high
levels of polyphenols and antioxidants found in apples stimulate blood flow to
the sexual organs and aid arousal. In addition, apples contain phloridzin, a
phytoestrogen that's similar to the female sex hormone estradiol.
Apples fight many chronic health problems including:
Obesity. A Brazilian study published in the journal
Nutrition found that women who ate apples while dieting lost more weight over
12 weeks than dieters who didn't eat apples. One reason could be that the high
fiber found in apples promotes "satiety," meaning feeling fuller
longer. Researchers from the University of Iowa found that ursolic acid, a
molecule found in apple peels, protected mice from obesity by increasing their
amount of energy-burning brown fat as well as augmenting their muscle mass.
Another study of healthy adults found that when they ate an apple 15 minutes
before a meal, they reduced their total caloric intake by 15 percent.
Cancer. Researchers believe that the phytochemicals in
apples fight cancer. Researchers at Mayo Clinic found that the antioxidant
quercetin, which is abundant in apples, stops changes in prostate cells that
lead to cancer, slowing or preventing their growth. Chinese researchers found
that human prostate cells treated with quercetin died within 48 hours.A
Hawaiian study found that people whose diets were high in quercetin lowered
their risk of developing lung cancer by 40 to 50 percent, and a Cornell study
using rats found that eating apples daily reduced breast cancer by up to 44
percent.
Lung diseases. Several studies have shown that eating
apples improves lung function and lowers the risk of respiratory diseases
including emphysema, bronchitis, and asthma. A Finnish study attributed a lower
risk of asthma to the flavonoids quercetin, hesperetin, and naringenin
contained in apples. A study from the Netherlands associated higher lung
function and a lower risk of obstructive pulmonary disease in people who ate
five or more apples a week.
Diabetes. The same Finnish study that found a decreased
risk of lung disease also found a significant decrease in the risk of Type 2
diabetes among people who ate apples. They attributed the decrease to a high
intake of quercetin found in apple peels. A study at Boston's Brigham and
Women's Hospital found that people who ate at least two servings a week of
specific fruits, including apples, grapes, and blueberries, reduced their risk
of diabetes by up to 23 percent.
Strokes. A review of 20 studies published in the journal
Stroke found that eating the equivalent of two small apples a day (a total of
about 200 grams) cut stroke risk by almost a third. Part of the benefit may
come from pectin, a form of soluble fiber found in apples that lowers blood
pressure and levels of bad cholesterol.
Heart attacks. A study at University of California at
Davis found that eating two apples a day reduces the artery-clogging damage
caused by LDL ("bad") cholesterol. Researchers at the UK's University
of Oxford calculated that if every adult aged 50 and over ate an apple each
day, deaths from heart attacks and strokes would be cut to the same degree as
if everyone aged 50 and older who was not taking statins was prescribed the
cholesterol-lowering drugs. Lead researcher Dr. Adam Briggs said, "The
Victorians had it about right when they came up with their brilliantly clear
and simple public health advice: 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away.'"
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Dr. Frank Talamantes, Ph.D,
Professor of Endocrinology (Emeritus)
University of California
Santa Cruz, California, 95064
Residence: 83 Sierra Crest Dr.
El Paso, Texas 79902
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