AN APPLE A DAY WOULD AVOID MORE THAN 9 THOUSAND STROKES AND HEART ATTACKS

A popular belief holds that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" and in fact recent studies have confirmed the validity of this thesis.

The apple then it would not be the forbidden fruit of the ancient scriptures but basic food in our diet that contains key elements for the well-being and balance in our body such as fiber, vitamins, fatty acids and minerals.

The apple represent a true elixir from the prodigious capacity, would in fact be able to regulate metabolism, lower cholesterol levels and reduce hypertension . And it is based on the ancient belief that in some British researchers at Oxford University, conducted a study on the proverbial fruit titled "A statin a day keeps the doctor away". It is a comparative study based on a mathematical model with the aim to compare the beneficial effects of daily consumption of apple with those of statins, or drugs used to reduce cholesterol levels, prevent cardio - cerebro - vascular damage caused by atherosclerosis in those at risk, prevent damage, cardio - cerebro - vascular diseases in all those patients who have already had an event.

The study led by Professor Peter Coleman and Adam Briggs examined subjects with more than 50 years of age because this would represent the age group most at risk of diseases of the cardiovascular system. In light of the findings the researchers concluded that eating an apple a day will not only take away the doctor away but would prevent 8,500 deaths and vascular benefits would be almost equivalent to those provided by statin , the latter able to save 9,400 people annually affected by heart attacks and stroke but the major side effects such as risk of developing diabetes or myopathies.

           

The apples would be allied to the cardio vascular health due to the presence of flavonoids, elements which on the one hand to control the levels of LDL cholesterol in charge of just cardio vascular diseases and on the other to raise those of HDL cholesterol from the protective capabilities. The well-being of our body resides as always in good eating habits, therefore, can not resist the temptation to eat an apple a day, on the other hand we could hardly given that it is the fruit of temptation par excellence for which Adam was expelled from Eden, we certainly not run this risk.

And here is an interesting recipe ( gluten-free ) made ​​from apples :

400g rice flour

320gr Fructose

Seed Oil 200ml

300ml whole milk

2 Eggs

2 Apples

100g Carrots

1 packet of yeast

Cinnamon 3g

Salt q.b.

Preparation:

Take the eggs and separate the whites from reds, apart together flour, fructose, oil, milk, egg and red yeast. Mix well, in the meantime, peel the apples and cut into squares for half and half strips. Combine the mixture preceding the squares of apples, grated carrots into strips, a pinch of salt and the white whites. Take a cake mold and line the bottom with the sliced ​​apples (use baking paper to cover the pan), pour the prepared mixture and bake at 180 degrees for about 60 minutes.

Bon appetit !

Andrea Busalacchi