"An apple a day keeps the doctor away." This saying is not false. Apples are not only easy to buy and inexpensive, but they also have excellent health benefits. Let's follow the editor to see the effects of eating an apple a day!
What are the benefits of apples?
1. Stopping diarrhea
Because apples are rich in tannic acid, malic acid, organic acids, pectin, and cellulose, which have an astringent effect. The pectin and cellulose in them can absorb bacteria and toxins in the body, so they can relieve intestinal diarrhea. Just eat one apple on an empty stomach in the morning and evening to see the effect. For treating watery diarrhea, use a semi-ripe apple, boil it with an appropriate amount of water, and eat it with the soup.
2. Relieving constipation
The organic acids and cellulose in apples can promote intestinal peristalsis, making stools soft and easy to excrete. Therefore, eating apples can promote bowel movements and treat dry stools. It is best to eat baked apples.
3. Weight loss
Because apples contain a large amount of vitamins and malic acid, which can promote the decomposition of fat accumulated in the human body, eating apples regularly can prevent obesity. People with too much fat need to eat some sour apples.
For weight loss in obese people, according to foreign research, each apple day can reduce body weight by 0.5 kg to 1 kg. During the apple day, 1500 grams of fresh apples are divided into 6 meals, that is, 250 grams each time, and a course of treatment is 18 apple days.
4. Preventing and treating anemia
Eating apples often can also increase blood pigment, making the skin delicate, white, and ruddy. Therefore, for anemia patients, eating apples can have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect. Apples for treating anemia can be eaten raw or cooked.
5. Preventing aging
The calcium and vitamin E in apples have the effect of diuresis and beauty, which can help prevent aging.
Common taboos of eating apples
Do not eat apples at night. Most people who lose weight eat an apple when they are hungry at night, thinking that it is nutritious, stops hunger, and will not gain fat. However, they don't know that an apple in the morning is gold, but at night it is garbage and has no benefits for the body.
Do not eat apples after a meal. As we all know, eating fruit after a meal aids digestion. But how long after a meal is the most appropriate time to eat? Eating an apple 1 hour after a meal can promote digestion. However, eating an apple right after a meal is not good for digestion.
What kind of constitution should pay attention to eating apples?
Patients with ulcerative colitis: Patients with ulcerative colitis should not eat raw apples, especially during an acute attack. Because the intestinal wall ulcers become thinner, the texture of apples is relatively hard, and the stimulation of 1.2% crude fiber and 0.5% organic acid is very unfavorable to the healing of the intestinal ulcer surface, and it can mechanically act on the intestinal wall, easily inducing complications such as intestinal perforation, intestinal dilatation, and intestinal obstruction.
Patients with leukopenia, patients with prostatic hypertrophy: Patients with leukopenia and prostatic hypertrophy should not eat raw apples, so as not to aggravate symptoms or affect the treatment outcome.
Be cautious with coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, and kidney disease.