Apples are a traditional Russian fruit that has been eaten fresh, baked or soaked since ancient times. They have a pleasant sweet and sour taste and contain many vitamins and minerals that bring great benefits to our body.
The healthiest apples
The beneficial properties of all fresh apples are almost identical. True, green fruits with sourness contain a little more ascorbic acid, but red apples are rich in pectin and sugars. Nevertheless, both of them will enrich the body with a sufficient amount of micro- and macroelements with regular consumption.
As for the choice between fresh and cooked apples, the former will, of course, be the healthiest. When fresh fruit is consumed, much more vitamins enter the body, for example, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E, K and PP. These fruits also contain a lot of useful pectin, mineral salts, organic acids and tannins. And, of course, fresh apples enrich the body with iron, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, copper, potassium and other trace elements.
Apples are especially good for eating with their skins. But before consumption, the fruit must be kept in water for 5 minutes in order to get rid of harmful substances with which they could be sprayed.
In second place in terms of the content of nutrients are pickled apples, the amount of ascorbic acid in which is higher than in fresh fruits. This is why it is good to eat them to strengthen the immune system. They also stimulate appetite, improve intestinal motility and enrich the body with potassium.
If eating fresh or pickled apples is undesirable due to stomach problems, you can eat them baked. Of course, fruits cooked in the oven are less useful, but they still retain some of the nutrients. Baked apples, for example, help lower blood cholesterol levels and restore digestion by being high in pectin. And if you eat them with honey, you can also increase the body's resistance to various infections.
It is not worth baking apples with honey, since when heated, honey loses all its useful substances. But you can pour over still hot apples.
The benefits of apples for the body
Since these fruits saturate the body with a large amount of nutrients, they help prevent the development of a number of diseases. So, they have a beneficial effect on the state of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, urinary and cardiovascular systems, prevent the development of anemia and osteoporosis. Apples also help remove harmful toxins from the body and increase the body's resistance to various viruses and bacteria.
