Apples are considered a favorite fruit for both adults and children. There are a great many varieties of apples, they differ in color and taste. Each variety also has a special energy value.
By color, apples are divided into red, yellow, green, and by taste into sour, sweet, sweet and sour. The most useful are fruits that have just been picked from a branch.
Diet miracle
Apples can be safely considered one of the most popular dietary products; there are a whole series of apple diets. These fruits are 87% water and have absolutely no fat. Sugar, which is contained in fruits, is absorbed rather slowly in the body, moreover, fiber, pectin and vitamin C contained in fruits saturate cells with nutrients and facilitate the regeneration process. This is why apples are often called rejuvenating apples.
The seeds of these fruits contain the daily intake of iodine necessary for a healthy person.
Green apples are more beneficial than red ones, they contain less sugar, they are richer in vitamins and iron. Also, 100 grams of this product has only 35 kilocalories, while a red apple has 47 kilocalories.
By the way, in the summer season, apples are recommended to be consumed with the peel, as it contains a lot of useful substances, but outside the season the fruits are chemically treated for storage and transportation, so in winter you need to wash the apple with soap and cut the peel, the same should be done with any imported varieties this fruit.
Green apple varieties are hypoallergenic, that is, they do not contain dyes and have the amount of vitamins that even a child's body can easily absorb. The grated green apple is recommended even for people with stomach diseases, such as gastritis.
The benefits of apples
The beneficial properties of green apples are directly related to their fiber content, which in turn consists of dietary fiber, which allows you to remove all harmful substances from the body:
- toxins, - slags, - excess fats.
If you decide to drink juice from green apples, it is preferable to choose freshly squeezed, in which the nutritional fiber is not so badly affected. How many calories are in each drink is indicated on the package, if you make the juice yourself, then calculate by the volume of the original product.
Perhaps the main merit of the apple is its ability to lower cholesterol levels in the blood and liver. Just two apples a day can help lower cholesterol.
Dried green apples contain about 244 calories per 100 grams.
If you decide to cook a baked green apple, then you don't have to worry about its calorie content, it will remain practically unchanged. However, be sure to count the amount of additives - honey and sugar - and their calorie content in the finished dish, it will increase noticeably.
