daily. You can find formulas that combine
it with boswellia and other ingredients for
joint pain, with resveratrol and green tea
for cellular health concerns, or simply on its
own for just about everything else.
9. APPLE
There’s a lot of truth to the old saying,
“an apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
It would be tough to find a more perfect
portable snack that provides so many bene-
fits. In fact, just by adding one serving of
apples per day, you can reduce your risk of
pancreatic cancer by 25%.
But there are even more reasons to eat
apples – weight loss, heart health, reduced
risk of diabetes and asthma, cancer and
Alzheimer’s prevention, and increased bone
density – to name a few. A lot of people
figure they can get around eating apples by
just drinking juice instead – but one recent
study actually found an increased risk of
colon cancer associated with regular intake
of fruit juice.
There are some identifiable components
in apples that make them so healthy. They
are quercetin, phloridzin, and fiber.
Quercetin is a bioflavonoid antioxidant.
One of its many benefits is that it reduces or
delays the absorption of sugar and carbohy-
drates, which helps to curb the appetite and
reduce binge eating.
Phloridzin, like quercetin, has similar
effects on the glucose receptor sites, but
it also burns fat and controls blood sugar
levels. In fact, phloridzin helps to release
stored fatty acids from fat cells by as much
as 44% more than just exercise alone.
A recent study followed participants
eating daily apples or pears versus another
group eating oat cookies with the same
total calories and fiber. The apple group
lost weight. The cookie group gained. So
my advice is – skip the cookie and have that
apple a day.
10. GRAPES
Grapes (Vitis vinifera) are another nutri-
ent-packed fruit. As with most fruits, and as
I mentioned in the section about red wines,
the skins of grapes are loaded with valuable
nutrients, including resveratrol and other
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