Apple season.Old adages often hold more wisdom than we realize and "an apple a day..." is no exception. An apple's hidden magic bullet is quercetin quer·ce·tin n. A yellow powdered crystalline compound produced synthetically or occurring as a glycoside in the rind and bark of numerous plants, used medicinally to treat abnormal capillary fragility. Also called meletin. , an antioxidant antioxidant, substance that prevents or slows the breakdown of another substance by oxygen. Synthetic and natural antioxidants are used to slow the deterioration of gasoline and rubber, and such antioxidants as vitamin C (ascorbic acid), butylated hydroxytoluene that may reduce the risk of certain cancers, prevent atherosclerosis and heart disease, reduce the pelvic pain associated with prostate disease, improve lipid profiles by reducing LDL LDL - ["LDL: A Logic-Based Data-Language", S. Tsur et al, Proc VLDB 1986, Kyoto Japan, Aug 1986, pp.33-41]. (bad) cholesterol, and improve lung function. In addition, apples have both soluble and insoluble fiber, which are associated with a host of healthy benefits. So take advantage of the season and eat up. An apple a day is a great post-workout snack to help restore glycogen glycogen (glī`kəjən), starchlike polysaccharide (see carbohydrate) that is found in the liver and muscles of humans and the higher animals and in the cells of the lower animals. reserves. And, although apple juice may have some benefits, most of an apple's quercetin resides in the skin. Sink your teeth into the original article for maximum benefits. (Amer J of Resp Critical Care Med, Vol. 164, No. 1, pp. 61-64; Thorax thorax, body division found in certain animals. In humans and other mammals it lies between the neck and abdomen and is also called the chest. The skeletal frame of the thorax is formed by the sternum (breastbone) and ribs in front and the dorsal vertebrae in back. , Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 102-108 and Vol. 54, No. 11, pp. 1021-1026; J of the Nat Cancer Inst, Vol. 92, No. 2, pp. 154-160; Life Sciences, Vol. 64, No. 21, pp. 1913-1920; Urology, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 960-963) |
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