Another great source of positive nutrition stemming from a fruit is the apple. There are many different types and taste of apples. There are Crabapples, Granny Smith, Rome, Washington, Empire, Golden and Red Delicious, Fuji, Gala and McIntosh. Apples contain a high grade of vitamin c and can also help reduce the risk of such cancers like lung, prostate and colon cancers.
Apples are said to be good for the heart warding off heart disease and are a great tool in the fight for weight loss. You know the old saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away. The apples are great source of vitamin A; they too like the orange are antioxidants. The seeds are mildly poisonous but you would have to eat a large quantity of seeds and they would have to be chewed before any concern would be warranted.
Apples like most fruits except the orange and bananas that has peels or rinds, get pesticides on them from the orchards. They are cleaned before they get to the stores but always wash your fruits before you eat them just to be on the safe side.
Apples have a fair nutritional value to them, they contain 84 percent is water, 2.3 grams of fiber, 0 grams of fat, 11 grams of natural sugar and have 50 calories. They are great as a snack if you are on a diet. There are many uses for apples in cooking. You can make apple pie, apple cake, apple cider, apple juice, apple turnovers, apple strudel, and apple crisps and on Halloween, they can be used to apple bob, or make candy or Carmel apples.
