An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor A day! - MiniMins.com

**Mini** · 23rd March, 2007

We all know the old wives' tale that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” or so it has been claimed.

According to legend, the only time Johnny Appleseed got sick was at the time of his death. Since he was born on September 26, 1774 and lived until 1845, that is over 80 years without being sick!

Interestingly one medium apple with peel contains around 3.3 grams of fiber, while a peeled apple contains only 1.5 grams.

There are several types of dietary fiber. The one abundant in apples, and to some extent in all fruits and vegetables, is called pectin.

It is water soluble, and water-soluble fiber has been shown t reduce blood cholesterol levels.

What happens apparently is that each particle of fiber grabs an armful of bile salts on its way through the intestine in a process called "binding" and carries it out of the body during excretion.

The body then has to make new bile salts and evidently uses cholesterol as the raw material, thus keeping the blood cholesterol level down.

sonkie · 23rd March, 2007

Interesting I didnt know that !

**icemoose** · 23rd March, 2007

That's good as I eat 3 apples a day usually..... :-)

And of course they are low in calories

M.

Karen · 23rd March, 2007

im always impressed by the things u know mini!

very interesting xxx

sonkie · 23rd March, 2007

HMMMMMMMM appples , in fact any fruit yummmmmmm!

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Mini Admin Mini's Profile Albums Mini's Photo Gallery Join Date: 30th April, 2006 Posts: 21,846 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 147 Thanked 307 Times in 274 Posts Rep Power: 1000 Start Date: January 7th	An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor A day! We all know the old wives' tale that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” or so it has been claimed. According to legend, the only time Johnny Appleseed got sick was at the time of his death. Since he was born on September 26, 1774 and lived until 1845, that is over 80 years without being sick! Interestingly one medium apple with peel contains around 3.3 grams of fiber, while a peeled apple contains only 1.5 grams. There are several types of dietary fiber. The one abundant in apples, and to some extent in all fruits and vegetables, is called pectin. It is water soluble, and water-soluble fiber has been shown t reduce blood cholesterol levels. What happens apparently is that each particle of fiber grabs an armful of bile salts on its way through the intestine in a process called "binding" and carries it out of the body during excretion. The body then has to make new bile salts and evidently uses cholesterol as the raw material, thus keeping the blood cholesterol level down. __________________ Love Mini xxx "To Start Again I Must Begin From Where I Am, Not Where I've Been”

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