As the saying goes: “an apple a day keeps the doctor away from me.” Eating apples often has many health benefits《 Exceed the standard or obesity incidence rate of people who eat apples every day can help reduce inflammation in the body and reduce the incidence of diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, which are closely related to inflammation, a new Canadian study published in the American Journal of clinical nutrition.
Dr. Lindsay Robinson, a researcher in the Department of human health and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Guelph in Canada, and his team of participants conducted a six week comparative study. The average age of participants was 45.4 years, and the average body mass index (BMI) was 33.4. The researchers randomly divided the participants into two groups. For the first two weeks, all participants avoided foods and beverages rich in polyphenols and dietary fiber. After that, in addition to the normal diet, the participants in group a ate three Gala apples a day (the edible part was about 200 grams), while the participants in group B did not eat apples. The intake of polyphenols and dietary fiber was limited for 6 weeks. Fasting blood samples were collected before and after 6 weeks to analyze the plasma biomarkers. The results showed that the levels of inflammatory markers such as fasting C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and lipopolysaccharide binding protein in group A were 17%, 12.4% and 20.7% lower than those in group B, respectively. In addition, the levels of IL-6 and IL-17 secreted by PBMC decreased by 28.3% and 11%, respectively, and the plasma total antioxidant capacity increased by 9.6%. However, the new results also show that eating apples has no effect on weight loss, and has no effect on cardiovascular risk indicators such as blood glucose, insulin, blood pressure and blood lipids.
Dr. Robinson said the new findings suggest that eating apples every day is an effective way to reduce the chronic inflammation associated with obesity
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