Bowl of apples from our garden
Photo by JMorton
All About Apples
There is an old wives’ tale about having an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Is there some truth in this?
Well apparently it is true.
Eating an apple a day helps your digestion, especially if you suffer from constipation and piles (hemorrhoids) The soluble fibre helps prevent gut conditions such as bowel cancer.
Not only that but apples can lower your cholesterol level. It can also help prevent high blood pressure. This is because apples contain high level of anti-oxidants. It is also a good source of vitamin C.
Additional to that, it is good for your skin as well. It clears blemishes.
When juicing apples, include their skin and pips, where a lot of nutrients are stored.
Eat an apple daily.
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The Glory of Apples, Revealed!
With an apple, I will astonish Paris.
-PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)
I believe that time destroys everything. You can take one beautiful apple, red. After a while, it becomes shrivelled and full of worms, just like what happens to us.
– Monica Bellucci
The apple has had a long history.
Although it was not indicated in the Bible, many Christians have come to believe that it was an apple that the snake tempted Eve and Adam to defy God with; curiously enough apples would have not been growing in the Middle East at that period.
It has also been said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Isaac Newton discovered gravity through a falling apple.
The great Carl Sagan had this to say:
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
-Carl Sagan
Bobbing apples is a great Halloween game, but did you know that it is a British superstition that the bigger the apple you bob, the greater the fortune that will befall on you
Did you know?
Most archaeologists do not believe that the forbidden fruit that Eve tempted Adam with was an apple. Apparently apples did not grow anywhere in the Middle East when the book of Genesis was being written.
And the Bible itself was not specific that it was indeed an apple.
Apples comes in all sorts of varieties and they are equally good as long as used for what there are meant to be. There are cooking apples, there are cooking apples for pies and even for cider/wine making.
36 million tonnes apples are harvested worldwide.
Superstitions:
There is an English superstition regarding this game. When bobbing for apples, the bigger the apple you get, the greater the fortune that is going to befall you. 😉
Dreaming about apples?
Apparently if the apple is sweet, romance is in the air. If it is sour, you are right up Disappointmentville. Ouch!