We might also remember that the desire for spices and exotic foods which man didn't find in his environment spurned the search for new life and land on other continents and thus we found that the world was actually round and not flat as conventional thinking of earlier times commanded.  It is just this idea that prompts me to write.  We are so capable as a Nation of overcoming poor health and health risk factors if we would learn to understand ourselves.  Nutrition is what our bodies need to support normal cell growth.  Turnover keeps our cells, tissues, muscles, bones, joints, tendons, ligaments, organs and organ systems in a constant state of flux, building up and breaking down to maintain a balanced state or what is known as "homeo-stasis".  This is the key to health and healing and nutrition plays a hearty role in the laws of the body and its harmonious state, although nutrition alone cannot do what the natural laws worked in harmony can and will.

Let us take the common Apple and look at its benefits. Hopefully you are eating this jewel of the fruits as a part of your nutrition but if you aren't, here are some great reasons why you could:

Apples are rich in Vitamin C and loaded with fiber, particularly pectin, a soluble fiber that not only promotes digestive health but lowers blood-cholesterol levels.  Research is finding the Apple and its juice have functional properties well beyond their nutritional value, and many of the goodies are in the juice as well as the flesh.  Now there is evidence that apples can keep you mentally sharp as you age.  They protect neurons from the cognitive decline that typically accompanies aging; improving nerve-cell communication and can prevent, halt, and even reverse some signs of Alzheimer's disease.  It's not clear which apple components do what, but several antioxidants and flavonoids are likely active in multiple ways.  Drinking two cups of pure (not pasteurized for shelf life) apple juice or eating one large apple a day may be the easiest way to save your brain.

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