This is why you should eat an apple every day

Bananas, blueberries and avocados; we can think of tons of reasons why you should eat these fruits every single day. They’re chock full of healthy nutrients and can do a lot for both your physical and your mental health. But what about apples? Can we add those to our list of daily fruits?

There’s a reason they say ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’!

In general

Yes, we can definitely add apples to the list of most healthy fruits! Apples have tons of health benefits. Generally speaking, eating a sufficient amount of fruits and vegetables will prevent you from getting heart diseases, strokes and cancer, according to research. But an apple has a couple of additional benefits.

Extra health benefits

First of all, apples contain a special fiber called pectin, which has a cholesterol-lowering quality. An important extra fact about pectin is that red apples contain a third more pectin than green apples. Apart from that, apples are great sources of vitamin C, which is good for your immune system. Do you prefer to keep your teeth fresh and clean? A daily apple will help you with that, since the juice from this fruit kills about 80 percent of the bacteria in your mouth. Last but not least, it turns out that apples are good for your brain as well! Research from Cornell University shows that the antioxidants in apples help to protect our brains from oxidative stress.