Old Hippocrates Medicine
Following the old cliché, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” apples are one of the oldest, most nutritious foods on earth. They are rich in potassium, a mineral many of us are deficient in, and a deficiency that causes old age to creep upon us sooner. Calcium maintains our hard tissues such as bones, and potassium is the equivalent to the body’s soft tissues, keeping the body’s flesh and arteries soft and resilient. more…
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Apples just make sense as a daily part of the human diet.
Our forebears instinctively came to that same conclusion and adopted the maxim, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” They did not understand on a physiological basis why apple consumption was associated with health. Modern scientific studies are unraveling the reasons.
Some of the research is epidemiological. Large populations are studied for their dietary habits, and correlations between food intake and health consequences are identified. more…
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