Apples & Your Health

Apples inhibit growth of prostate cancer cells

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. found that quercetin, a phytonutrient found in apples, inhibited or prevented the growth of human prostate cancer cells in an in vitro (laboratory) study.

Carcinogenesis, 2001

Apple and apple juice consumption linked to reduced damage by ‘bad’ cholesterol

In the first human study of it’s kind, University of California-Davis researchers demonstrated that apples and apple juice may help slow the oxidation process that is involved in the build up of plaque that leads to heart disease. The participants added only two apples or 12 ounces of apple juice to their diet daily and positive effects were evident after only six weeks.

Journal of Medicinal Food, 2000

Reduced Risk of Asthma

A study of 1,471 adults in the United Kingdom found that people who ate at least two apples per week had a 22 - 32 percent lower risk of developing asthma than people who ate fewer apples.

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, November 2001

Reduced Risk of Cancer

Researchers in Helsinki, Finland have been studying a group of 10,054 men and women since 1966. They recently reported that the chance of developing any type of cancer was lowest among those participants consuming higher quercetin levels. The association between reduced risk of lung cancer, increased quercetin consumption and apple consumption was especially strong.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, September 2002