HAPPY NATIONAL APPLE MONTH!!!

Did you know?

• Apples can help regulate blood sugar.
• Eating apples can reduce blood fats and therefore help prevent heart disease.
• Research shows that eating an apple over apple sauce or juice will make satisfy your hunger better.
• Apples can protect themselves from UV-B radiation with a compound called polyphenol.
• Because of their antioxidants, they help to protect our cardiovascular system and help reduce the risk of asthma and lung cancer.
• The apple tree originated in Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia.
• It is not a fact that Adam and Eve ate an apple in the Garden of Eden. The type of fruit is not mentioned.
• Johnny Appleseed’s real name was John Chapman. He was a man who walked around barefoot planting apple trees in the 1800’s here in the U.S.
• Apple season lasts from the end of summer until early winter.
• Dropped an bruised apples can damage other apples around them from the amount of ethylene gas that they release. Handle with care!
• HealthCorps’ logo is a heart-shaped apple!

Get your apple a day!

Taken from http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=15&tname=foodspice

Check out this website for some awesome healthy apple recipes!!!!!!

http://thelemonbowl.com/2013/10/healthy-apple-recipes.html

Look for Ms. Merchant’s upcoming Cougar Cafe in celebration of National Apple Month!