Benefits of Apple

For a quick and healthy snack, you can’t go wrong grabbing one of this season’s freshest apples. But put the peeler away.

Because if you pitch the skin, you’re ditching some pretty great things -- like cancer-fighting compounds called triterpenoids. What are those, you ask?

Gotta Get Your Triters
Triterpenoids are powerful compounds that have shown strong anticancer potential against breast, liver, and colon cancer. And Red Delicious apples have triters in their peels. The peels also possess most of the apple’s fiber and cell-protective quercetin. So grab one, wash it well, and eat it whole. Apple a Fruit Rich in Antioxidant .

How Do You Like Them Apples?
We already love apples for their low-calorie, high-fiber, healthy snack appeal. But there are a million more reasons to munch on them.
Here are just a few:

Better breathing: Apple for Lung Health
Weight loss: Eat This and Drop Pounds
Healthier colon: The Apple For Your Colon Craves

Benefit: Getting 31 milligrams of flavonoids (like the kinds found in apples) a day can make your age 3.2 years younger.