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Apples as medicine

Ever heard of:an apple a day keeps the doctor away † Well, this tile wisdom turns out to be really true.

Research by British doctor Penny Stanway shows that apples and apple cider vinegar for all kinds of health problems and ailments help out. We sum up.

Asthma
You mainly get asthma if you hypersensitive airways have. This condition often worsens with cold air, exercise, certain foods, and allergies. But what turns out? If an asthma patient eats two apples a day , he or she has a lot less trouble with his or her airways. This is partly due to the many antioxidants that are in apples. These prevent diseases and hypersensitivity. Make sure you eat an apple with the skin It contains most of the vitamins and antioxidants.

The hiccups
Countless 'tricks' to get rid of hiccups have already been discussed. This one seems to really work according to Dr. Stanway:mix a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass with water and drink it slowly through a straw. When you've emptied the whole glass, the hiccups should also be gone.

Hay fever Spring is not the best time of year for hay fever sufferers. Fortunately, apple cider vinegar also useful here. Do you feel an allergic reaction coming on? Then put a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water and drink the glass slowly in half an hour. Wait another half hour and then do this again. Which also helps:putting a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar with food, such as with soup, and eating red apples.

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That time of the month
During your period also such a suffer from severe cramps † Then eat apples. The miracle fruit contains a lot of genistein (which stimulates the growth of healthy cells) which is a plant estrogen is. This is related to the estrogen that is in the cells of the female body. The plant estrogen therefore brings the estrogen levels back into balance during your period, which reduces the chance of painful cramps. So stock up on those apples.