An apple a day...

On each Dr. Oz show, guests share their weight-loss secrets with the audience. One woman, who lost half her original body weight, talked about her secret weapon against overeating: apples. She consumes at least five a day. Whenever she gets a craving for a dessert or any other high-calorie food, she eats an apple.

The researchers at Cornell University support this particular diet strategy: apples help women lose weight and lower the risk of lung cancer and type 2 diabetes. They have also classified the Red Delicious as the most antioxidant-rich apple. They suggest that we eat the entire apple, avoiding the harder seeds and stem. More than two-thirds of the fibre and almost all of the antioxidants are found in the peel.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts discovered that eating two or three apples a day increases the levels of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter crucial to maintaining memory.

Definitely food for thought!!