AS fruits that contain lots of fiber, apples are the most potent type of food helps dieting program. Not only that, Apple also has many health benefits.
The scientists encourage us to eat more snack apple. Because the fruit of this one is the best medicine for muscle atrophy. Muscle atrophy involve a number of serious problems, but no drugs have been found to cure it.
Researchers from the University of Iowa has begun to study the activity of genes associated with muscle to find substances that could interfere with the disease. They have identified an important component in apple skin.
This substance is ursolic acid. Experiments on mice have shown that eating apples give rise to 15 percent of muscle mass. However, the total weight of rats fed with this acid remains the same, while the amount of fat is reduced more than half. According to research published in the journal Cell Metabolism, cited Genius Beauty, Tuesday (21/06/2011).
Scientists believe that the role of ursolic acid consists in programming the genes responsible for the loss of muscle mass and replacement with fat.
As for apples, they can also lower blood sugar levels, levels of fatty acids and cholesterol. Not only that, according to scientists, this fruit helps diabetics because of its nature.
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