Why The Apple is One of the World’s Most Healing Superfoods

This commonly overlooked superfood protects the body from nuclear fallout, kills a wide range of cancers, and keeps the arteries unclogged — to name but a few experimentally confirmed ways in which the apple awakens your inner physician.

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Sayer Ji – “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This age old saying has never rang truer with greater promise and authority than it does today. As in the modern era, doctors bring with them a battery of tests, drugs, and interventions, all of which carry unintended, adverse health risks that often outweigh their purported benefits, and are therefore best avoided whenever possible.

While some might take this opening aphorism as mere folk medicine fantasy, the reality is that the medicinal properties of apple are well-documented within the biomedical literature.

For instance, apple consumption has been the subject of quite a few studies on colorectal cancer risk reduction. [i] [ii] [iii]  Other cancers that apple constituents have been studied to kill in pre-clinical research include: Continue reading

Preserving the Season: All About Apples

appleRuby Burks – As modern consumers, we’re accustomed to seeing perfectly formed, wax-shiny apples piled in grocery stores year-round ready to take their place in back-to-school lunch boxes, but did you know apples were once considered a prized staple in colonial America?  Today we’ll explore the history of the apple, its nutritional value, preservation methods and their practical uses, and why apples should be part of every modern homestead.

The Fruit That Traveled the World

The genetic origin of all our modern day apples can trace its roots back to a mountainous region of what is known as modern day Kazakhstan, a country in central Asia, but it was the Romans and Greeks that became the masters of apple grafting (grafting is a technique wherein a section of stem that includes buds is carefully inserted into the stock of another tree in order to propagate a desirable variety).

Apples have an intense genetic variability (known as “extreme heterozygotes”) which means that a seed produced from any given apple will produce an apple tree, but it may not produce fruit exactly like the tree it came from and could instead produce fruit that expresses any variable within its genetic make-up.

When early Europeans came to the United States, they brought seeds and grafted trees with them.  They soon discovered that the grafted trees did poorly in the harsher soil of the United States, but the seedlings did very well.  Eventually, regional varieties that were better able to withstand the differences in temperatures, soil composition, and growing seasons, thrived. Continue reading

GMOs Invade Fruit Industry: Apples, Pears, Cherries And Peaches To All Become Unlabeled GMO

mikeAdamsGenetically modified apples have been approved by the industry-corrupted USDA, a federal regulator that accomplishes for the biotech industry the same thing the FDA achieves for Big Pharma: unlimited profits, lax regulation and a ready willingness to accept fabricated “science” as fact.

“The USDA’s environmental review received 73,000 comments that overwhelmingly opposed the commercialization of Arctic Apples,” explains a press release from Food & Water Watch. [1]

The GMO apple that just received approval was developed by the Okanagan Specialty Fruits company, which says it “…married the best of nature with the best of science.”

The road to Hell, of course, is paved with the best of intentions, and that’s the problem with all these GMOs: Modern science is rolling the dice with a self-replicating “genetic pollution” scenario that could play out in ways that no scientist ever anticipated. As the Food & Water Watch press release explains:

The USDA has neglected to look at the full range of risks from these apples. In its environmental assessment, the USDA glossed over the possibility of unintentional effects associated with the technology used to engineer these apples, potential economic impacts on the U.S. and international apple market, effects of potential contamination for non-GMO and organic apple growers and the impact of the non-browning gene silencing which also can weaken plant defenses and plant health.

In addition to genetically modified apples, the Okanagan Specialty Fruits company also promises to roll out genetically modified peaches, cherries and pears. [3]

Suppression of the PPO gene may lead to less nutritious fruits

To achieve its GMO apples, the Okanagan fruit company has developed a way to reduce the natural browning of apples that takes place after they are sliced. This is accomplished by genetically suppressing the polyphenol oxidase (PPO) gene. Continue reading

Tess Pennington ~ Juice For A Natural Energy Boost

ReadyNutrition  April 29 2014

GreenDropDrinkHealthI constantly struggle with having enough energy to get everything done. Instead of loading myself up with coffee all day, I am taking a healthier approach and started giving my body what it really needs – natural vitamins and nutrients.

Juicing is a great way to add essential nutrients to the body and in return, I get a much needed boost of energy. My kids have lovingly dubbed this juice the “Green Drop Drink” after one of their favorite movies. If you don’t have any kale or spinach, you can add the remaining ingredients and make a delicious yellow version of this beverage.

Go for the organic fruits and vegetables when juicing as it helps your body detoxify more efficiently. As well, this is a great juice to help detox from the holidays or from heavy metals and environment pollutants, and also gives you an added energy boost thanks to the ginger. Here are some other ways your health benefits from this juice: Continue reading

Whole Wheat German Pancake With Apples

ReadyNutrition  September 4 2013

AppleWhat a breakfast to wake up to in the morning! Your family will sing praises to you when you serve them this delicious puffy German pancake.

The batter can be made the night before to make for a fast cook time. As well, play around with the flavors and spices too.

Bon Appetit!

Whole Wheat German Pancake with Apples

Adapted from Whole Foods

Ingredients

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 large eggs
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 apples, cored and thinly sliced
2 teaspoons powdered sugar (optional) Continue reading