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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, goes the saying.
But a new study has found more specifically, that a Granny Smith a day could be the key to preventing obesity.
The bright green, crisp variety helps people feel full, inhibiting the urge to eat.
They were found to promote friendly bacteria, which invokes the feeling of being full.
The study, published in the journal Food Chemistry, revealed that the non digestible compounds in the fruit, which include fibre and polyphenols, do not get broken down by stomach acid.
When they reach the colon they are fermented by bacteria in the colon which helps friendly bacteria in the gut to grow.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ent-diabetes-illnesses-linked-overweight.html
Sigh! Another 'magic' food! 🙄
But a new study has found more specifically, that a Granny Smith a day could be the key to preventing obesity.
The bright green, crisp variety helps people feel full, inhibiting the urge to eat.
They were found to promote friendly bacteria, which invokes the feeling of being full.
The study, published in the journal Food Chemistry, revealed that the non digestible compounds in the fruit, which include fibre and polyphenols, do not get broken down by stomach acid.
When they reach the colon they are fermented by bacteria in the colon which helps friendly bacteria in the gut to grow.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ent-diabetes-illnesses-linked-overweight.html
Sigh! Another 'magic' food! 🙄