Apple peel reduces blood pressure
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Cleansing the apple from the peel, you can significantly reduce the positive impact of fruit on health. The apple peel contains a record number of chemical natural compounds that protect the blood vessels and heart of a person. In the apple peel contains a huge number of components that can normalize high blood pressure. About this discovery was made a statement by scientists from the province of Nova Scotia (Canada), reports The Telegraph.
They explained that most people prefer to remove apple peel, fearing the influence of harmful substances, with which fruits are processed in order to achieve an extension of their storage. But these technological methods significantly reduce the benefits of fruits for health.
Experts analyzed the chemical and biological composition of the skin and the pulp of green apples. During the analysis, apples were reacted with an enzyme, which provokes hypertension.
It was unequivocally established that the fruit shell (peel) made the blocking action of this enzyme many times more effective than the flesh of the fetus did. The reason here lies in the fact that the apple peel of flavonoids contains 6 times more. The effect of "apple" flavonoids was most noticeable than that of other products with a similar effect - in particular, blueberries and green tea. Flavonoids belong to a group of substances of plant origin that appear in the human body (enter the body with food), affect the activity of numerous enzymes and have found wide application in both official medicine and medicine as an alternative medicine.
Medicine has proved the ability of flavonoids to regulate the permeability of vascular walls and improve their elasticity, as well as avoid sclerotic lesions.
Individual flavonoids are part of most drugs that reduce the fragility of capillaries, say, ascorutin.
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