Apple Delights

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All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the challenge of science is to find it.
โ€“ Paracelsus


Did you know apples take naps? In this 2-minute video, see how this great fruit grows and goes from farm to table.

In the early 1800s, John Chapman traveled from Pennsylvania into the Ohio frontier barefoot, wearing a coffee sack and tin hat. Johnny Appleseed earned his living growing and selling seedlings from which westward-bound settlers could make cider, essential on American tables back then.ย Read more.

Apples are a fruit whose wild ancestors still grow in the mountains of central Asia.ย From those originsย guess how many types of apples exist today [75, 750, 7,500, more].ย Answerย below.

The saying, โ€˜An apple a day keeps the doctor away,โ€™ has merit.ย Healthlineย reports, apples are, “a rich source of polyphenols, an important group of antioxidants that protectโ€ cells from free radicals, the harmful molecules that can cause chronic conditions, like heart disease and cancer.

Scientists also credit apples for helping:

  • Strengthen lungs
  • The heart
  • Bone health
  • Weight loss
  • Brainย (easing age-relatedย memory loss)
  • The immune system
  • Gut healthย and more

 

From late summer into autumn, picking apples also offers exercise while enjoying sunshine and fresh air.ย  Here areย Pittsburgh-area orchards.

While the different flavors of fresh apples make them fantastic treats, here are some wonderful,ย healthy recipes, from apple crisp, to Mulligatawny soup, to a salad with spinach and butternut squash.ย  In addition, here are short videos offering recipes that had to be shared. Enjoy!

Wine anyone? How about an apple version easy toย make at home. This 6-minute video shows how.
Treat yourself to these sparkling, chocolate-dipped apple flowers. This 2-minute video shows how.

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This “Sun Mint Tea” image and inspiration is from Succeed and Soar‘s “Winning the Game of Life” post.ย Viewย here.

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ANSWER:ย  There areย 7,500 types of apples.


Keep in Mind

All information offered here is meant to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. With a Masters Degree in Fine Arts, Sandra Gould Ford is an artist, author, educator and former steelworker who intends to lift hearts and spirits, our awareness and humanity.

Know that information explored here may be time sensitive and could have been updated. This material prescribes neither drugs nor therapies. Further, this brief post cannot cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, warnings, drug interactions, allergic responses, adverse effects or appropriateness for any individual.

This presenter uses her best discretion in sharing resources. She recommends readers do the same, including consulting appropriate professionals [including doctors, nurses and/or pharmacists] to make sure this information fits personal circumstances.

Blessings and Good Health.

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Sandra Gould Ford

Sandra Gould Ford is an author, educator and former steelworker who presents arts experiences to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. She belongs to the Authorโ€™s Guild and Science Fiction Writers of America and is a former member of the American Society of Media Photographers. For more information, visit her web site: SandraGouldFord.com.

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