Apple Nutrition Facts Worth Thinking About
- Apples are absolutely fat-free!
- One apple provides as much dietary fiber as a bowl of bran cereal. That’s equal to one fifth of the recommended daily intake of fiber.
- Apples are loaded with pectin, a soluble fiber that aids digestion and may help reduce cancer and heart disease.
- The complex carbohydrates in apples give your body a longer, more even energy boost compared to high-sugar snacks. Snacking on apples can keep you going throughout the day.
- Apples provide boron, an essential trace element that helps harden bones. Strong bones help prevent osteoporosis
Source: NewEnglandApples.org
Fresh apple cider is the sweet, unfermented juice of the apple. Fresh cider requires no added sugars or other ingredients—just apples, pressed for their translucent coppery-brown juice. Cider is as varied and versatile as the apple itself. Freeze it, ferment it, cook with it… and drink it.
Hard cider, which is about as strong as beer, was America’s drink from colonial days until well into the mid 19th century. It was cheap, intoxicating and it stored well. Everyone drank it, including children. In some cases it was safer than water. It fell out of favor as beer rose in popularity, and is now making a comeback with both small and large cider mills producing this delicious drink.
