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Health & Apples
We all know eating fresh apples is good for you. In fact, the common adage “an apple a day,” is based on scientific fact. To get the full nutritional benefits associated with apples, you should eat at least one fresh apple every day. The 3-Apple-a-Day Plan takes it one step further. We recommend eating three fresh apples every day, one before each meal. Eating an apple before each meal means most likely eating less of the things you (and your waistline) will regret later.

FIBER
A medium size apple, about the size of a tennis ball, contains 5 grams of fiber, 20% of the recommended daily fiber intake.

Apples contain both types of fiber needed to keep the digestive system healthy and functioning – soluble and insoluble. Pectin, the soluble fiber in apples, lubricates the colon, helping to ease the elimination of wastes. Pectin also helps to prevent cholesterol buildup in the lining of blood vessel walls. The insoluble fiber in apples, mainly in the skin, provides bulk in the digestive tract, helping to bulk up and move food quickly through the intestines.

Weight Loss
Apples are a delicious source of dietary fiber, which aids digestion and promotes weight loss. A medium sized apple, about the size of a tennis ball, contains about 80 calories, 5 grams of fiber and almost no fat or cholesterol.

The fiber in apples helps to make you feel fuller, which is part of the reason why the 3-Apple-a-Day Plan suggests that you eat an apple before each meal. And the complex sweetness of apples helps to satisfy sugar cravings, while the juice in apples helps to keep you hydrated. Apples are also very portable. It is easy to keep one in your purse or lunch box, to satisfy those mid-day snack attacks without binging on high-calorie, high-fat foods.

Cancer Prevention
Over the past four years, in several studies, apple consumption has been linked with reduced cancer risk. A 2001 Mayo Clinic study indicated that quercetin, a flavonoid abundant in apples, helps prevent the growth of prostate cancer cells. A Cornell University study indicated phytochemicals in the skin of an apple inhibited the reproduction of colon cancer cells by 43 percent. The National Cancer Institute has reported that foods containing flavonoids, like those found in apples, may reduce the risk of lung cancer by as much as 50 percent.
- Carcinogenesis (March, 2001)
- Nature (June, 2000)
- Journal of the National Cancer Institute (January, 2000)

Healthy Lungs
Two recent British studies indicated that eating apples could improve lung health. A study of Welsh men indicated that people who ate at least five apples per week experience better lung function. Researchers at the University of Nottingham reported that those who ate five apples per week also had a lower risk for respiratory disease. In the Netherlands at the University of Groningen, apples were singled out as a fruit that could cut smokers’ risk of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) in half. Scientists believe antioxidants found in apples may ward off disease by countering oxygen’s damaging effects on the body.
- American Thoracic Society Meeting (May, 2001)
-Thorax (January, 2000)

Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
A Finnish study published in 1996 showed that people who eat a diet rich in flavonoids have a lower incidence of heart disease. Other studies indicate that flavonoids may help prevent strokes.
-The British Medical Journal (1996)

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Jessica Higbee
At the most exciting time of her life, Jessica Higbee found herself weighed down with the pounds she’d gained while pregnant with her first child. Before the baby, Higbee, 26, was outdoorsy and active. The added weight was sapping her energy and squashing her self-esteem. After her daughter was born, Higbee said she found motivation. When baby Baylee was four months old, Higbee said she hadn’t lost a pound of the weight. Then she started The Plan.

Jessica prepared meals days ahead, cooking chicken for several dishes. Baylee got in on the plan, too. While mom prepared food, she’d give her then-teething daughter an apple to gnaw on. As a nursing mother, Higbee worried the low-fat meal plan would affect her caloric intake. After consulting with registered dietitian Tammi Flynn, she found it wouldn’t cause a problem. “I had plenty of calories, it was just right,” Higbee said. “Baylee flourished and so did I.”

On the 3-Apple-a-Day Plan, Higbee who works in a clinic, lost 30 pounds of baby weight.

Woman’s Weekly Magazine chose Jessica Higbee to be their cover girl last September after her tremendous success with the 3-Apple-a-Day Plan! Today, 41 pounds thinner, Jessica has traded her size 18s for 8s—and it was easy!