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I heard a lot about thee saying “An Apple a day keeps the doctor away” which is probably right. The fiber in apples, called pectin, bump up colon-protective compounds and clamp down on cancer-causing ones. So it is always good to have an apple everyday. Let’s use the power of pectin.
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If you had to choose one fruit to keep your colon happy, which would it be?
If you said apples, that’s not a bad choice. The kind of fiber in apples — called pectin — appears to both bump up colon-protective compounds and clamp down on cancer-causing ones.
The Power of Pectin
In a lab study, apple pectin increased levels of butyrate, a fatty acid that not only keeps colon tissue healthy but also slows the production of a cancer-causing substance. Apple juice extracts amped up butyrate as well. If you opt for apple juice, find out why cloudy trumps the clear kind.