Rhythmic Moves School of Dance and Performing Arts

Dancers should be excited about eating apples! There are many varieties to choose from and they are readily available at your local supermarket and fruit market. Not only are they a yummy snack that is easy to pop into a dance bag, but a recent study also suggests that a polyphenol extract found in apples may help reduce fatigue and improve physical performance during exercise.

Apples have no fat, cholesterol or sodium, and contain small amounts of potassium, which may promote heart health, help maintain healthy blood pressure and a healthy weight.

And can eating an apple a day really keep the doctor away? The answer is yes because apples also contain quercetin, a flavonoid that combats the destructive ‘free radical’ molecules that play a part in many diseases.

Specifically, quercetin may help to:

• Reduce cancer risk
• Prevent heart attacks
• Ward off eye diseases such as cataracts and macular degeneration
• Control asthma
• Maintain health when suffering from Crohn's disease
• Prevent recurrent gout attacks
• Speed up healing of recurrent heartburn, or gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD)

So what are you waiting for – go and have an apple today!

For information and fun facts about apples visit www.allaboutapples.com