A recent discovery by the Momsey has helped shift a new
light on one of the pharmaceutical giants in the kitchen: the common, everyday
apple.... Though berries, leafy greens and other colourful fruits and
vegetables have been exalted for their super health benefits, attention should now be focused on the humble apple, a star in its own right.
Apples have been an important ‘diet’ food in the lives of
our dogs for over 14 years.... It was the proverbial ‘an apple a day’ regimen begun, many
years ago, out of a concern for our pets’ teeth and gums that made apples an
important part of their daily diet. ... It’s
funny how you start something for one reason and continue for another... Now, this
dynamic fruit has been pushed to its nutritional limits with a recent discovery
of a natural acid found in its peel that helps to build muscle and burn fat.
When our 13 year old retriever, ‘puppy boy’, (88 pounds),
began experiencing coughing spells recently, I began to have a renewed love
affair with this common fruit knowing its power as a protective veil for lungs. l soon began to juice apples to address our
pet’s periodic wheezing and coughing with 'apple juice'. ... It would become his 'cough medicine’ whenever
needed.... Then came this newest discovery proclaiming apples supremacy in
combating muscle decline and fat accumulation, as we age....
In the Autumn 2012 issue of Living Well Naturally, a magazine published by Natures’ Emporium, a Canadian whole food
market, the author of the article on apples, Dr. Mark Rosenberg, wrote about
ursolic acid’s prominence in apple peels that reprograms genes to build
muscle and burn fat.... This scientific discovery further reinforced the
benefits of eating both the apple and its peel, something we have been told to do
all of our lives, anyway. ...
Apples are tops in health benefits! ... They are now juiced regularly for our dogs.
... Fewer and shorter coughing episodes have been noted since the 'juice' was added to our 13 year old's diet. ... A
recent sprain he suffered made moving and getting up even more difficult. ... The formerly
discarded apple peel and its pulp are now front and center at every meal for this reason, ( in addition to a recommended joint support powder)-
helping to strengthen his muscles etc.... This new power of apple peels, supported by
science, cannot be ignored.... Our dog, and his much younger companion, receive apple/carrot/celery peel in their food, the residue that remains from juicing...This
fiber mixture is another added benefit to their daily diet. ... (Seeds
and stems are discarded).....Red delicious apples are used mostly because
of their red peel.... (More red colour equals more anti oxidant value, I have learned)....
It is amazing what you can learn when you read the ‘free’ magazines found in the ‘grocery
store’...In Free Kittens, Puppies for Sale, I wrote about the seeming diminished, undervalued treatment of ‘free to a
good home’ pets...Does a ‘Please Take
One’ magazine also imply a diminished value
of this free publication?.... We ignore ‘free’ magazines at our
own peril.... It was this free publication that enlightened me to the awesome
powers of the common apple...We don't know what we don't know!
I am now in awe of the apple, more than ever. It has always seemed
to be the granddaddy of all fruits. Now it is king and I am its humble servant!
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