“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This famous saying about apples was known for so long and it comes from an old English adage. Apple is considered as one of healthiest food becauseapples are excellent source of antioxidants that fight against free radicals that damage some substances in the body. Some studies found out that antioxidant of apples might prolong one’s life and this fruit is also fat, sodium, and cholesterol free. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica,the apple is a pome (fleshy) fruit, in which the ripened ovary and surrounding tissue both become fleshy and edible.Apples provide vitamins A and C, which means it’s high in carbohydrates, and have excellent source of dietary fibre.
As I go along reading and researching about an apple fruit, I discovered that this fruit has amusing history. In Genesis, the fruit of knowledge was represented by an apple that Adam and Eve partook.The “apple of my eye” expression is the words used by Jehovah in the Old Testament of the Bible, to describe as thefavoured people. While inAncient Greek and Roman mythology indicate apples as symbols of love and beauty and apples are the favourite fruit of ancient Greeks and Romans.During first century B.C., Romans brought apple in England when they already conquered the said country. In addition,William Tell was renown because of shooting an apple on his son’s head as a command of the invaders in Switzerland. Apple trees were originated between the Caspian and the Black Sea and it took four to five years to produce their first fruit.
Apple is a very significant fruit. It helps us to have a healthy body and strong mind because of the rich nutrients that we get from it. History itself proves that it was created to symbolize so many things to always produce something new in history. Indeed apple fruits are valuable creations of God that we need to give importance.
