Apples Anyone???

I like apples, whenever I go home from work, i always buy apple from a nearby fruit stand. But did you know that.

• There are 7,500 varieties of apples grown throughout the world.

• The largest apple ever picked weighed 3 pounds.

• China is the largest producers of apples. The US, Turkey, Poland and Italy round out the top 5.

• Apples ripen six to ten times faster at room temperature than if they were refrigerated.

• It takes energy from 50 leaves to produce 1 apple.

• One apple provides as much as one-fifth of the recommended daily intake fiber.

• Apple juice was one of the earliest prescribe antidepressant.

• Apples may help you loose weight. A Brazilian study showed that 300 overweight women who ate 3 apples per day lost more weight than a similar group who didn't add fruit to their diet. Researchers believe that adding fruit to the diet of the overweight women changed their metabolic profiles.

• Apple bruise easier than eggs break.