APPLES AND HEALTH.
It is a duty that everyone owes to himself, his nation, and to posterity, to look after and take care of his health ; and one great way of doing this is to bring fruit more and more into use as daily food. When people live rightly they enjoy good health, and one way of living rightly is by eating plenty of fruit—especially apples. Millions of pounds are spent annually on doctors and medicines, that is worse than wasted, for drugs and operations will make well people ill, and are often deadly when applied to sick people. The money would be far and away more sensibly, profitably, and advantatageously spent on fruit. Apples contain life giving properties for the human body, and their juices are death to the germs of disease. The apple is one of the most easily digested foods, about one and; a-half hours being the .-time required to digest a ripe unpooked apple. Its acids do good, generally to the system; it disinfects the mouth; it is a cure for insomnia; as a blood purifier it occupies a very high place ; it cures dysentery, and what is not so generally known is that it counteracts the effects of alcohol almost immediately. The apple has more phosphoric acid in easily digested shape than any other fruit, and forms an excellent food for those engaged in brain work; it excites the action of the liver and promotes sound sleep. People would eat large quantities of apples if they only realized what a splendid food they are. The apple is not a luxury, but a staple and very necessary article of diet. It fattens the lean, cures the dyspeptic, gladdens the heart, and it is noted that after a big apple crop the doctor’s visits are rarer and his bill much smaller.
Whilst it is wise to eat apples every day, it is also wise to see that you get the best obtainable; this is done by sending your order direct to John . Rich, Karoola Orchard. Havelock North, who quotes choice Jonathans 7/6 case; Lord Wolseleys 6/6 case; winter Nelis pears 5/- half-case.*
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 90, 29 March 1911, Page 7
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355APPLES AND HEALTH. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 90, 29 March 1911, Page 7
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