Apple Juice Part 2

In the study, mice were fed either a standard diet, a nutritionally-deficient diet, or a nutritionally-deficient diet supplemented with apple juice concentrate added to their drinking water. Only the supplemented group had stepped-up production of acetylcholine in their brain cells. These same mice also performed far better on maze tests used for assessing speed and accuracy on learning and memory tasks.

Dr Shea commented that "It was surprising how the animals on the apple-enhanced diets actually did a superior job on the maze tests than those not on the supplemented diet."

Benefit No. 4: Positive effect on mood

In the group's first study involving humans, they added two four ounce glasses of apple juice to the normal diet of 21 patients who were suffering moderate to severe dementia. This slight change in their eating habits lasted one month. The result was a 27% improvement in behavioral and psychological symptoms in areas relating to agitation, anxiety and delusion.

When It Comes to Apple Juice,
Cloudy is Better Than Clear

A team of researchers from Poland wanted to find out whether there was a significant difference in the health properties of cloudy versus clear apple juice. They discovered that the cloudy variety has four times the amount of polyphenols - plant chemicals with antioxidant activity.

And a German research team found much greater levels of procyanidins, another class of plant chemicals that have positive impacts on health.

So choose the cloudy variety for maximum benefit.